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Obama v. McCain: Debate Round 3 open thread
By Kim on October 16, 2008
With Obama reaching new heights in the polls, Nate Silver more or less sums it up: It’s fairly unusual for a candidate to have such a sustained run of momentum so deep into the campaign cycle. And it does appear [...]
Posted in USA | Tagged barack obama, John McCain, liveblogging, presidential debates, sarah palin, third debate, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, William Ayers | 44 Responses
Obama McCain debate open thread
By Kim on October 8, 2008
Here they go again! Televised, streamed, etc. in all the usual places. Comment and link as you will. Recycling of partisan talking points strongly discouraged. A couple of discussion starters – Nate Silver: Are John McCain’s negative attacks succeeding in [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Polls | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, debate, John McCain, negative campaigning, polling, Polls, presidential debates, sarah palin, second debate, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 43 Responses
McCain flip flops
By Kim on September 27, 2008
Joe Conason has a devastating critique on McCain’s “bipartisan” “here to help” “campaign suspended” play at Salon: His attempts to game this dangerous situation, his waffling between bipartisanship and ideological rigidity, his shiftiness on the real issues and his obvious [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged american election 2008, bailout plan, barack obama, financial markets, John McCain, presidential debates, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Wall Street | 22 Responses
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