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CBS election broadcast news
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Gen. Powell endorses Sen. Obama
‘Meet the Press’ transcript for Oct. 19, 2008: Guests — Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), Chuck Todd, David Brooks, Jon Meacham, Andrea Mitchell, Joe Scarborough MR. TOM BROKAW: Our issues this Sunday: He served as President George W. Bush’s secretary of state and was once called the man most likely to become…
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Meet in St. Louis
Day’s Campaigning Shows an Inverted Political Plane By MICHAEL POWELL and MICHAEL COOPER ST. LOUIS — There was the feel of a political world turned upside down on Saturday as Senator John McCain found himself defending North Carolina and Virginia, while SenatorBarack Obama was greeted by huge crowds in Missouri, which Republicans had also considered…
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Tribune endorsement
FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD Barack Obama for president 2:33 PM CDT, October 17, 2008 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama campaigns in Roanoke, Va. today. (Getty photo by Joe Raedle / October 17, 2008) However this election turns out, it will dramatically advance America’s slow progress toward equality and inclusion. It took Abraham Lincoln’s…
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From Deborah’s blog to God’s . . .
My Facebook friend Deborah White (her blog is called Deborah’s US Liberal Politics Blog) has followed the campaigns, watched all the debates, done the research, and come up with Five Reasons Why McCain Will Lose the ’08 Election, Thursday October 16, 2008 Barack Obama decisively won all three presidential debates because of his many thoughtful…
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‘Joe the Liar’
(Photo: Jim Young/Reuters) Wurzelbacher speaking to Sen. Barack Obama about taxes while the candidate campaigned near Toledo, Ohio, last week. And so “Joe the Plumber” dies a swift, ignominious death. In so doing, he enters the pantheon of fictitious Republican agitprop–such as Reagan’s apocryphal Cadillac-driving welfare queens–that have no basis in reality. “Joe the Plumber,”…
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Debate Reaction
This was by far the worst debate performance for each candidate. Senator Obama was flat and professorial for most of the night. He was clearly in run-out-the-clock mode, wanting to stay cool and avoid any game-changing mistakes. That’s fine as a strategy, but he faltered on execution. Defense does not mean giving long-winded, professorial answers.…
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Joe the plumber is . . . racist
His tone dripping with condescension, the man that Sen. John McCain brought up in the final presidential debate could barely contain his dislike for Sen. Barack Obama, finally, calling him Sammy Davis Jr at the end of the interview. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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It would be Nice if the Final Debate was a True Debate
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us this message: As someone who had the pleasure of coaching and judging competitive debate and forensics, let me begin by saying the previous forums for both presidential and vice presidential debates have been very loose on the rules. It would be so nice if the debate format for…
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Update: Trumka’s transcript
This is a transcript of my post a week ago on AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka speech on Racism and Obama. “You see brothers and sisters, there’s not a single good reason for any worker — especially any union member — to vote against Barack Obama. There’s only one really bad reason to vote against him: because…