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October 13, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:
ABC News Video: "Presidential Race Gets Nastier" LINK
ABC News Analysis by Gary Langer: "Discontent Buffets the Nation; Bush Craters, Obama Benefits" LINK
ABC News' Gary Langer: "Attack Blowback" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon: "Candidates Divide On Korea Deal" LINK
The Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut and Jon Cohen: "Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall" LINK
The Washington Post's Tim Craig: "GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden - Va. Party Leader Criticized, Including By McCain Team" LINK
The Washington Post's Libby Copeland: "Mudslinging Isn't New. Here's the Messy Truth." LINK
The Boston Herald's Mike Underwood: "Ohio poll shows Barack Obama gaining against John McCain" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Mark Z. Barabak and Dan Morain: "Obama Surges Past McCain In Fundraising Race" LINK
The New York Daily News' Mike Lupica: "Barack Obama, John McCain Need To Talk To Each Other - And To Us" LINK
The New York Daily News' Richard Sisk: "McCain Says He'll 'Whip' Obama In Final Debate 'Respectfully' And Recover GOP lead" LINK
Newsweek's Michael Hirsh: "Fix It: How McCain and Obama See the Economic Crisis" LINK
The Associated Press: "McCain vows to 'whip' Obama in debate" LINK
The Associated Press: "Bob Schieffer, host of 3rd presidential debate, will seek specifics" LINK
2008: McCain:
ABC News' Bret Hovel: "McCain to Appear on Letterman this Thursday" LINK
Politico's Andy Barr: "Debate coaches: 'Lost' McCain Must Up Game" LINK
Politico's Mike Allen: "McCain Abandons Plan For New Tax Cuts" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Corey Dade: "In Virginia, McCain Struggles To Hold The South For GOP" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: "Adviser Says McCain Has Tax Cuts In Mind" LINK
USA Today's David Jackson: "McCain plans to stress tax cuts to help economy" LINK
The New York Daily News' Richard Sisk: "All is forgiven? John McCain Returning To David Letterman's 'Late Show'" LINK
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter: "Crushed by the Elephant: Picking Palin was a confession that McCain did not have control of the Republican Party" LINK
Newsweek's Holly Bailey: "Meet McCain Strategist Schmidt. Just Don't Call Him Rove" LINK
The Associated Press: "GOP frets about McCain's strategy, prospects" LINK
2008: Obama:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "In Working-Class Ohio, Obama Meets Amorous Dogs, Skeptical Plumber" LINK
Bloomberg's James Rowley and Kristin Jensen: "Obama Gains In Iowa, Florida Give Him National Boost" LINK
Politico's Harry Siegel: "Final Score: Obama Wins The Day" LINK
Politico's Jonathan Martin: "Bill Clinton Stumps In Va.: 'Time To Do The Right Thing'" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler and Easha Anand: "Obama Camp's Travel Seems A Factor In Recent Leads in Battleground States" LINK
The Washington Post's Shankar Vedantam: "Does Your Subconscious Think Obama Is Foreign?" LINK
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz: "On the Bus, But With No Reason to Go?" LINK
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama" LINK
The New York Times' Patrick Healy: "Race Remains Campaign Issue, but Not a Clear One" LINK
The New York Daily News' Michael Saul: "Clintons warn Obama Supporters: It Ain't Over Till It's Over" LINK
Newsweek Magazine's Richard K. Wolffe and Michael Isikoff: "How David Axelrod Maintains the Obama Brand" LINK
Time Magazine's David Von Drehle: "For White Working Class, Obama Rises on Empty Wallets" LINK
The Washington Times' Donald Lambro: "Obama Tax Cut 'Refunds' Those Who Don't Pay" LINK
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