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Christopher Hass / Barack Obama and Joe Biden:
100,000 in St. Louis, MO: “All I can say is, wow.” — Barack just concluded his speech underneath the Gatway Arch in St. Louis, in front of a record crowd of over 100,000 people. “All I can say is, wow,” Barack said as he took the stage. … Read the full remarks of Barack's speech in St. Louis, as prepared for delivery . . .
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Washington Wire:
Obama Rally Draws 100,000 in Missouri — Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from St. Louis. — Barack Obama attracted 100,000 people at a Saturday rally here, his biggest crowd ever at a U.S. event. — The crowd assembled under the Gateway Arch on a sunny Saturday afternoon …
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New York Times:
Day's Campaigning Shows an Inverted Political Plane — ST. LOUIS — There was the feel of a political world turned upside down on Saturday as Senator John McCain found himself defending North Carolina and Virginia, while Senator Barack Obama was greeted by huge crowds in Missouri …
The Trail / Washington Post:
Obama Draws 100,000 in Missouri — (Linda Davidson / The Washington Post) — ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A record-breaking 100,000 people cheered Sen. Barack Obama under the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi River, by far the biggest stateside crowd drawn by the Democratic nominee.
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The Moderate Voice
Carrie Budoff Brown / Ben Smith's Blogs:
100,000 people — Barack Obama apparently attracted more people …
100,000 people — Barack Obama apparently attracted more people …
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Salon
Faiz / Think Progress:
Pfotenhauer Insults Virginians: ‘Real Virginia’ Is Only Where McCain Is Winning — On MSNBC this morning, McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer asserted that “real Virginia” does not include Northern Virginia: … MSNBC host Kevin Corke gave Pfotenhauer a chance to revise her answer, telling her …
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The Trail / Washington Post:
McCain Adviser Suggests NoVa Not ‘Real Virginia’ — By Matthew Mosk and Christopher Twarowski — Sen. John McCain headlined a boisterous outdoor rally in Woodbridge, Va., today, while his campaign took heat for suggesting the populous region was not part of “real Virginia.”
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
McCain aide says he's strong in ‘real’ Virginia
McCain aide says he's strong in ‘real’ Virginia
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Agence France Presse
Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:
McCain Adviser Says Northern Virginia Not “Real” Virginia
McCain Adviser Says Northern Virginia Not “Real” Virginia
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain adviser: Northern Va not the “real Virginia.”
McCain adviser: Northern Va not the “real Virginia.”
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Greta Van Susteren / Fox News:
“You have not tried to find Barack Obama's drug dealer” — Gloves are off ....Big Time!!! Look for blood on the floor!! Mrs. McCain's lawyer fires off a letter to the New York Times! See the letter to Keller of the New York Times below: — Note from me: I am told we have this letter independently - see below.
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New York Times:
Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In
Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Launches Own ‘Joe The Plumber’ Robocall — Barack Obama's campaign is trotting out its own “Joe the Plumber” to counteract efforts by John McCain to make inroads on the white working class vote. — A reader in Colorado sends over word that the state Democratic Party and the Obama camp …
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Marc Ambinder
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Racists for Obama? — New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative views of African-Americans. — Race has become the elephant in the room of the 2008 presidential campaign …
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Elwyn Tinklenberg / Daily Kos:
(Update 4) Kossacks, Thank You and Michele Bachmann, $488,127.30 raised! — The last few hours have been nothing short of astounding. Since Congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared on MSNBC's Hardball earlier tonight, there's been a deluge of support unlike anything we have seen. — Kossacks:
Marc Ambinder:
McCain's Cosmological Breakthrough: Unreality Is Expanding — The McCain campaign has broken through a heretofore impenetrable barrier in quantum physics, experimentally proving the existence of unseen dimensions and, in the process, setting three of its surrogates on a pathway towards winning …
Sam Schulman / Weekly Standard:
Class Will Tell — Why is Bill Ayers a respectable member of the upper middle class and Sarah Palin contemptible? — Pour yourself a Johnnie Walker Black and remember. The presidential campaign was going to be about sex—the sex of the inevitable winning candidate. Then it was going to be about race.
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Pajamas Media
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
“Real” America Looks Different to Palin, Obama — Yesterday, at a fundraiser in Greensboro, North Carolina, Sarah Palin said the following: … Palin refers to the fact that the cities and towns she has gotten to visit represent the “real America”. So what exactly do these places look like?
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
A tale of two networks — Carl Cameron and Ed Henry are both top-flight reporters. — But they work for networks which are viewed in, shall we say, differing lights by Republican activists. — So when Fox's Cameron and CNN's Henry took to opposing risers today at a McCain rally in Woodbridge …
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John / Verum Serum:
Crossing Paths Daily: Obama and Ayers Shared an Office (Update: For Three Years) — It's nice to be the guy getting tips for once instead of the guy sending them. Yesterday I got two great tips from Morgen, a reader who had found my earlier posts digging into the Obama Ayers connection.