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Poll: 56% say Obama won the last debate, giving him ‘wins’ in all three

October 17th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Polls, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Three debates, three "wins" for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama according to USA TODAY/Gallup polls. Results just released show that 56% of those surveyed yesterday said Obama "did the better job" in Wednesday's third and final presidential debate. Of the...

Nearly 57 million watched last night’s debate

October 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Presidential race, 2008
The third and final presidential debate was watched on television by an estimated 56.5 million people, Nielsen reported a short time ago. That puts it in the middle in terms of viewership for this year's presidential face-offs. The first was...

Joe under the microscope — is he even a plumber?

October 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Human interest, People in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
As our colleague Ann Oldenburg writes at Lifeline Live, "With stardom comes the crash." Joe the Plumber, he of some two dozen mentions in last night's presidential debate and probably closing in on that many media interviews, apparently isn't a...

Obama warns against overconfidence, wants strong finish

October 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Primaries
USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely sends us a pool report from Democrat Barack Obama's fundraising breakfast this morning in New York City. Obama, who won the presidential nomination even as he lost several important primaries to Hillary Clinton, warned against overconfidence...

So what did the candidates’ words look like?

October 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, In their own words, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Once again, Janet Harris of Upstream Analysis helps us out with "word clouds" of what the presidential nominees had to say at last night's debate. For all the attention he's getting, you might think "Joe the plumber" would dominate visual...

‘Joe the plumber’ says Obama’s tax plan sounds ’socialistic’

October 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Economy, People in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The man who was mentioned more than 20 times in last night's presidential debate -- "Joe the plumber" -- spoke out on ABC News' Good Morning America a short time ago. Joe Wurzelbacher of Ohio caught the attention of Republican...

Live-blogging the Hofstra debate

October 15th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama held their third and final presidential debate tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Bob Schieffer of CBS News moderated. We live-blogged the action -- before, during and after. Hit the "play" button...

Sure to be talked about at the debate: Stocks plunge again

October 15th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Economy, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
As if it wasn't already going to be Topic No. 1, 1A and probably 1B -- there's yet another reason for the economy to be a major focus at tonight's presidential debate: Stock prices dropped sharply again today. The Dow...

Spin alley? How about spin stadium?

October 15th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Presidential race, 2008
Here's a space we sincerely hope doesn't get filled after tonight's presidential debate: It's the "spin alley" here at the media filing center on the campus of Hofstra University, where surrogates from the campaigns of Republican John McCain and Democrat...

As last debate nears, plenty of advice for McCain

October 15th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Heading into tonight's third and final presidential debate, on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., it seems like every pundit and prognosticator has some advice for Republican nominee John McCain as he goes up against Democrat Barack Obama...
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