Dem VP in his element talking up a storm with voters
Los Angeles Times Sep 23, 08 8:49 AM CDT
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If VP candidates are a campaign’s attack dog, Joe Biden is “a big, thirsty St. Bernard,” who loves kissing babies and getting in the mix, reports the LA Times. Now that the media obsession with Sarah Palin is fading, reporters are remembering that Biden is still out on the hustings. And with his “folksy stories and plain speak,” he may be winning people over.
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Clinton would've paired up with Obama only out of sense of 'duty'
ABC News Sep 22, 08 6:48 PM CDT
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Even as rumors continue to bounce around the Internet that Hillary Clinton could end up on the Democratic ticket, she never wanted to—and would only have accepted the VP slot out of a sense of duty, Bill Clinton said on The View today. “Not really, she didn’t,” Bill said when asked by Barbara Walters of his wife’s inclinations, ABC reports.
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OPINION
How is an election this crucial so full of lipstick, pigs and likability?
Newsweek Sep 22, 08 11:56 AM CDT
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Voters must cut through the fog of spin and take their votes seriously, writes Anna Quindlen in Newsweek . Amid bickering over whose lipstick is on what pig, “Nothing being said has much to do with the future of this country.” A vote, Quindlen urges, is a promise to “look past cheap slogans and lazy alliances to try to find a way to make America worthy of a new generation.”
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Gender gap shrinks as VP pick causes shift
Politico Sep 22, 08 10:53 AM CDT
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John McCain has made huge strides with female voters since choosing Sarah Palin, says a new poll reported. Before tapping his running mate, McCain trailed Barack Obama 52% to 18% on the question of which candidate better understands “women and what is important to them,” Politico reports, deconstructing the Lifetime Television survey. Now the Republican leads, 44 to 42.
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The other No. 2 has been pulverizing McCain with gusto in swing states
New York Times Sep 20, 08 5:47 AM CDT
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He may be getting less press attention than Sarah Palin's pets but there's another vice-presidential candidate in this race and he's been blasting John McCain all across the Rust Belt, the New York Times reports. Joe Biden barely mentions Palin in his fiery speeches to crowds of varying size, but he is unsparing in his criticism of the "out-of-touch" McCain.
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Biden calls for tax hike on rich, urging 'it's time to be patriotic'
Chicago Tribune Sep 18, 08 3:38 PM CDT
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John McCain slammed Democratic plans to raise taxes as “just plain dumb” and “painful,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The vehement appraisal came after Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden urged high-income earners to embrace a tax hike targeted at them. “It's time to be patriotic…time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.”
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Biden doing little good for Obama in Pa.,
other swing states
New York Times Sep 17, 08 10:37 AM CDT
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Though progressive Catholics have worked hard to convince churchgoers that the Democrats share the church's views on the Iraq war, immigration, and health care, abortion is again turning Catholic voters away from the party, the New York Times reports. As conservative bishops have scolded Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden for contradicting the church's teachings, liberals are facing a setback.
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In face of rising GOP tide, Obama camp sharpening attacks
Washington Post Sep 16, 08 11:23 AM CDT
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Barack Obama has launched a new ad accusing John McCain of running a “disgraceful, dishonorable campaign,” part of a wider pushback against Republican attacks, the Washington Post reports. With McCain pulling even in the polls, the campaign held a series of internal strategy meetings, including a rare Sunday get-together in Chicago, and emerged pledging to leave no assault unanswered.
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Focuses on McCain, avoids fueling Palin fever
Los Angeles Times Sep 14, 08 12:33 PM CDT
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Barack Obama has maintained near-silence on the subject of Sarah Palin, a quiet amplified by his newfound willingness to aggressively attack John McCain, reports the Los Angeles Times . Her name is rarely mentioned outside of references to the McCain-Palin ticket; when asked directly about her, he switches the focus back to McCain; Joe Biden remains equally mum.
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OPINION
And Obama can't make the media look dumb on this one, or it'll get really bad
Wall Street Journal Sep 12, 08 1:08 PM CDT
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The only way to contain the new power that is Sarah Palin (the power conferred by Democratic attacks) is to start ignoring her and return to the basics, Peggy Noonan advises in the Wall Street Journal . To overcome the "catastrophe" of the last two weeks, Barack Obama needs to focus on giving electrifying speeches, on the actual issues, with Joe Biden alongside.
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VP candidate praises Clinton, GOP pounces
ABC News Sep 11, 08 9:19 AM CDT
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Joe Biden, rushing to the defense of Hillary Clinton yesterday, delighted the opposition (not to mention Hillary diehards) by saying she might have been a better VP pick for Obama than he was. It started when a man at a New Hampshire rally said he was glad Biden had been chosen over Clinton. “Not because she’s a woman,” the man said, “but because, look at the things she did in the past.”
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OPINION
Advocate (and Dem) Tsing Loh disturbed to see candidates' offspring in private education
New York Times Sep 10, 08 4:32 PM CDT
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Sandra Tsing Loh likes Barack and Michelle Obama’s politics, but, as a proud PTA mom, wonders why they couldn’t send their kids to a public school in their native Chicago, she writes in the New York Times . The inclusion of middle-class or affluent children, especially from families who value education, has been shown to benefit poor children immensely.
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