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P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Hidden Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry — (Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of this blog.) — Imagine if John McCain had whispered somewhere that he was willing to bankrupt a major industry?
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: I'll make energy prices “skyrocket” — In another clip from the same January 2008 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle in which Barack Obama promised to bankrupt anyone foolish enough to build coal-burning power plants, he also made an interesting admission about his entire energy plan.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Obama McCain Race Gets Uglier By The Hour — As the clock winds down to election day, with each passing hour the 2008 Presidential campaign seemingly gets more frenzied, angrier and uglier. See this earlier post about the likely outcome after the votes are counted.
Michael James / Political Punch:
Republicans to Try Burning Obama on Coal — “I'm calling on behalf of John McCain and the RNC to tell you that coal jobs, which are so important to our community are in jeopardy,” says the robocall being made to voters in Pennsylvania and Ohio, among other coal-producing states.
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Washington Wire:
Palin Attacks Obama on Coal Production — Nick Timiraos reports from Marietta, Ohio, on the presidential race. — Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin unleashed a new volley against Barack Obama on a four-city tour of Ohio on Sunday by touting newly released audio comments …
Gateway Pundit:EXPLOSIVE NEW AUDIO— Obama Promises San Francisco Audience …
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Washington Wire:New Ads Focus on Obama's Ties to Jeremiah Wright
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Pew Research Center:
Obama Leads McCain 52% to 46% in Campaign's Final Days — McCain Narrows Gap — Barack Obama holds a significant lead over John McCain in the final days of Campaign 2008. The Pew Research Center's final pre-election poll of 2,587 likely voters, conducted Oct. 29-Nov. 1 …
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On Politics:
Final USA TODAY/Gallup estimate: Obama, 53%; McCain, 42% — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 11 percentage points in the last USA TODAY/Gallup national poll of likely voters before Election Day. — With less than two days to go before polls open, the contenders' support is estimated to be:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
JOE THE SKINHEAD — When he was just the topic du jour because of his question to Barack Obama back in the neighborhood in Ohio, that was one thing. But “Joe the Plumber” is now actively campaigning with and for John McCain, appearing on stage with him at multiple events, etc.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
How soon will we know on election night? — Answer: Pretty soon, potentially. Via CNN, a rundown of when the polls in various battleground states close (all times ET): … I didn't include Iowa because it's not a battleground anymore, assuming it ever was, but that's also a 10 p.m. close for what it's worth.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama will answer questions ... Wednesday — ABC's Jake Tapper managed to get Sen. Barack Obama's attention on the tarmac in Springfield, Mo., this morning. — “What would you tell your Treasury secretary to do differently with the $700 billion?” he asked, according to the pool report.
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The Huffington Post:
McCain Did Not Disclose Keating Business Deal To Investigators — The New Republic published an explosive story Saturday evening detailing how John McCain, in all likelihood, leaked information to investigators of the Keating Five scandal that was designed to help his image at the expense of the other four Senators involved.
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Keith Thomson / The Huffington Post:
The Most Accurate Election Forecast? Hardcore Gamblers — Recently I was in Kentucky, reporting on horseracing for Garden & Gun. A “whale” (bettor of thousands of dollars per day) I interviewed, Mike Maloney, successfully traded securities, options and futures, but chose to go to the track every …
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Chris Harris / MTV:
Barack Obama Answers Your Questions About Gay Marriage, Paying For College, More — For all of the senator's answers — and your reactions — check out ‘Ask Obama’ on Monday at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET on MTV. — When an MTV viewer wanted to know what Democratic presidential nominee Barack …
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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
Morning Status Update for Sunday 11/02 — The most important thing to keep in mind about pre-election polls is that they come with random variability built-in. That mostly predictable variation — known to most of us as “the margin of error' — comes from interviewing what we hope amounts …
CNN:
Townsfolk stuff Palin effigy with explosives — BATTLE, England (CNN) — Townsfolk in England have delivered their explosive verdict on Sarah Palin, stuffing a giant effigy of the U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee with fireworks and blowing her up to raucous cheers.
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Washington Post:
Pundit Predictions for Election 2008 — What qualified as “new school” in politics in 1982? Angry attack-faxes? One thing was brand new: Outlook's Crystal Ball, an election prediction contest now on its 14th go-round. In 2008, a lot has seemed new school. The political blogosphere exploded.
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