Bird’s-Eye View

Politico.com has an article about how and why Republican John McCain is trying hard to flip Pennsylvania into the GOP column for the first time in two decades. Politico correctly notes that sinking sooo much money and effort in a state solidly in Democrat Barack Obama’s column (average poll lead has him up 13.8 percentage […]

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Suprise!
The National Rifle Association is endorsing Republican presidential nominee John McCain despite differences with the Arizona senator on gun-show rules and campaign finance restrictions.
NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and the chairman of the NRA’s political action committee planned stops Thursday in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Colorado and Nevada to talk about the move.
LaPierre said the two […]

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The Boston Globe today unveils an article about how Republican John McCain while in Bethlehem is trying a new approach to win over women voters. As noted in the Intell, women voters are one of if not the key voting bloc in Pennsylvania, so it’s no surprise McCain chose the Keystone to emphasize his new […]

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The Nest is perched in the Lehigh Valley this morning. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin are dropping in for their first rally in the wake of last night’s debate. We’ll start blogging at 1 p.m. Check back!

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If you’re Republican John McCain, Tuesday is the kind of day your campaign needs. You’re slipping farther behind your opponent, Democrat Barack Obama, in critical swing states like Pennsylvania and (GASP!) traditionally-Republican Virginia; a majority of voters want a new manager of the economy in the White House rather than someone from the current president’s […]

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Republicans right now are tossing as much mud as they can at Democrat Barack Obama in hopes something … anything … sticks. And many out there expect Republican John McCain to get rough and tumble during tonight’s debate (Sarah Palin said in Florida the gloves were coming off).
But as NBC’s political director Chuck Todd notes, […]

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Tonight’s debate will be the most unusual of the four scheduled debates in this election cycle because of its format: Townhall-style. Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will appear before an audience of about 150 undecided voters with NBC’s Tom Brokaw moderating. Questions will come from Brokaw, audience members and some from the Internet.
It’s […]

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Well we’re living here in Allentown
And they’re closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they’re killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line.
-Billy Joel
Allentown
The way the McCain campaign sees it, the key to victory in the Keystone State is to sway blue-collar voters away from the Democratic Party. Those voters like a tough, patriotic, not-afraid-of-a-fight candidate, which […]

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The Dow Jones finished 300 points down today, hitting a four-year low. Credit markets are frozen, which means businesses can’t get a loan. Europe’s facing its own financial crisis.
What does the McCain campaign want to talk about? A comment Democrat Barack Obama made more than a year ago about Afghanistan, words that U.S. Rep. Joe […]

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There’s going to much more on this issue later today. Please check back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjEKRIBDv6Q

Here’s what Barack Obama said during a townhall meeting in 2007:
“We’ve got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we’re not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there,” […]

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