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RNC Chair Blames McCain For Palin Clothing Costs

Politico | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Family, Gop, Election Day, Rnc, Wardrobe, Sarah Palin, Presidential Election, Campaign, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics News

RNC Chairman Mike Duncan throws back the blame for Sarah Palin's wardrobe by telling MSNBC that the McCain campaign asked for the RNC to pay for the c...

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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My Three Day Obama Campaign Coverage Experience (PHOTOS)

Chuck Lasker | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Indianapolis, Early Voting, Japanese, Republicans for Obama, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Volunteers, Volunteer Stories Obama, Campaign, Fort Wayne, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Japan, Indiana, Nhk, Home News
Chuck Lasker

Last week I was contacted by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) about covering my Republicans for Obama activities. They have a worldwide viewership...

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The Plumber Can't Fix the Leaks

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Joe the Plumber Taxes, Service, Joe the Plumber, Campaign, John McCain, Mccain-Palin, Politics News
David M. Abromowitz

Joe the Slogan sees that he might have to pay a little bit higher taxes, decides he won't bother buying the business, and supposedly jobs are lost. This is what a candidate for president holds up as a hero?

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Sarah Palin's Clothes Versus Europe's Leading Ladies

Times Online | Carolyn Asome | Posted 10.24.2008 | Style

Read More: Sarah Brown, Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Samantha Cameron, Campaign, Fashion, 2008 Election, Style News

Does it really take £90,000 (the amount Sarah Palin's campaign wardrobe has cost so far) to cut it on the global stage? Other leading political ladie...

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A Hate Crime in My Neighborhood?

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Mccain, Campaign, Michelle Malkin, Pittsburgh, Ashley Todd, Politics News
Michelle Pilecki

Hearing that a volunteer for the McCain campaign had been attacked and mutilated in my Pittsburgh neighborhood -- indeed, at the very ATM I most often...

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It's About the Students, Stupid!

Marc Lampkin | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Political, Campaign, Teachers, Unions, Buttons, Academic Standards, Students, Learning, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

When was the last time a teachers' union sued to demand higher academic standards? When has a teachers' union ever demanded more accountability in our classrooms?

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Polls Show Obama Wins On Tax Issue

The Washington Post | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Election, Campaign, Election Day, Election 2008, Politics News

In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, John McCain has turned to an argument that has served Republicans well in recent history, using stump...

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Sarah Palin Refuses To Answer Whether Or Not Abortion Clinic Bombers Are Terrorists

Oxdown Gazette | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Presidential Election 2007, Election Day, Bombers, Sarah Palin, Alaskan Governor, Terrorist, Election 2008, Campaign, Vice Presidential Nominee, Politics News

I just watched some highlights of Brian William's interview with Sarah Palin and John McCain. This exchange was shocking: Brian Williams: Back to th...

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Electoral Math -- Obama Holds His Lead

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

More and more, it is looking like Virginia will be the state that decides Election Night in Obama's favor. Sure, it could be Florida or Ohio, but my guess is that the vote-counting is going to take a while in both of them,

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Hillary Clinton Campaigns For Franken

Politico | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: NY State Senator, Election Day, Voting, Campaign, Al Franken, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton, Democrats, Senate, Politics News

Fourteen days before the election, supporters of senatorial candidate Al Franken crowded the McNamara Alumni Center and bopped to Beach Boys songs whi...

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Palin's Makeup Artist Even More Expensive Than McCain's (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post via The Washington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John McCain, $150, Campaign, 000, Makeup, Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Slideshow, American Idol, Politics News

Today the Washington Post's Sleuth reports that Sarah Palin is spending more than John McCain on her own celebrity makeup artist. McCain's September ...

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GOP Gives Up Hope For Last-Minute Obama Smear Campaign

Politico | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John McCain, Polls, Election Day, Campaign, Bill Ayers, Smears, Election, Barack Obama, Economy, Politics News

GOP operatives don't foresee a massive infusion of money for ads against Obama. Photo: AP For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn't coming. Republic...

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Two Quit Call Center Jobs Over Anti-Obama Robocalls

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John McCain, Call Center, Campaign, Democrat, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Politics News

At least two people have quit their jobs at call centers over scripts that accuse Barack Obama of working closely with Bill Ayers. The Charleston Gaze...

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Charlie Cook: Six Reasons This Election Is Over

National Journal Online | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008, John McCain, Early Voting, Polls, Election Day 2008, Barack Obama, Campaign, Politics News

One of the most unsettling aspects of this campaign is that for an election cycle so turbulent, with so many surprising twists and turns, over the las...

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Campaign Journal: Negative Campaign Tactics Backfiring?

Lori Jewett | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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Lori Jewett

Lori Jewett is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail. "He's a t...

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Friday Talking Points [52] -- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...

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Election Consuming The Lives Of Everyone I Know

Joanna Lamb Looby | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Campaign, Senator Obama, 2008 Election, Election, Barack Obama, McCain Obama, Media Election 2008, Rachel Maddow, Obama McCain, Election Media, Rachel Maddow MSNBC, Home News
Joanna Lamb Looby

My formerly apolitical husband has a crush on Rachel Maddow (I know, who doesn't?), has taken to watching hours of political shows, and now that the Red Sox are in the playoffs, his TV to-do list is getting out of control.

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Electoral Math -- Obama Lead Insurmountable?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's going to be all but impossible to continue the "we're in a dead heat" nonsense if Barack Obama decisively wins Florida and Virginia when the East Coast returns come in.

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How Mobile Technologies are Changing Elections

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Text Messages, Mobile Devices, Mobile Commons, Dccc, 2008 Presidential Race, Campaign, Mobile Future, Texting, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

Anyone who wonders where mobile technology is taking America's elections should have heard Casey O'Shea talk this week about the political power of mo...

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A Video Letter from the Nation's Mayors to Obama and McCain

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Harry Moroz

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio all face midyear FY2009 budget gaps and city governments are increasingly pessimistic about their economic health.

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From Minnesota to Nebraska

Alison Teal | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Omaha, Midwest Politics, Barack Obama, Prairie, Election 2008, Campaign, America, Midwest, Politics News
Alison Teal

Even on an overcast day, tearing through the swampland in southern Minnesota, you can't help but stare at a dilapidated barn on the side of the road or a long prairie vista.

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McCain's Mid-October Surprise? Dump Palin (and Kristol)!

William E. Jackson Jr. | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Bill Kristol, Sarah Palin, New York Times, Campaign, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Politics News
William E. Jackson Jr.

For shameless audacity -- or chutzpah -- Bill Kristol takes the cake in his role as The New York Times' in-residence adviser to the John McCain campaign.

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Fogies for McCain: Part II

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Polls, Msnbc, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Obama, Mccain, Campaign, Foxnews, Election, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

It is apparent that McCain's strength among those 55 and older is the only thing that keeps him in the race among those people watching cable television news.

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