nypost.com - 10/13/2008
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Posted: 4:09 am October 13, 2008 Barack Obama has re mained cool and confident amid the financial melt down, even as John McCain at times has been embarrassing, lurching from one proposal to the next. But while the polls are reflecting Obama's steady hand, the markets haven't. In fact, they're ...
elections.foxnews.com - 10/14/2008
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elections.foxnews.com —
Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber over the
weekend that his economic philosophy is to "spread the...
wealth around" -- a comment that may only draw fire from riled-up John McCain supporters who have taken to calling Obama a "socialist" at the ...
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Obama to Plumber: My Plan Will 'Spread the Wealth ...
nypost.com - 10/15/2008
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nypost.com —
Last updated: 10:19 am October 15, 2008 Posted:
3:37 am October 15, 2008 WASHINGTON - You won't...
find it in his campaign ads, but Barack Obama let slip his plans to become a modern-day Robin Hood in the White House, confiscating money from the rich to ...
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OBAMA FIRES A 'ROBIN HOOD' WARNING SHOT - New ...
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CNBC's Gasparino Problem
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page —
... Charlie Gasparino has outdone himself today. He reasonably blames much of the current financial crisis on "a lack of leadership from Washington" -- but somehow manages to convince himself that it's Obama's leadership which is lacking, rather than Paulson's or Bush's. "An Obama Panic?" says the New York Post headline; the subhed is "Markets Fear His Policies". ...
Gasparino vs. Salmon: The Catfight You Never Knew You Wanted But Somehow Feels So Right
Dealbreaker —
... So, CNBC's Charlie Gasparino penned a column today for the Post called "An Obama Panic," wherein he writes that the markets that have been getting worse as Obama's lead widens, because of the proposed economic policies of the would-be president. Sayeth Gasparino: ...
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The closest most voters will come to seeing Barack Obama and John McCain is through the television in their own living room. With three weeks to go before the election, the candidates are spending gobs of money on advertising in the hopes that the ...