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Politics : John McCain's Presidency: A George W. Bush third term -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Geoff Altman who wrote (89)9/24/2008 8:08:44 AM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 119
 
Is that why he has picked up in the polls. It is a no-brainer to assess a candidate with a Keating 5 history and his campaign chair's company being on the payroll of Freddie and Fannie. You think those campaign advisors of Obama squealed on McCain?
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Economic fears give Obama a clear lead in poll
Survey gives Democrat a 9-point edge over McCain among likely voters


By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
updated 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving Democratic nominee Barack Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign over Republican John McCain, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll.

...contd at msnbc.msn.com



To: Geoff Altman who wrote (89)9/24/2008 10:09:11 AM
From: Nicholas Thompson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 119
 
except also that two McCain top advisors were on the Freddie Mac gravy train at a total of $45,000 a month for years -until August. Also the deregulation so loved by McCain was allowed to turn into a festering wound of financial fraud by the Bushies and Gramm McCains then top financial advisor calls us a Country of Whiners as we get stripped.