Presidential Race 08 Election 2008

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Barack Obama’s campaign is swimming in cash.
There are serious questions, though, about the legality of some of Obama’s donors, and Newsmax is taking the lead in the investigation.
Meanwhile, a couple of television networks have decided to give a boost to Obama’s campaign by providing an extraordinary discount for the airing of a primetime infomercial.
According to Obama campaign sources, the first 30 minutes of the primo primetime CBS and NBC hours has been purchased for the ad.
The Democratic candidate’s TV spot is scheduled to air on Oct. 29, a mere six days before the election.
The date was no arbitrary pick either. Oct. 29 (aka “Black Tuesday”) is the infamous date of the 1929 stock market crash.
The amount of money the two networks are reportedly charging for the otherwise lucrative airtime is less than $1 million.
Here’s the lowdown: The Obama campaign is being charged the lowest possible rate the networks can offer without violating the law. It’s called the “lowest unit cost.”
Do you suppose CBS and NBC are going to extend the same offer to the McCain campaign?
Maybe, if McCain agrees to sit down with, and give editing rights to, Katie Couric and Keith Olbermann.

Newsmax.com

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Real Clear Politics Average Obama +7.4

Oct. 14, 2008

Survey USA ~

Ohio Obama +5
Pennsylvania +15

Quinnipac

Michigan Obama +16
Colorado Obama +9
Minnesota Obama +11
Wisconsin Obama +17


Oct 13, 2008

FOX News / Rasmussen

Ohio Obama +2
Florida Obama +5
N Carolina TIE
Virginia Obama +3
Missouri Obama +3

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2008 Senate races updates

Minnesota

RCP Average Franken +2.2

Colorado

RCP Average Udall +7.0

N Carolina

RCP Average Hagen +3.4

Alaska

RCP Average Begich +3.2

New Hampshire

RCP Average Shaheen +5.9

Virginia

RCP Average Warner +28.2

New Mexico

RCP Average Udall +16.0

Kentucky

RCP Average McConnell +6.5

Mississippi

RCP Average Wicker +4.0

Oregon

RCP Average Merkley +1.5

Georgia

RCP Average Chambliss +2.6

it looks like 57 to 41 with 2 INDP

which should prevent the 60 vote fillabuster / veto buster majority

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ACORN=Obama....why is this not being discussed by the mainstream media?

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Originally Posted by clarke

Real impartial, isn't it?

Somehow, even though the "polls" don't indicate it, I think the liberal media is deathly afraid Obama will lose. More must be done to expose the Fraud that he is.

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Originally Posted by clarke

If people did not he would not be a public figure. The fact that he is, and that he has a following, tells me a large number of people do hold credence to what he says.

the Nation of Islam reports their membership numbers to be in the 100K range

that is a 100,000 people who believe everything Farrakhan says comes from GOD

the US census suggest there are 6 to 8 million muslim's in America today (up from a 2 to 4 million projection just two years ago)

If a ranking member of the Islamic faith says Obama is a messiah, those millions are also listening.

I understand Obama denounced Farrakahn

I understand he even later went back and declined the endorsement

how about the guy saying out loud "I am not a messiah, if for no other reason out fo modesty"

But if Obama really really wants to distance from the Nation of Islam why is the director of constituency services a paid US Senate, Jennifer Mason, still a member of NOI.

Why was the treasurer of his Senate campaign, Cynthia K. Miller, a member of the NOI?

Why for MOST of Obama's political life was his paid photographer, Shakir Muhammed, a member of the NOI.

~ while again not any one single thing here is damning but the cumlative total is overwhelming

I say now, have said, and will say that a GoP canidate of ANY COLOR had these ties the MEDIA would gut them and throw them back.

The fact that any time any one in the media even tries to bring these points to light they are LAMBLASTED as liars, racist, and bigots is disheartening.

These things should be discussed in DETAIL in front of the world.

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Originally Posted by clarke

Asking the same thing last week....ACORN is where most of the money Bill Ayers was granted and Obama distributeed went to.

Obama was a paid communtiy organizer for ACORN

later he was a paid attorney for ACORN

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McCain has promised to bring up Ayer's in the debate

all I want is pointed questions asked and legitimate VERIFIABLE answers given

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Originally Posted by eoeleven

McCain has promised to bring up Ayer's in the debate

all I want is pointed questions asked and legitimate VERIFIABLE answers given

And hopefully the ACORN connection is a hot topic.

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Originally Posted by clarke

But you do discredit them for reporting the anti-Obama news as saying its uncorraborated (my word) and negative....and you never ask why one side is reporting it and the other is IGNORING IT. Ignoring it is NOT the same thing as disputing it. They are trying to stay away from lying. They know if its made an issue he will PROBABLY lose, because the American voters may, probably will, wake up and realize they have been swindled by the media.

well, I think it is a matter of perspective. I would question anyone reporting anything negative about either candidate, without having any substance behind it, other than the report itself. case-in-point, I'm not even aware that anything we have just discussed specifically came from FOX news... unless I missed something, which is possible, given as much as we have been talking about. so if it came from FOX news, I was not even privy to that... thereby, not even knowing I was "discrediting" FOX news.

I do not trust any one news source... so for me to question a story, I assure you, is most certainly not tainted to the news source only, unless it is an obvious piece o' crap like the Enquirerer and such. I don't even trust that rag when they have pictures!

anyway... hope that clears up my thoughts on FOX news. I have no beef with them specifically, or desire to discredit them specifically.

oh... and I am all for news media exploring stories and such. I promise you I have no issue with that. just, if you are going to report, make sure to have all the facts intact, and less speculation... that's all. it's news. now if you want to call it commentary, so be it. that's different.