Posted on July 4th, 2008 by political buzz
In a week full of distractions like shifty comments on Iraq, liberal dissent over warrantless wiretaps and a series of speeches on “patriotism,” the Obama campaign is finally moving back to the issue most able to beat McCain and fire up support from struggling moderates: The economy.
The end of the week brought more horrid jobs […]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by political buzz
For the second time in a year McCain has ordered a major shake-up of his campaign structure with the intent of shifting the overall direction and strategy of the campaign during a time of quasi-crisis for the GOP nominee. The current situation is obviously nowhere near as dire as it was exactly one year ago […]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by political buzz
This is the nuts-and-bolts campaign story of the day. The $3 million first wave of GOP attack ads against Obama is to be launched this weekend in four key battleground states. They are: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Energy security is to be the first target of the ads, which are being done by independent units […]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by political buzz
Don’t forget to listen to our latest “Political Dispatch” podcasts with Jonathan Allen of CQ Politics and Mark Murray of NBC News.
Early concern from Republican strategists and organizers over the ability of McCain’s campaign to find its operating niche and present a solid message against Obama has turned into near-panic as July comes along and […]
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Posted on July 1st, 2008 by political buzz
While outlier polls like Newsweek had Obama surging to a 15-point lead over McCain days ago, the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll had remained steady with Obama and McCain in a virtual tie. Polls like this were pointed to as areas of concern for Obama at a time when a large bounce should have been evident […]
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Posted on July 1st, 2008 by political buzz
The snafu over Obama surrogate Wes Clark’s decision to publicly downplay John McCain’s Vietnam War service and then stand behind that statement in the face of withering outrage from McCain’s camp has become a central issue of the campaign lately. What was initially an eyebrow-raising quip that pulled a potential Veep out of the mix […]
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by political buzz
Another inspiring biographical sketch is the subject of the Obama campaign’s second general election TV ad released today and immediately on the air in a host of battleground (and not quite battlegrounds) states across the U.S.
It’s another facet of the effort by the campaign to use the long months of summer to portray Obama as […]
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by political buzz
After days of occasional teases about an impending overseas journey for candidate Obama, his campaign has finally confirmed the rumors and announced a grand foreign tour this summer, taking Obama to Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain - Iraq and Afghanistan will come later, with the exact schedule under wraps for security reasons. Overseas trips […]
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Posted on June 27th, 2008 by political buzz
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Posted on June 26th, 2008 by political buzz
A fresh batch of battleground polls from the three fine institutions listed above show the trending toward Obama found in other recent swing state and national polls is no fluke. Obma is riding his bounce to somewhat surprising leads in more than a few Red/battleground states, including the uncertain race in Michigan. Hillary’s “win” there […]
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