McCain: Cutting taxes more important than balanced budget Posted: 7 months ago by JDRucker
Republican John McCain said Sunday that cutting taxes and stimulating the economy are more important than balancing the budget, and accused both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama of supporting tax hikes that would worsen the impact of a recession.
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McCain v. Obama on the Economy Posted: 6 months ago by sykeo56
Okay, this article doesn't have pretty pictures or fancy videos, but it does contian some really important information on the economic platforms of our presidential candidates. If you live in America and plan to vote, please read it (as well as anything else you can find on their platforms). Please, people, let's not vote either way because of race. There's much more to it than that.
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McCain Proposes Break in Gas Taxes Posted: 7 months ago by 1thirteen3
John McCain wants the federal government to free people from paying gasoline taxes this summer and ensure that college students can secure loans this fall, a pair of proposals aimed at stemming pain from the country's troubled economy.
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McCain vs. Obama: Rasmuessen's Most Recent Report Posted: 6 months ago by ImNotBlue
When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge --53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security.
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Clinton & McCain Win New Hampshire Posted: 10 months ago by keroberos32
The US presidential race has been left wide open after Hillary Clinton and John McCain both rebounded to win victories in the New Hampshire primary.
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What Clinton Wishes She Could Say Posted: 7 months ago by 1thirteen3
Why, ask many Democrats and media commentators, won’t Hillary Rodham Clinton see the long odds against her, put her own ambitions aside, and gracefully embrace Barack Obama as the inevitable Democratic nominee?
Here is why: She and Bill Clinton both devoutly believe that Obama’s likely victory is a disaster-in-waiting. Naive Democrats just don’t see it.
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Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead Over McCain: Poll Posted: 4 weeks ago by punthe
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a 10-point lead over Republican opponent John McCain two weeks before the November 4 U.S. election, according to Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Tuesday.
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How the candidates will affect your taxes Posted: 3 months ago by gammerus
"According to the Tax Policy Center's findings, the common assumptions most people make about the plans of McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Obama, the Democrats' pick, are not wildly off-base."
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McCain Talks Economy With Hillary Posted: 1 month ago by ImNotBlue
This was no social call, even though Clinton likes McCain enough to keeps his photo on the wall of her Senate office. The GOP nominee had already chatted with Bill Clinton about the mortgage crisis and wanted to pick the senator’s brain about her new proposal to have the federal government buy up bad mortgages and renegotiate terms more favorable to homeowners on verge of default.
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Obama Fires Back At McCain's Tactics Posted: 3 weeks ago by punthe
Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Wednesday of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist.
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Conservatives Claim Obama Is ‘So Bad For The Economy,’ While Wall Street Donates More To Obama Posted: 3 months ago by bernardblack
Conservatives have been trying to frighten investors about the prospects of a Barack Obama presidency.
Wall Street however, disagrees, and is donating more to Obama’s campaign than to the campaign of Sen. John McCain
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McCain Better Than Obama? Posted: 5 months ago by clscott645
It would seem that some voters think that McCain is better suited to handle the war than Obama.
Thoughts?
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USA Today: McCain up by 10% among likely voters Posted: 2 months ago by JoshSF49
John McCain up 54% to 44% among likely voters according to a new USA Today poll.
Sarah Palin effect? Maybe?
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Obama: McCain makes a virtue out of Selfishness Posted: 2 weeks ago by JoshSF49
Lower taxes, apparently, is selfishness.
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Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead Posted: 6 months ago by JoshSF49
Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that the most important thing he could achieve as president would be to deal with Iraq and the threat of al Qaeda in Afghanistan while improving "our influence around the world."
This is where Obama's foreign policy starts to look like W's.
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McCain VS McCain Posted: 8 months ago by gammerus
Without any opposition, McCain is left with no one to debate but himself.
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Clinton, McCain win big endorsements Posted: 10 months ago by unoriganl
The New York Times on Thursday endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain for their party's nominations to contest the U.S. presidential in November.
Linked to Ny Times editoral on each canidate and why they chose them.
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Obama, the Candidate of Shadows Posted: 7 months ago by 1thirteen3
Throughout his campaign Barack Obama has mocked his critics, noting that they just don't get what a novel figure and consistent unifier he has been for his whole life. "They say: We don't know enough about him. His pastor once said something. He's got a funny name, sounds Muslim."
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Ludacris bumps Barack Obama, blasts John McCain! What a surprise... Posted: 4 months ago by ImNotBlue
LYRICS: "Hillary hated on you, so that b***h is irrelevant," "McCain don't belong in ANY chair unless he's paralyzed / Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped."
The song notes that Obama has praised Ludacris, and calls on him to "give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer."
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McCain on the attack, Obama unrattled. Posted: 1 month ago by TheShizknitt725
The third debate: McCain is on the attack and Obama is cooler than an ice cube.
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The Truth About Barack Obama Posted: 5 months ago by JoshSF49
Rather than restate untruths about Obama, the campaign would do better to start some rumors of its own.
Such as: Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower.
and: There's only one artist on Barack Obama's iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.
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