Posted on October 10, 2008 by thestateofblog
The One. That One. The Next One.
The Obama Show will be thirty minutes, airing on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Obama has purchased 30 minutes of prime time from 8:00 to 8:30 pm (est) on CBS, NBC, and MSNBC less than a week before the election. It is estimated to have cost at least $500,000 [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2008 by thestateofblog
“John McCain and Sarah Palin were about halfway through a town hall meeting here when a man in the audience rose to be heard.
“I’m mad! I’m really mad!” he shouted. “And what’s gonna surprise you, it’s not the economy. It’s the Socialists taking over our country.”
“The crowd of several thousand erupted in thunderous cheers, as [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by thestateofblog
You gotta love this!! You can get one at http://www.thatone08.com/. It comes in white or black. You can also get one with the grumpy old man pointing. Is it official? Will the money go to Barack’s campaign? We don’t know.
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by thestateofblog
UPDATE (7:21 AM): NBC’s focus group of undecided Pennsylvania voters had the Illinois Democrat winning by roughly a 60-40 split. Frank Luntz’s focus group, over at Fox, showed undecided voters leaning towards Obama because of his position on health care. CBS’s focus group of independents had the Democratic nominee winning the debate at 39 percent to [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by thestateofblog
Posted on October 6, 2008 by thestateofblog
Hat tip: Mitt Romney
“Just two days before the Michigan voter registration deadline, seven-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist Jay-Z will headline an ‘Operation Registration’ rally and concert at Detroit’s Cobo Arena at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, October 4.
“Jay-Z will perform for thousands of Michigan voters – for free to promote voter registration and to encourage young people [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2008 by thestateofblog
Unlike the first Presidential debate, most of the talking heads aren’t shy about saying that Biden won the debate.
CNN’s David Gergen: “Joe Biden gave the best debate performance of his life.”
CBS Poll: During the course of the debate, CNN was running a viewer response line for uncommitted voters in Ohio. Overall the numbers reflected a [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2008 by thestateofblog
“In a major concession, Republican John McCain has abandoned efforts to win Michigan, a Democratic-leaning battleground state the GOP presidential candidate had hoped to capture. Republican officials with knowledge of the strategy said the GOP nominee is removing staff, curtailing advertising and canceling visits to the Midwestern state, which offers 17 electoral votes.
“Resources will be [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2008 by thestateofblog
Bailout: This proposed bill went from 3 pages to 451. I guess that happens when you add some oversight here, some tax breaks there and a couple of zillion dollars lossed in the stock market and world markets over the last week made all the difference. The Senate version of the “bailout” bill passed the [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2008 by thestateofblog
Lloyd Bentsen disses Dan Quayle.
Palin can’t name a Supreme Court case other than Roe v. Wade.
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