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Atlanta Students' Catchy Get-Out-The-Vote Song

Though they're too young to vote, that's not stopping our persons of the week from having a voice in the election. After learning both candidates' stances on the issues, students at the Ron Clarke Academy in Atlanta chose a hit...

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October 31, 2008 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (12)

'Muzzled' Biden's Halloween Present: A Press Avail

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Earlier this week, Republicans claimed that Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., had been “muzzled” by the Democratic campaign, noting that he had not held a full-fledged press availability with traveling reporters since a Sept. 7 flight...

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Palin Pushes Tax Creep Argument

ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala reports: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged that Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan is “so phony that it's already starting to unravel,” continuing an argument made by her running mate Sen. John McCain this week that the...

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Play Prognosticator...And Win A Prize?

Four days to go...and day four of our little game here: If you are tired of hearing the poll numbers (even when they're our own, sound-as-can-be metrics), and if you care to indulge in a frivolous pursuit, tell us who...

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McCain & Charlie Gibson

Charlie Gibson just concluded an interview with Senator McCain in Ohio. It's a wide-ranging, end-of-the-campaign conversation -- covering everything from people a President McCain would draw advice from (Kissinger and Schultz, Meg Whitman and John Chambers), current cabinet members he...

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McCain Now Wants Permanent Cap Gains Cut

ABC News' Teddy Davis, Arnab Datta, and Rigel Anderson Report: John McCain altered his tax plan Friday, saying for the first time that he would like to slash capital gains taxes in half on a permanent basis -- not just...

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Biden: Come Tuesday, Obama's Critics Will Be Calling Him Commander-In-Chief

ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., blew into the Buckeye State Friday afternoon, four days before Election Day, blasting Republican attacks against Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and declaring that come Tuesday, Obama's critics will be calling him...

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Nostalgic, Hopeful Alum Biden Rallies Fellow Blue Hens

ABC News' Matt Jaffe Reports: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden is running with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to seize back the Oval Office from Republican control, but lost in the race for the White House is the fact that Biden...

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McCain, Joe The Plumber & American Heroes

In our latest installment of odd-things-said-in-the-last-days-of-a-campaign: What does the word "hero" mean to you? Few if any would quarrel with the idea that John McCain is an American hero, but what do you think of this? Late yesterday Senator McCain...

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Bush Team Racing The Clock

The Washington Post this morning reports that the Bush Administration is working against the clock to speedily weaken government regulations on a wide array of industry. From Jeffrey Smith's piece in the Post: "The new rules would be among the...

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