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Joe: Obama's ‘tap dance almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.’ — Katie gets the first interview with Joe Wurzelbacher and, like everyone else in America, he talks like a pundit. — “McCain was solid in his performance,” he says. “I still don't know where he stands,” he says of Obama.
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The Joe file — Two readers with access to the Ohio voter file say that Joe Wurzelbacher's inluence on this cycle will be limited in one way: He doesn't appear to be registered to vote. — (And yes, the freelance opposition research on Joe began before the debate ended.)
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‘Joe the Plumber’ is focus of presidential debate's first few minutes — The story of “Joe the Plumber” - Joe Wurzelbacher of Shrewsbury Street in Springfield Township - became a centerpiece of the early minutes of the presidential debate last night. — And Joe the Plumber became the subject of national and international interest.
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Joe The Plumber: Obama Tax Plan ‘Infuriates Me’ — ABC News' Teddy Davis and Hope Ditto Report: — John McCain may have found a blue-collar face to help him argue that no American — not even the richest 5 percent — should pay higher taxes. — “Joe The Plumber” has weighed …
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Joe the Plumber Weighs in on Debate: “Obama's Proposal Scares Me Because It's Just One More Step Towards Socialism” — Oops!... He did it again. — Joe brings up that darned “socialism” word again. — Joe Wurzelbacher, “Joe the Plumber”, of Toledo, Ohio weighs in on the final presidential debate last night.
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Joe's registration — Joe Wurzelbacher doesn't immediately turn up in the Ohio voter registration database, leading to some speculation last night that he's not registered to vote. — But the Toledo Blade reports that he appears to be a registered Republican, and a primary voter at that:
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Joe The Plumber's Chat With Couric — Joe Wurzelbacher - immortalized during tonight's presidential debate as “Joe The Plumber” - spoke with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric shortly after the conclusion of the final debate between Barack Obama and John McCain.
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CBS Poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Final Debate — As in the previous debates, CBS News and Knowledge Networks have conducted a nationally representative poll of uncommitted voters to get their immediate reaction to tonight's presidential debate. — In the first presidential debate …
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Undecideds Laughing At, Not With, McCain — From TIME's Amy Sullivan: — In politics it is generally not considered a good sign when voters are laughing at you, not with you. And by the end of the third and last presidential debate, the undecided voters who had gathered in Denver …
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Poll: Debate watchers say Obama wins — HEMPSTEAD, New York (CNN) — A majority of debate watchers thought that Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted at the end of the debate. — Fifty-eight percent of debate watchers questioned …
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Third Presidential Debate: McCain Digs Himself a Deeper Hole
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DEBATE POLLS.... Everyone who watched last night's debate came …
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The Third Presidential Debate — October 15, 2008 Following is a transcript of the third presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama in Hempstead, N.Y., as recorded by CQ Transcriptions: — View the video of this debate — SCHIEFFER: Good evening.
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Obama Hasn't Closed the Sale — Both candidates continue to tinker with their strategies. — In the campaign's final two weeks, voters will take a last serious look at both presidential candidates. The outcome of the race isn't cast in stone yet. — Barack Obama holds a 7.3% lead …
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Ohio seeks to block voter challenge ruling — Ohio's top election official has asked the Supreme Court to put on hold a federal judge's order requiring steps to verify the voter registration rolls across the state, arguing that the order had “destabilized” the election situation just three weeks before voters go to the polls.
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Obama Invokes Granite State Lessons — Senator Barack Obama offered fresh words of wisdom today for any of his supporters who are feeling overly confident with the presidential race: New Hampshire. — “For those of you who are feeling giddy or cocky or think this is all set …
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The Good Old Days — One thing I liked about the Bush/Gore debates is that it was obvious both men loathed each other and they didn't care who knew it. That liberated them, for good and ill. — By contrast, for all the characteristically ponderous huffing from Bob Schieffer about …
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Virginia GOP Mailer Depicts Dems — And Obama? — As Appeasers Of Terrorists — In the race's final stretch, much of the real sludge and slime that floats to the surface will be the work not of the campaigns but of under-the-radar operations run by state parties and the like.
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Don't Blame Capitalism — Amid the chaos of recent days, as the federal government has taken gargantuan steps to stabilize the financial markets, realigning the U.S. economic system in the process, comes a nearly universal consensus: This crisis resulted from government reluctance to regulate the unbridled greed of Wall Street.
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Face Of The Day — US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008.
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