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NAACP gives McCain a warm welcome

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July 17, 8:53 AM

by Dan Spencer, Right Side Politics Examiner

Mark Carlson, reports Senator McCain received a warm welcome at the NAACP Convention:

John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. [. . .] We will pay bonuses to teachers who take on the challenge of working in our most troubled schools -- because we need their fine minds and good hearts to help turn those schools around.

McCain promised to create more internet based learning tools:

I propose to direct 500 million dollars in current federal funds to build new virtual schools, and to support the development of online courses for students. Through competitive grants, we will allocate another 250 million dollars to support state programs expanding online education opportunities

McCain highlighted his support for school choice and vouchers, a major difference with Barack Obama and the teachers' union:

Senator Obama dismissed public support for private school vouchers for low-income Americans as, "tired rhetoric about vouchers and school choice." All of that went over well with the teachers union, but where does it leave families and their children who are stuck in failing school

Unlike Obama, McCain was "not afraid to take questions from the crowd and give answers that weren't popular." Watch Carlson's report in the following video:

For more info: No to 'conventional thinking'; Remarks by John McCain to the 99th Annual NAACP Convention.

Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , John McCain , "Country I Love" , Education , NAACP

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CNN's Lou Dobbs blames financial crisis on The Democrats and ACORN

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October 10, 4:16 PM

Like I do, Lou Dobbs blames the Demmocrats and their community organizer allies at ACORN: Dobbs failed to share the blame with Obama, the Democrats' community organizer in chief, who says pushing mortgages on folks who couldn't afford the loans was... Read More
Topics: Economy , Market

Battleground, Gallup and Rasmussen tracking poll update - 10/10

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October 10, 2:24 PM

Rasmussen: McCain - 44% Obama - 52% The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of likely voters for October 10, 2008 finds Obama leads McCain 52% to 44%. Gallup: McCain - 41% Obama - 51% The latest Gallup daily tracking poll of registered... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign

State polling update 10/10

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October 10, 10:05 AM

The U.S. News Political Bulletin has rounded up the following state polls since my last state polling update: Florida - Obama Leads A Strategic Vision poll of likely Florida voters taken October 6-8 shows Obama leading McCain 52%-44%. A Rasmussen... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

Judge orders verification of Ohio's newly registered voters

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October 10, 9:07 AM

If ACORN and the Democrats still want to steal Ohio, now at least they will have to be a little more subtle about it. A federal judge in Columbus ordered Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to perform the voter verification required by the federal... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

Battleground, Gallup and Rasmussen tracking poll update - 10/08

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October 9, 6:58 AM

Rasmussen: McCain - 45% Obama - 51% The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of likely voters for October 8, 2008 finds Obama leads McCain 52% to 44%. Gallup: McCain - 41% Obama - 52% The latest Gallup daily tracking poll of registered... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

State polling update 10/8

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October 8, 10:33 AM

The U.S. News Political Bulletin has rounded up the following state polls since my last state polling update:Colorado - Obama LeadsAn Insider Advantage /Poll Position survey of likely Colorado voters taken October 6 shows Obama leading McCain 51%-45%.Florida... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

Why Obama's winning

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October 8, 9:53 AM

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports Obama is outspending McCain at nearly a three-to-one clip on television:"From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, Obama spent more than $20 million on television ads in 17 states including more than $3 million in Pennsylvania... Read More
Topics: ELECTIONS 2008

Sunday show video roundup (October 5, 2008)

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October 8, 7:46 AM

The following video roundup of clips from the Sunday talking head shows sums up recent developments in the presidential campaign. This week it was all about Obama's connections with the unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers: For more info: ... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , 2008 Election

'Obama - he promised better, he lied'

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October 8, 5:32 AM

Yesterday, the McCain campaign released a television ad, entitled "Hypo." The ad highlights Obama's hypocritical practice of calling every question about Obama's record a lie while Obama employs false and misleading attacks against McCain:... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008