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...think my past political affiliations will have anything to do with it. I've worked very well on the Pickens Plan with the Democrat side and the Republican side. I've talked to both Senator McCain and Obama. And I've talked to Governor Palin. They took some of the things we talked about, and they use them in their speeches...
...TELEVISION 30 Rock She says she's giving up doing Sarah Palin, but after Tina Fey's killer SNL impression, her other vehicle returns strong. Nov. 6 brings a cameo by Oprah Winfrey, to whom Fey's TV producer, Liz Lemon, cries, "My work-self is suffocating my life-me!" We like both of her just fine...
CAMPAIGN SCORECARD [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] ROUND 1 2 3 4 ISSUE Infighting Accuracy Rate Momentum Expectation-Setting ACTION The unseemly spectacle of anonymous Palin allies' criticizing her handling by McCain staffers, followed by McCain aides sliming Palin as a "diva" and "whack job," was too alluring for the media to ignore. In comparison, Obama's arch remark that Joe Biden can be given to "rhetorical flourishes" looked positively friendly. Another typical week in the message wars. Democrats methodically fired laser-guided missiles at McCain (that he's in lockstep with Bush...
This year Ohio is gearing up to put on another show. Both campaigns have spent enough time here that they should have invested in Quickpay cards for doughnut runs to Tim Hortons. John McCain chose Dayton for the site of Sarah Palin's coming-out party, and Barack Obama turned up in Canton to launch his "closing argument" speech for the last week of the race. In the latest TIME/CNN/Opinion Research poll, Obama held a 51%-to-47% lead over McCain but trailed him 48% to 50% among pivotal suburban voters...
...swing voters the Obama campaign would like to win over. A drive around Indian Hill's winding country lanes leaves a visitor thinking it's less a town than a state park with sprawling manors. Bush beat John Kerry here by better than 3 to 1, and McCain and Palin have each dropped by in the past few months to raise money. But just a few weeks before the 2008 election, the yard signs anchored at the end of the long driveways were as likely to read OBAMA as MCCAIN. On Oct. 22, McCain and Palin flew in to fire...