Something That Seems to Impress Voters Hung Up On the Experience Question

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:34 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:34

Twice in the past week I've had people tell me that Obama's lack of experience made it hard for them to vote for him. One was a McCain voter, the other undecided (as of this morning when we spoke).

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 8:40 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 08:40

It seems odd to me that a consultant used by a campaign for making robocalls would be responsible for the wardrobe of the VP candidate. I wonder if this budget item wasn't a bit of accounting sleight of hand to pass on a McCain campaign expense to the RNC.

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 12:18 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 12:18

Fact: Once sworn in, Barack Obama will be the second U.S. president whose last name ends in a vowel. The first was James Monroe.

Opinion: Sarah Palin is John McCain's Willie Horton.

Fact: The Obama/Biden ticket stands to be the first ticket elected since 1928 in which neither candidate has served in the military (I can't believe McCain never brought this up... I figure it's too late now to do him any good).

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 6:16 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 06:16

My friends, throughout the campaign, John "McNuggets" McCain has said repeatedly that he knows how to find Osama Bin Laden, and when he is president, he WILL find Osama Bin Laden. My source, who prefers to remain anonymous unless there are copious quantities of bourbon involved, has given me a piece of McCain letterhead with lots of pencil-drawn doodles on it and a hand scrawled list. Above the list is a title: Top 10 Ways to Find Osama Bin Laden.

My assumption is that every time the word "I" or "me" appears, it refers to McCain himself. Here is the list.

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 8:53 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 08:53

John McCain gave a speech this morning in an attempt to re-boot his campaign. There wasn't any new content, and I don't want to get into the particulars of the speech, because that isn't the point of this diary. It also wasn't the point of his speech.

McCain's speech was about changing the subject again. He needed to get past the unrelenting negativity of his campaign for the last 10 days. Equally, if not more important, he needed to give the press something to talk about on Monday morning so Sarah Palin's violation of Alaska's ethics law would be buried. We shouldn't let him off so easily.

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 3:25 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 15:25

Until he dropped out of the race, Richardson was my guy, and I hadn't paid much attention to Obama even though I was blown away by his speech at the 2004 convention. The first of Obama's campaign speeches that I saw was his Iowa victory speech. He spoke a lot about hope that night. Of course, I was impressed by the speech. I was also amazed that Hillary had given Obama the space to become the messenger of hope. After all, Bill Clinton ended every speech in 1992 with the line, "I still believe in a place called Hope." Democrats love hope; maybe even more than Republicans love fear.

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 9:40 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 09:40

Nothing that John McCain has thrown at the wall has stuck. Polls show that independents trust Barack Obama more on the economy and more on handling Iraq. The one survey in which McCain still outscores Obama is on the question of dealing with terror; and he's not up by much, but it's all he has.

I think that's why they've made Ayers their point of attack, and I think there is more to come.

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 5:46 PM PDT

2008/10/05 · 17:46

I'm writing this diary in response to the McCain camp's attempts to link Barack Obama with William Ayers. Everything that follows is true. I am intentionally leaving out any information that would identify the people in question.

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 8:03 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 08:03

John McCain has managed to paint an ugly picture of himself. The lies of his commercials have been pointed out by the media, his pick of Sarah Palin has most rational people questioning his "Country First" slogan, his condescending manner toward Barack Obama in the first debate cost him voters.

So, I wonder, does anyone really listen to John McCain anymore for anything other than the entertainment value?

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McCain's reputation as a straight talker is:

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McCain's reputation as a straight talker is:

intact

2 votes

on life support

23 votes

damaged, but not beyond repair

13 votes

dead

125 votes

Maybe Congress Can Help Wall Street Bail Out Itself

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 12:53 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 12:53

Congressman DeFazio's idea to charge a tax of .25% of each investment transaction seems fair to me. Maybe it could inspire Wall Street to bail itself out without taxpayer money.

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Sunday September 28, 2008 · 5:04 PM PDT

2008/09/28 · 17:04

My mother hasn't always been a Republican, and I don't think it stopped her from voting for Bill Clinton (whom she absolutely loved), but for months she was afraid of Obama. The debate changed that.

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 1:00 PM PDT

2008/09/27 · 13:00

Over the last seven years, many Americans have bought homes they really couldn't afford. Lowered borrowing standards attracted many buyers with no cash and/or poor credit. A lot of those people have lost their home, or will soon. Their credit ratings are now in the toilet, and that is having a negative effect on sales of large ticket items like cars and appliances.

None of the bailout proposals made public so far has addressed the problem created by these people being taken out of the market. This idea does.

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Should any bailout bill include repairing credit for individuals?

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Should any bailout bill include repairing credit for individuals?

Yes

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