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Lefty Ticket a Boon to McCain

US still leans center-right

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 25, 2008 9:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama has taken a big risk by choosing a VP almost as liberal as he is, writes Fred Barnes in the Wall Street Journal. In the past, Democrats have found success in politically balanced tickets: centrist Jimmy Carter and lefty Walter Mondale, moderate Bill...   Read full story »

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