John McCain’s pep talk is drowned out by recriminations over campaign
Times Online – UK
John McCain declared defiantly yesterday that he would emerge victorious from next week’s presidential election even as campaign tensions— including with …
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d_americas/us_elections/article5019648.ece

Daily Tracking Poll: McCain Inches Up on Economy, but Advantage is …
ABC News – USA
With their closing arguments approaching, John McCain has inched a bit closer to Barack Obama in trust to handle the economy. But the advantage remains …
www.abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=6114326&page=1

McCain casts himself as a check on liberal Democrats
The Miami Herald – FL,USA
By STEVEN THOMMA AND MARGARET TALEV CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — All but conceding that Congress will remain in Democratic hands, John McCain Sunday cast himself as …
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cs/campaign-2008/story/742408.html

Graham Plays McCain Attack Dog
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
Lindsey Graham, a longtime ally of John McCain’s, has turned into his attack dog introductory speaker in recent days. Meanwhile, McCain himself shortened …
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26/graham-plays-mccain-attack-dog/

McCain ignores polls to predict victory
New Zealand Herald – New Zealand
By David Usborne McCain says he’ll win the election but acknowledges it will be a tight race. Photo / AP A defiant John McCain has dismissed polling numbers …
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9/15 puts McCain behind the eight ball
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The latest opinion polls indicate that McCain is behind the eight ball. The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll gives Obama a 12-point lead over McCain, …
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_915_hurts_McCain/articleshow/3644006.cms

Obama Ties McCain to Republican Philosophy
New York Times – United States
By JEFF ZELENY DENVER — With the final week of campaigning ahead, Senator Barack Obama redoubled his efforts to tie Senator John McCain to the Bush…
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/us/politics/26cnd-campaign.html?hp

Obama calls McCain a Bush imitator in Colorado
Reuters – USA
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent DENVER (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama portrayed Republican rival John McCain as a weak imitation of President …
www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49P2U520081026

Bitter infighting over ‘diva’ Palin in McCain campaign: report
AFP
WATERLOO, Iowa (AFP) — Bitter infighting between aides to John McCain and Sarah Palin erupted into public view in a sign of tension gripping the Republican …
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In Iowa, McCain dismisses sour poll numbers
The Associated Press
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Republican John McCain, behind in the polls and looking for a comeback, argued Sunday that voters should elect him president to …
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Ohio a must win for McCain
By emilyes
McCain is campaigning in Ohio Sunday, a state that is a must win for the Arizona senator. DAYTON, Ohio (CNN)– John McCain is back in Ohio today. He’s holding rallies in Zanesville and Lancaster, in the central part of the state. …
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McCain guarantees victory
By media@politico.com (Lisa Lerer,Mike Allen)
McCain said that he can ‘guarantee’ a win on Nov. 4 in a victory that won’t be clear until late. See also: Rove: GOP finger-pointing ‘sad’
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14951.html

The McCain Mutiny
By Nicole Belle
WALLACE: One thing that we are witnessing already is dissension within the ranks of the McCain campaign. There’s a big article today in the New York Times Sunday Magazine about it. There have been a bunch of other reports.…
crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/mccain-mutiny

Twittering McCain Supporter Lied About Attack, But There’s More…
By Terrence O’Brien
On Friday, we picked up a story about Ashley Todd, a campaign worker for John McCain, who claimed to have been attacked and disfigured by an Obama supporter at an ATM in Pittsburgh. Before we could even finish the editing process, …
www.switched.com/2008/10/26/twittering
-mccain-supporter-lied-about-attack/

John McCain: ‘I am not George Bush’
By Mark Silva
John McCain, nearly 26 years in Congress, 22 in the Navy, and today – on the 41st anniversary of the day, Oct. 26, 1973, that his bomber was shot
down over Hanoi, the start of a five-and-a-half year imprisonment and torture – attempting …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/
10/john_mccain_i_am_not_george_bu.html