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The final days of the race will see wide-ranging advertising displays and grass roots efforts from the two campaigns (mostly from Obama), but the ground effort by the actual tickets will be strictly and expertly focused on only the biggest of battleground states. Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania are being swarmed by the members of both […]
Newsweek poll: Still double digits with 10 days out
The lead is still very strong and well over 10 points for Barack Obama in the latest Newsweek national poll. Obama is ahead of McCain 53% to 40% with less than two weeks until Election Day.
Demo by demo it looks very good for Obama. He is now leading in every age and class group - […]
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Obama is now officially off the campaign trail for two days as he travels to Hawaii for what could be his last visit with his ailing grandmother. Obama’s campaign announced the suspension earlier this week after word came from family members that 85-year0old Madelyn Dunham was taking a turn from the worse after apparently breaking […]
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Big news for this morning as more details come out about Obama’s decision to leave the campaign trail with only two weeks left in the race to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii for two days this week. His campaign will actually be suspended for the two days - Thursday and Friday - that he […]
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The finish line is now in sight for the Obama campaign and they are deciding to go for the jugular, stepping on the necks of McCain and the Republicans by pouring new ad money into reliably red states in what amounts to a risk-free gamble by Obama that the crippling economic crisis could change the […]
More shouts of “kill him” directed at Obama during feisty Palin rally
It’s another Palin crowd that got out of hand today at a huge rally in Scranton, PA. Lots of anti-Obama chants and booing from the crowd, but the most distressing moment came when an especially, er, “pumped-up” McCain-Palin fan went over the edge.
There were no incendiary outbursts from the crowd about Mr. Obama during Mrs. […]
NY Times/CBS News national poll: Obama on fire and burying McCain
The brand new New York Times/CBS News national poll presents the most startling evidence yet that this race may be getting out of hand and that Barack Obama could be on his way to a relatively easy and drama-free win on November 4. The new poll has Obama well in front of McCain, leading 53% […]
Palin argues that the media wants her to “shut up”
The ongoing war between Sarah Palin and the mainstream media reaches what may be a new low, as Palin goes on Rush Limbaugh’s program this afternoon and slams coverage of her and the McCain campaign.
She accused the media of wanting her to “sit down and shut up,” responding with “that’s not gonna happen…” She then […]
Palin sidestepping the facts in Troopergate report?
The consistent storyline from the McCain campaign and Sarah Palin herself in the aftermath of her rebuke for the “Troopergate” situation is that she did nothing illegal and was also cleared of “any kind of any hint of unethical activity.” Problem is, that isn’t exactly what the report concluded.
The Branchflower report, published on Friday […]
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Mounting a ferocious comeback in a race where he is down by an rough average of ten-points with three weeks to go will be difficult for the McCain campaign in the face of Obama’s incredible campaign war chest, easily dwarfing McCain’s $84 million in government money. The Obama campaign had almost $80 million in the […]
