This is a good point-by-point breakdown from MoveOn.org about why the Dems shouldn’t be so sure that Obama is going to win. Most interesting fact: most of the candidates that were polling well in the summer, lost in the fall election.
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The Great Debate: This weekend’s debate between Prez candidates Barack Obama and John McCain at Orange County’s Saddleback Church has been making the news—mostly because by all accounts, McCain kicked Obama’s ass. Of course, McCain, even as a “fake” Republican, had the advantage in a debate where the setting is a church, which tends to [...]
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Early “retirement” Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff is expected to step down in the next few days. The news came after leaders of the ruling coalition said they planned to impeach him.
Money matters Inflation has skyrocketed to a 17-year high, so each party’s presumptive presidential nominee is talking taxes. Both Obama and McCain say their plan [...]
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Denver Debauchery With just 10 days until the Democratic National Convention kicks off. The media is salivating over every scheduling change and RSVP. The Obama camp has decided to let Hillary Clinton’s name be added into the mix to appease the legions of Clintonites who won’t quit ’til their gal has a fair shot at clinching [...]
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Keep diggin, Vladdy…
Maybe McCain DOES get the Internet: The Los Angeles Times blog Webscout is reporting that on the site Digg “in the last 30 days, at least 28 stories critical of GOP Sen. John McCain have been mysteriously “buried”— meaning enough Digg users have voted against a story that the submission may no longer [...]
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I think David Axelrod pushed Steve Schmidt down, gave him a wedgie, and stole his lunch money over the weekend at a bipartisan benefit gala for campaign reform.
(Someone wake me up when the bell rings and this presidential campaign exits the playground.)
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McCain’s Operation Fail: Yet another bad idea from the Republican candidate.
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China’s Big Day: With the Olympics just three days away, China’s gearing up for it’s big reveal to the world. Unfortunately, it’s not all going swimmingly. There’s that pesky pollution problem, which is back, after a few days of “blue” skies. There’s those attacks killing 16 and wounding 16 others (blamed by the Chinese authorities [...]
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How tech savvy should our president be? Torey Van Oot dissects the influence of the Net and McCain’s unwillingness to adapt.
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