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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Joe Wurzelbacher is a plumber in Toledo, Ohio. In a now-famous encounter earlier this week, Sen. Obama told Joe the Plumber that he needed to raise Joe’s taxes in order to “spread the wealth.” Joe got 15 separate mentions as each candidate tried to frame his policies based on the impact they would have on [...]
Debate No. 2: No game changer for McCain.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Those who support John McCain were hoping for an “I paid for this microphone” or “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennnedy” moment at the second presidential debate Tuesday night. They were hoping for that rare but juicy moment in a national debate that gets played over and over on all of the networks. They were hoping [...]
Reaction to the VP debate.
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Here’s a roundup of reaction to Thursday night’s debate between VP candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Byron York of National Review says it’s Palin by a wink. Adam Nagourny in The New York Times characterized it as “not doing any obvious damage to the Republican presidential ticket.” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos offers a report card [...]
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