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  • October 2008

    • Obama Ad Blitz Stifles McCain

      Politico  |  3 hours, 27 minutes ago

      Obama Ad Blitz Stifles McCain

      (Newser) - Over the past three weeks, Northern Virginia TV viewers have seen 1,342 commercials from Barack Obama … and eight from John McCain. Obama is dominating the airwaves, Politico reports, outspending McCain and the Republican National Committee as much as 8-1 in some markets, blunting GOP attacks with a sustained presence. “McCain is virtually invisible in the commercial breaks,” said one station executive. More »

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      Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • campaign finance  • campaign advertising  • McCain Feingold

    • A Baseball Nerd Turns to Election Stats

      New York  |  5 hours, 46 minutes ago

      A Baseball Nerd Turns to Election Stats

      (Newser) - Give the sheer number of political polls being produced, and the history of many of them proving wrong, it takes a seriously smart statistician (and something of a nerd) to predict the presidential race with any authority. Nick Silver, the man who "revolutionized the interpretation of baseball stats," is both, and he's doing it again with politics, on his site FiveThirtyEight, New York  magazine reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • baseball  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • electoral college  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays  • statistics  • predictions  • polls

    • Joe McCain Slams Big Bro's Handlers

      Baltimore Sun  |  7 hours, 55 minutes ago

      Joe McCain Slams Big Bro's Handlers

      (Newser) - O brother, where art thou? Joe McCain's frustration with the direction of his older brother's campaign has erupted into an angry letter to strategists, reports the Baltimore Sun . The former journalist, who has been stumping for his brother in swing states, slammed the campaign's "counter-productive" strategy of too tightly controlling the candidate's message. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • McCain 2008  • negative campaigning

    • Obama Lead Up to 14 Points Amid Mac Attacks: Poll

      New York Times  |  14 hours, 8 minutes ago

      Obama Lead Up to 14 Points Amid Mac Attacks: Poll

      (Newser) - John McCain's flurry of attacks against Barack Obama has done the Republican more harm than his opponent, according to the latest New York Times /CBS poll. Obama now commands a 53% to 39% lead, with voters seeing McCain as running the more negative campaign of the two, the poll found. More than 60% felt McCain was spending more time attacking Obama than explaining what he'd do as president—and most thought less of him for it. More »

    • Fear-Mongering Palin Scares Mac Straighter

      Politico  |  Oct 14, 08 2:42 PM CDT

      Fear-Mongering Palin Scares Mac Straighter

      (Newser) - These days, John McCain is more concerned with calming down his crowds than riling them up, writes Roger Simon in Politico, which “may not be a winning thing to do. But it is honorable.” The problem is that Sarah Palin “is running a separate—and scary—campaign,” depicting Barack Obama as an outsider and a terrorist sympathizer. And no one, it seems, is controlling her. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • McCain 2008  • Bill Ayers

    • McCain: Protect All Savings

      Associated Press  |  Oct 14, 08 12:18 PM CDT

      McCain: Protect All Savings

      (AP) - Republican John McCain says he would order the Treasury Department to guarantee 100% of all savings for the next 6 months as president. That provision is part of a $52.5 billion plan the presidential candidate laid out to address the nation's deepening financial crisis. "The moment requires that government act," McCain told a suburban Philadelphia audience. "And as president I intend to act, quickly and decisively." More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Financial Crisis  • McCain 2008  • Treasury Department  • FDIC  • savings account

    • Palin's Stumbles Make Women of All Stripes Cringe

      Baltimore Sun  |  Oct 13, 08 5:01 PM CDT

      Palin's Stumbles Make Women of All Stripes Cringe

      (Newser) - John McCain must not understand affirmative action. “You don’t run out and hire the first woman you find on the sidewalk and call it a day,” writes Susan Reimer in the Baltimore Sun —you take the time to find someone qualified. But it’s painfully clear McCain didn’t do that when he picked Palin, and now women of all political persuasions are cringing as she stumbles. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • McCain 2008  • feminism

    • As McCain Shaped Book, Book Shaped McCain

      New York Times  |  Oct 13, 08 2:51 PM CDT

      As McCain Shaped Book, Book Shaped McCain

      (Newser) - As recently as 1998, John McCain told Esquire that being introduced as a “great war hero” was enough to “make your skin crawl.” Today, however, his POW experience is a pillar of his presidential campaign, a change David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times attributes to the formative process of crafting his family memoir Faith of My Fathers . More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • McCain 2008  • memoir  • Vietnam veteran  • prisoner of war  • Mark Salter

    • 'Dysfunctional' Campaign Must Go: Kristol

      New York Times  |  Oct 13, 08 12:44 PM CDT

      'Dysfunctional' Campaign Must Go: Kristol

      (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign isn’t working, and if he’s smart, he’ll “junk the whole thing and start over,” William Kristol writes in the New York Times. McCain’s current “combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic,” the high-profile conservative argues. McCain should pull all of his attack ads (“they’re doing no good anyway”) and go back to being a "cheerful, open" candidate. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • McCain 2008  • politics  • negative campaigning  • Straight Talk Express

    • McCain Camp Shifts Into Comeback Mode

      Politico  |  Oct 13, 08 12:06 PM CDT

      McCain Camp Shifts Into Comeback Mode

      (Newser) - Trailing badly in the polls, John McCain plans to reboot his campaign today, Politico reports, with a speech depicting himself as a scrappy fighter on the comeback trail. “The national media has written us off,” reads an excerpt. “Sen. Obama is measuring the drapes. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.” More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • McCain 2008  • speech

    • Bristol's Baby Daddy Denies 'Shotgun Wedding' Talk

      Associated Press  |  Oct 13, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      Bristol's Baby Daddy Denies 'Shotgun Wedding' Talk

      (Newser) - Levi Johnston is perfectly happy to be marrying Bristol Palin, he told the AP in a rare interview today. “We were planning on getting married a long time ago,” he said, “with or without the kid.” Johnston, 18, says his much-discussed MySpace page, on which he calls himself a “redneck” who doesn’t want kids, was created by his friends as a joke. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • McCain 2008  • Bristol Palin  • Levi Johnston

    • McCain: I'll Whip Obama's 'You Know What'

      MSNBC  |  Oct 13, 08 6:11 AM CDT

      McCain: I'll Whip Obama's 'You Know What'

      (Newser) - John McCain plans to "whip" Barack Obama's "you know what" in Wednesday's debate, the Republican told Virginia supporters during a pep talk. But he quickly reminded the swing state volunteers to “conduct a respectful race,” and emphasized that despite "stark differences," he respects his opponent. The Republican campaign has been criticized as too inflammatory in its final weeks, reports MSNBC.