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by Josh Kalven
12:23pm
Thu Oct 9, 2008
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What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Ayers?

Barack Obama

During a Chicago Public Radio discussion yesterday, Public Affairs host Jeff Berkowitz made the argument that Barack Obama's assocation with Bill Ayers "reflects bad judgment" and that John McCain should have broached the issue during the debate Tuesday night.  &quot...

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by Angela Caputo
12:09pm
Wed Oct 8, 2008
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Former Cicero Mayor Pops Up In McCain's Pilsen "Documentary"

Immigration

After viewing a recent McCain campaign YouTube video, an
unsuspecting viewer might walk away thinking Chicago's two biggest
Latino neighborhoods  -- Pilsen and Little Village -- are hotbeds of anti-Obama sentiment.  The
six-minute "documentary," titled "...

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by Adam Doster
4:46pm
Tue Oct 7, 2008

McCain's Health Care Plan In Illinois

Health Care

Barack Obama describes John McCain's health care proposal as "radical." Tribune health care reporter Judith Graham and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman
concur. McCain himself obviously disagrees. But according to a new study
(PDF) by the Economic Policy ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:43pm
Mon Oct 6, 2008

"Willie" Ayers?

Barack Obama

Watching MSNBC this morning, I happened to notice that they repeatedly referred to Bill Ayers as "Willie" in their on-screen text:

Willie, huh?  I grew up in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.  I know the Ayers-Dorhn family quite well.  And I can't ...

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by Josh Kalven
1:58pm
Thu Oct 2, 2008
2 comments

McCain Exits Michigan

Missouri

Wow. Big news today out of Michigan.  The McCain campaign has announced that they're pulling all staff out of the state and redistributing them to Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida.

So taking that into consideration, let's have a look at the current map.  What emerges is ...

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by Josh Kalven
5:04pm
Wed Oct 1, 2008

Pollwatchers Shift Missouri To The Left

McCain

We've been carefully tracking Indiana's swing state status, but now it appears the race for Missouri may be just as tight.  A CNN poll released today has Barack Obama leading John McCain by one point -- 49-48 percent.  The last CNN survey in the state -- conducted three weeks ...

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by Adam Doster
3:16pm
Tue Sep 30, 2008
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Obama Campaign On Underestimating New Voters

Barack Obama

Yesterday, we highlighted
estimates of the growing Democratic advantage in voter registration.
Although we've spent a good deal of time documenting the electoral
effects Obama's "Vote For Change" campaign could have this November, the
Obama campaign itself ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:46am
Mon Sep 29, 2008

GMA Visits Quincy Voters

Barack Obama

Last week, ABC's Good Morning America visited Quincy, IL as part of their "50 States In 50 Days" series.  Their reporter dropped in on a BBQ contest and found a variety of sentiment regarding the two presidential candidates.  Watch it:

In ...

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by Josh Kalven
5:59pm
Sat Sep 27, 2008
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Obama-McCain Debate #1: The Emerging Narrative

Barack Obama

As I watched the surprisingly sober, policy-oriented debate last night, I kept waiting for that certain, shiny object to emerge -- something for the mainstream press to latch on to in their post-game coverage.  As it neared the end with no identifiable zingers or ...