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Obama Says Gambling On McCain Is A Risk We Can't Afford 
(unknown author) via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
Shared by William
couple points here1) dice vs. pokerAstute observers will notice that McCain is playing a game of chance, while Obama is playing a game of skill.2) The whole "regulations good" idea is false, and Obama is driving a spike into his support from populations who are not traditionally Democratic. That's a risk, and it may bear fruit if those p
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Compare And Contrast: Obama Calls For Calm; McCain Attacks And Blames Obama
(unknown author) via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
Shared by Rick Klau
Wait, which is it? Barack isn't ready to lead because he says John's right and agrees with him, or he's not ready to lead because he disagrees and attacks McCain? I'm sooooo confused.
Now that the bailout has failed in the House, it's worth contrasting the immediate responses from the campaigns.
In Colorado today, Obama called for calm
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McCain Says Now Is Not Time To Assign Blame -- Only Two Hours After His Campaign Blamed Obama
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
John McCain just now delivered a statement to the press about the bailout collapse, and called for the finger-pointing to stop -- barely two hours after his campaign directly blamed Obama in unequivocal terms.
"Now is not the time to fix the blame." McCain said. "It's time to fix the problem."
But
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Obama Campaign: McCain Attack "Angry And Hyper-Partisan"
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
Here's the response, from Obama campaign spokesperson Bill Burton, to John McCain's broadside today blaming Obama for the collapse of the bailout package in the House:
"This is a moment of national crisis, and today's inaction in Congress as well as the angry and hyper-part
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Compare And Contrast: Obama Calls For Calm; McCain Attacks And Blames Obama
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
Now that the bailout has failed in the House, it's worth contrasting the immediate responses from the campaigns.
In Colorado today, Obama called for calm and predicted ultimate success. Here's what he said (before MSNBC cut away)...
"It's important for the American public and the marke
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Obama Says Gambling On McCain Is A Risk We Can't Afford
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
According to advance text sent our way by an Obama aide, Obama will use McCain's affection for gambling as a jumping off point to portray the Arizona Senator as a risk we can't afford to take on the economy.
Obama will hit this riff in his remarks later today in Colorado:
I read the other day that Senator McCain likes to gamble. He likes to roll those dice. And that's
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CBS To Air More Footage Of Couric Interviewing Palin This Week
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
A CBS source confirms to me that more footage of Sarah Palin being interviewed by Katie Couric will indeed air this week, in advance of the debate.
The question of whether there's more footage of Couric talking to Palin arose this morning after Howard Kurtz published a
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Obama's Lead Nearly Doubles In Today's Tracking Polls
Eric Kleefeld via TPM Election Central on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
Here's a wrap-up of the four major national tracking polls for today, containing the first full day of sampling since John McCain's pseudo-suspension -- and Barack Obama is extending his lead:
• Gallup: Obama 48%, McCain 45%, with a ±2% margin of error. Yesterday, the candidates were tied 46%-
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Obama Optimistic About Bailout; Moderates Criticism Of McCain
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
Barack Obama had some tough words for McCain yesterday, decrying the injection of presidential politics into the bailout discussions. But today, with the general mood swinging in the direction of optimism, Obama moderated the criticism of his opponent.
Politico has the
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Obama's Chances Rise In Three Deep-Red States
Eric Kleefeld via TPM Election Central on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
In yet another sign of Barack Obama's surge in the polls, CQ has upgraded their ratings for him in three states that have been cornerstones of the Obama campaign's strategy to expand the electoral map into states where Dems don't usually compete:
• Indiana: Previously rated "Republican Favored,"
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McCain Running Ads Saturday Morning, But Not Debating Friday Night?
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
The last thing you need is more evidence that McCain's campaigns suspension is a big sham. But I want to revisit what we reported last night: In particular, Obama spokesperson Bill Burton tells us that the McCain campaign is instructing TV stations to start running his ads again on Saturday
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McCain: Pressure On Us To Have Debate Tomorrow Is Obama's Fault
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
John McCain is doing a round of network news interviews tonight (how that gels with the suspension of his campaign is a question for the ages). And in his interview with ABC News' Charlie Gibson, McCain places the blame for the public pressure on them to go through with their debate squarely on...Barack Obama.
From the
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Palin Explains Why Alaska Experience Gives Her National Security Credentials
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
CBS News has just posted video of a chunk of Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin that will air tonight. It's indescribable. That's not meant as snark. Just try to describe the part where she explains why her experience as Alaska governor gives her foreign policy and national security cred:
COURIC: Well, expla
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Expert: McCain's Ads Won't Be All Down Until End Of Today
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
Though the McCain campaign announced yesterday that it's pulling all its ads, in reality the logistical challenges of doing that are so daunting that it's unlikely all of McCain's ads will be off the air until the end of today -- by which time it might not end up making much of a difference in the first place.
Evan Tracey, who tracks national ad buys for the Campaign Media Analysis Grou
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Election Central Morning Roundup
Eric Kleefeld via TPM Election Central on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
MoveOn Ad Blames McCain's "Friends" For Economic Crisis
In a sign that this campaign is certainly not being put on hold as John McCain would like, MoveOn has this funny new one-minute ad on national cable, casting the blame for the market crisis squarely on John McCain and those folks he'd call "my friends" for the economic crisis -- folks like Phil Gramm, Rick Davis and Georg
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Palin Suggests Americans Looking Only To McCain For Leadership On Financial Crisis
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
CBS News had a bit of bad luck today: McCain's call for a suspension of the campaign is eclipsing the news the network had hoped to make with Katie Couric's interview of Sarah Palin, set to air tonight.
The network has now sent out another advance quote from the interview, in which Palin appears to suggest that the American people are only looking to McCain for leadership on the crisis,
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Obama Rejects McCain's Call For Suspension Of Debate; Says He Was Blindsided
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
At a press conference just now, Barack Obama rejected John McCain's demand for a suspension of the debate.
"I believe we should continue to have the debate," he just said. "I believe it makes sense for us to present ourselves to the American people."
"Obviously if it turns out that we need to be in W
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McCain Campaign's Version Of Events
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
McCain campaign spokesperson Brian Rogers offers his chronology of the phone calls between the two candidates in a statement:
Senator Obama phoned Senator McCain at 8:30 am this morning but did not reach him. The topic of Senator Obama's call to Senator McCain was never discussed. Senator McCain was meeting with economic advisers and talking to leaders in Congress throughout th
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Letting Sarah Palin Answer Questions Is Very, Very Dangerous
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
The lengths the McCain campaign is going to in order to shield Sarah Palin from questioning are reaching truly comic dimensions.
Check out this nugget from the pool report, via Jonathan Martin, on John McCain and Palin's meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakash
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Election Central Morning Roundup
Eric Kleefeld via TPM Election Central on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
Poll: Obama Ahead By Nine Points, Above 50% Mark
The new ABC/Washington Post poll has some very good news for Barack Obama, with him leading John McCain among likely voters by a 52%-43% margin, in comparison to a two-point McCain lead from right after the Republican
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