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Obama Ascendant
Cross Action News ^ | 10-08-08 | Jacob Laksin

Posted on 10/08/2008 7:29:13 AM PDT by Victory111

John McCain’s strategy before yesterday’s second presidential debate in Nashville could be described in three words: stop the bleeding. Trailing in national polls and battleground states, and a distant second choice among voters increasingly worried about the economy, McCain had to accomplish two things. First, he had to reassure voters that he would be a better steward of the economy. Second, he had to spoil the aura of inevitability that is increasingly attached to the Obama campaign. Both were daunting tasks and, in the end, both were beyond McCain’s reach.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: debate; mccain; obama; pakistan

1 posted on 10/08/2008 7:29:13 AM PDT by Victory111
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To: Victory111

McCain hater or Marxist lover?


2 posted on 10/08/2008 7:31:31 AM PDT by jwalsh07 (MSM Lied, Journalism Died. RIP 2008)
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To: jwalsh07

No Barf Alert?


3 posted on 10/08/2008 7:36:03 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: ScottinVA

Yep, he’s “inevitable” now???

We saw how well inevitability turned out for Hillary Clinton. Nothing is inevitable if people get out there and vote. Don’t let the MSM discourage voter turnout by them saying this is a done deal.


4 posted on 10/08/2008 7:48:22 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Victory111

A lot can happen in a month.


5 posted on 10/08/2008 8:18:49 AM PDT by Hazwaste (Vote! Vote for the conservative local, state, and national candidates of your choice, but VOTE!)
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