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Washington Post
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Sep 23, 08 11:39 AM CDT
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Sarah Palin may be a newcomer to national politics, but her army of aides has ace operatives who chiseled their craft working for George Bush's campaigns and administration, reports the Washington Post . They won the White House—twice—but some Republican loyalists question if the former Bush communications experts and strategists should be the ones steering a campaign themed on change.
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Washington Post
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Sep 23, 08 10:47 AM CDT
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The economic crisis has one presidential candidate acting like a “flustered rookie,” writes George F. Will of the Washington Post, but despite his limited resume, “It is not Barack Obama.” McCain’s response has been incoherent, including a Queen of Hearts-esque call for SEC Chairman Chris Cox’s head. That ridiculous proclamation showed how McCain would govern; in his world, you’re either with him or “corrupt.”
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Washington Post
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Sep 23, 08 3:38 AM CDT
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The McCain camp launched another attack on the media yesterday, this time blasting the New York Times as "biased" for its report linking the campaign to lobbyists for Freddie Mac and Freddie Mae. A spokesman called the Times a "pro-Obama advocacy organization" after the paper revealed that campaign manager Rick Davis received $2 million when he was a lobbyist to shield the loan giants from tougher regulations, reports the Washington Post .
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CNN
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Sep 22, 08 8:00 PM CDT
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Voters blame the GOP over Democrats for the Wall Street crisis by a 2-to-1 margin that may be boosting Barack Obama's overall numbers, a new poll says. Nearly half of Americans pinned blame on Republicans while only about a quarter held Democrats responsible. And Obama held a 10-point lead among voters looking for a president who can handle the economy, CNN reports.
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Guardian (UK)
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Sep 22, 08 2:35 PM CDT
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Better theater, not better substance, wins modern presidential debates, writes Michael Tomasky in the Guardian. Pundits will ordain a winner during the spin war that follows each clash—this year's first encounter is Friday—and “the candidate who wins the battle of the clips will be the 72-hour winner.” So the hopefuls must master one-liners, not policy nuance.
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Newsweek
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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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Politico
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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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Wall Street Journal
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Sep 22, 08 10:26 AM CDT
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The tumbling stock market has drawn the wrong kind of attention to John McCain’s Social Security and health-care positions, the Wall Street Journal reports, since the Republican has long been an advocate of more market-based, deregulated approaches in both areas. A new Barack Obama ad says McCain’s plan for private accounts amounts to “risking Social Security on the stock market.”
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Washington Post
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Sep 22, 08 9:19 AM CDT
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With their home state up for grabs for the first time in decades, Virginians—particularly Democrats from the northern part of the state—are pouring money into the presidential race, the Washington Post reports. Thus far, locals have given a record $25.3 million to various candidates throughout the election cycle; that's twice as much as they anted up in 2004.
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Newsweek
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Sep 22, 08 8:53 AM CDT
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The McCains own almost twice as many cars as they do houses, and a few members of the fleet are foreign—despite John McCain’s recent assurances to Detroit that "I've bought American literally all my life.” Thirteen cars are registered to John and Cindy McCain, Newsweek discovered in a search of public records.The number of vehicles registered to Barack and Michelle Obama? One.
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Washington Post
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Sep 22, 08 2:20 AM CDT
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John McCain tried to strike a bipartisan tone during his 60 Minutes interview last night, and Barack Obama played down the race issue while highlighting his leadership experience. Both presidential candidates sat for prime-time interviews on the show, during which McCain floated the name of prominent Democrat Andrew Cuomo to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Orlando Sentinel
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Sep 22, 08 1:56 AM CDT