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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a slim 2-point lead on Republican rival John McCain in a tight White House race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. Obama led McCain by 47 percent to 45 percent in the national poll, within the margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. Obama led by 3 points in Tuesday's poll. Four percent of voters said they were still undecided. The daily tracking poll, which will sample public opinion until the November 4 election, showed Obama leading among two crucial swing voting blocs. He has a 9-point advantage...

First Barack Obama said that he would give tax cuts to 95% of Americans and would raise taxes on those making over $250,000 per year. When this was exposed as being mere political fluff and void of any real substance (since 40%+ of Americans don't pay any federal income tax), Obama rolled out the usual spin and said that he would give a tax cut to 95% of Americans who pay federal income taxes. But he continued to say that he would raise taxes on those who make more than $250,000 per year. When it was exposed through various media...

Barack Obama recently finished a $500,000 total overhaul of his 757. And as part of the new design, he decided to remove the American flag from the tail. What American running for President of the United States would remove the symbol of his country? And worse, he replaced the flag with it with a symbol of himself. Photo of plane reprinted with written permission of the photographer.