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'Swift Boating' Fears for Obama May Be Premature

Third-party groups aren't appearing on the horizon

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2008 1:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – Democrats fretting over a reprise of the swift boating that marked the 2004 campaign may be hearing false alarms, Politico reports. Third-party organizations, aka 527 groups, have thus far been unable to drum up enough opposition to Barack Obama to fund an offensive. It's early... Read full story »

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