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Palin: My Comments About The Country Of Africa Were "Taken Out Of Context" Sarah Palin is defending herself from the allegation that she thought Africa was a single country, and not a continent: "If there are allegations based on questions...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on November 8, 2008 1:10 PM
Reid: No Decisions Have Been Made On Lieberman's Fate
Harry Reid and Joe Lieberman just wrapped up a private meeting about what Lieberman's fate will be in the wake of an election where he campaigned aggressively for McCain, said the attacks on Obama over William Ayers were legit and...
Posted by Greg Sargent on November 6, 2008 2:30 PM
Report: Threats To Obama Rose As Palin's Crowds Grew More Frenzied
During the campaign the frenzied crowds at Sarah Palin rallies did seem indicative of something frightening in the air, and it turns out that there was a reason to conclude this, Newsweek reports: The Obama campaign was provided with reports...
Posted by Greg Sargent on November 5, 2008 2:00 PM
Outside Groups Dumped Big Money Into Presidential Campaign
It's become an article of faith about this race that outside groups didn't really lay out significant resources to influence the campaign's outcome. It turns out that this isn't really true, however. A new study by the Campaign Finance Institute...
Posted by Greg Sargent on November 4, 2008 1:04 PM
Poll: Majority Agrees With Obama, Not Joe The Plumber Or McCain, On Spreading The Wealth
Since John McCain is suggesting that Obama is secretly plotting to seize the wealth of masses of hard-working plumbers, builders and hockey moms in order to transfer it to lazy poor people, this new Gallup poll seems significant: The latest...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 31, 2008 12:18 PM
Right-Wing Group Distributing Hundreds Of Thousands Of DVDs Attacking Obama In Swing-State Newspapers
Citizens United, the conservative group headed by notorious Whitewater scandalmonger David Bossie, is distributing hundreds of thousands of DVDs attacking Barack Obama's associations with Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers in newspapers in Ohio, Nevada, and Florida this week, a group...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 28, 2008 4:17 PM
Lieberman: I Respect Obama
An interesting pattern now seems to be coming from Joe Lieberman: He is now reminding us all how much he respects Barack Obama, even if he's for John McCain this time around. In a conference call with Connecticut reporters on...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on October 26, 2008 1:21 PM
The Bachmann Two-Step: Tells MSM One Thing, Wingnuts Another
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has developed an intriguing habit amid her efforts to deal with the fallout over her McCarthyesque rant on Hardball last week. In mainstream public forums, she either tries retract the things she said or denies she...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on October 23, 2008 4:18 PM
Two Call Center Workers Quit Jobs Rather Than Recite McCain Ayers Slime
Reading McCain's Ayers slime from a script into the phone was too much for one young woman, reports West Virginia's Charleston Gazette: Chaylee Cole, a student at Fairmont State University, lost her part-time job in Weston last Friday after refusing...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 22, 2008 10:05 AM
Election Central Morning Roundup
New McCain Ad: "I'm Joe The Plumber" The new TV ad from John McCain, set to air in key states, features everyday people proclaiming their solidarity with Joe The Plumber against Barack Obama's tax policies: One man reacts indignantly: "Obama...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on October 22, 2008 8:59 AM
Are Republicans The Victims Of Their Own Success In Slime-Trafficking?
One has to wonder whether McCain and the Republicans are, in a sense, victims of their own success in playing the slime game. They've thrown so much vicious stuff at Barack Obama via robocalls, mailers, ads, and the like --...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 21, 2008 12:28 PM
Election Central Morning Roundup
Obama Cancels Campaign Events To Visit Ill Grandmother Barack Obama is canceling his campaign events on Thursday and Friday, in order to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii. Madelyn Dunham's health has taken a turn for the worse, and the...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on October 21, 2008 8:59 AM
Election Central Morning Roundup
Poll: Ayers Not A Legitimate Campaign Issue, Palin's Selection Bad For McCain A new ABC News/Washington Post poll contains two particularly bad numbers for John McCain. First, 60% of likely voters said they do not think Bill Ayers is a...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on October 20, 2008 8:57 AM
McCain Defends His Robo-Slime Campaign, Lies About It
John McCain defended his robo-slime campaign against Barack Obama today -- and as a special bonus, completely misrepresented what his robocalls actually say about Obama. McCain's comments on robo-slime-gate came this morning on Fox News, after Chris Wallace pointed out...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 19, 2008 11:01 AM
Flashback: McCain Condemned Robo-Slime In 2000 As "Hate Calls"
Joe Klein adds an important point to the evolving story about John McCain's massive robo-sleaze campaign, pointing out that McCain was once outraged by this tactic -- when he was the victim of it, that is: Back in 2000, in...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 17, 2008 9:49 AM
Election Central Morning Roundup
Obama Ad: McCain Will Tax Your Health Benefits And Cut Medicare The Obama campaign has another TV ad in targeted states, warning voters that their health benefits will be taxed under John McCain's plan and he'll cut Medicare too, in...
Posted by Eric Kleefeld on October 17, 2008 8:59 AM
Latest McCain Robocall Alleges That Obama Denied Babies Medical Care
We've obtained yet another McCain campaign robocall, and this one levels perhaps the nastiest charge yet: It claims that Barack Obama callously denied newborns needed medical attention by opposing a measure to force doctors to preserve their lives when they...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 16, 2008 4:23 PM
Worst Yet? McCain Campaign Robocall Ties Obama To "Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers"
This McCain campaign robocall tying Obama to William Ayers may be the worst one yet. The McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee are pumping a robocall into multiple states that directly alleges that Obama has "worked closely" with "domestic...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 16, 2008 1:57 PM
Is It Over? Debate Reveals That Dynamic Of Race Is Fixed In Obama's Favor
Tonight's debate reveals as clearly as you could want that the dynamic of this race is fixed, perhaps irrevocably, in Obama's favor, with little to no time left to change this fact. That dynamic is this: People have decided that...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 16, 2008 12:05 AM
Desperation: McCain Claims That Obama Voted To Let Babies Die
Sheer desperation: John McCain hits Barack Obama for allegedly voting to let babies die. The reference, of course, is to Obama's opposition to a measure in Illinois that would purportedly have provided care for babies born amid abortions -- something...
Posted by Greg Sargent on October 15, 2008 10:20 PM
