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October 25, 2008
SATURDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * The Obama campaign unveiled a two-minute ad this morning that emphasizes Obama's economic plan and how he'd pay for it. McCain and Bush aren't mentioned. * The National Republican Senatorial Committee has officially given up on winning Colorado's open U.S. Senate seat, which obviously spells trouble for Bob Schaffer. * In other Senate news, Obama cut a new TV ad for Oregon's Jeff Merkley, the first commercial Obama has done for a Democratic Senate candidate this year. * In Ohio, a new Ohio Newspaper Poll shows Obama leading McCain by three, 49% to 46%. A month ago, this same poll showed McCain up by two. * In Colorado, a new Rocky Mountain News/CBS4 poll shows Obama leading McCain by 12, 52% to 40%. * In New Hampshire, Rasmussen shows Obama leading McCain by four, 50% to 46%. * In Iowa, Rasmussen shows Obama leading McCain by eight, 52% to 44%. * Nationally, Newsweek shows Obama leading McCain by 12, 53% to 41%. —Steve Benen 1:15 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (8)Comments
line that the campaign had reportedly not cleared in advance The Oregon senate race is going to be a squeaker. In many ways Gordon Smith is a true moderate Republican and, as much as it pains me to admit this, he's reasonably effective and fairly popular even in the Democrat parts of the state. He's also spent most of the campaign stressing his close ties to Democrats (and tying himself to Obama). If one did not know better, one might think he was a Democrat. Oregon is going to be a real test for Obama's coat tails. Here's hoping he can pull it off for Merkely. Posted by: thorin-1 on October 25, 2008 at 1:35 PM | PERMALINKthorin-1 -Not to disagree with anything you write, but anyone who keeps an "R" after their name after eight years of Bush/Cheney deserves to be treated like Lincoln Chafee. Go write a book, Gordie. Posted by: Danp on October 25, 2008 at 1:58 PM | PERMALINK"* The Obama campaign unveiled a two-minute ad this morning that emphasizes Obama's economic plan and how he'd pay for it. McCain and Bush aren't mentioned." Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% are mentioned. Posted by: roy on October 25, 2008 at 2:01 PM | PERMALINKI wonder whether Obama's huge war chest shouldn't go at least partly toward joint ads with other Senate Democratic candidates in close races. The White House is almost certainly ours... Let's get 60 Democrats in the Senate! Posted by: Chris on October 25, 2008 at 2:09 PM | PERMALINKGeeks may find this interesting: Rushing away. In the light Francesco Sinibaldi Posted by: Francesco Sinibaldi on October 25, 2008 at 2:59 PM | PERMALINKSteve, are there sites which use state polling to determine the probable makeup of the next Congress that they imply (something like the Electoral college ones)? Posted by: jhm on October 25, 2008 at 3:28 PM | PERMALINKI truly hope only a minority of my fellow Oregonians share Thorin-1's preposterous belief that Gordon Smith is some kind of moderate. He is a true blue (red?) country-club / Mormon conservative Republican. Just because he amps up the moderate happy talk every time he's up for reelection and he isn't as batshit insane as the worst Repubs in the Senate doesn't make him as a moderate. It's a measure of how far things have deteriorated in this country that people could think he's close to the center. Posted by: Spero Melior on October 25, 2008 at 7:06 PM | PERMALINK
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