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nydailynews.com - 10/4/2008
Barack Obama - Topics
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Lots of TV fun as Mac, Bam finally show personality Posted on 10-16-2008 After two previous debates that felt like the candidates could have sneaked out to the movies and sent holograms to the TV studio, John McCain and Barack Obama this time brought along recognizable personalities. Barack may ...
politico.com - 10/12/2008
Exclusive: McCain to unveil new economic plans
— politico.com — Among the measures being considered are tax cuts for capital gains and dividends.  See also: Obama cautious,... vague in econ crisis (more) Exclusive: McCain to unveil new economic plans

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johnmccain.com - 10/11/2008
McCain-Palin 2008
— johnmccain.com — Economists Statement on Barack Obama's Risky Economic Proposals 100 Economists Warn That With Current Weak Financial Conditions... Barack Obama's Proposals Run A High Risk Of Throwing The US Into A Deep Recession ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, McCain-Palin ... (more) McCain-Palin 2008

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timesonline.co.uk - 10/11/2008
McCain tussles with Palin over whipping up a mob mentality
— timesonline.co.uk — Video: the second presidential debate in 10 easy minutes With his electoral prospects fading by the day,... Senator John McCain has fallen out with his vice-presidential running mate about the direction of his White House campaign. McCain has become ... (more) McCain tussles with Palin over whipping up a mob mentality

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Cato @ Liberty:  Joe Biden’s Health Care Whopper

Manhattan Institute Articles:  Stop the hand-wringing about how racism will doom Barack Obama

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Joe Biden’s Health Care Whopper
Cato @ Liberty — ... …over the next 10 years McCain’s tax credit would let workers control $7 trillion of their own earnings that they otherwise would not control. This effective $7 trillion tax cut completely swamps the $3.6 trillion tax increase Barack Obama advisers claim would result from McCain’s tax credits not growing as rapidly as the current tax “break.” ...

Stop the hand-wringing about how racism will doom Barack Obama
Manhattan Institute Articles — Stop the hand-wringing about how racism will doom Barack Obama BY JOHN MCWHORTER Wednesday, October 15th 2008, 4:00 AM In 1988, I was on the phone with a white man who didn't know I was black. He launched into a rant about how "the n-----s are coming at us from the hills." This is the kind of thing we are to assume may keep Barack Obama from the ...

Osama Bin Laden wants a vote, so beware a late October suprise
Manhattan Institute Articles — ... and who championed the troop surge in Iraq - is more likely to engender Muslim anger and resentment than would his opponent. Indeed, international polls, including those in Muslim countries, show striking support for Barack Obama . Put simply: Bin Laden probably realizes it could become markedly more difficult to paint the ...

Barack Obama's risky bet on hope
Manhattan Institute Articles — Opinions – Guest Contributor Barack Obama's risky bet on hope: What's more powerful, his charisma or human nature? By John McWhorter Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 4:00 AM A keystone of Barack Obama 's inauguration speech was his call for Americans to engage in a communal effort to make the country whole again. "We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking ...

Now He Tells Us!
Cato @ Liberty — ... President Obama said Thursday the nation’s economic woes are not as dire as they seem and said his economic policies will get the country back on track. ...

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