links for 2008-08-22
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A blogger's African dad came here on the same airlift as Obama's dad. All similarities end there
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Second, Team Obama went after McCain on a "questionable association," opening up the door to discuss William Ayers.
Third, Team Obama went after McCain on his houses… so yes, it was the Obama campaign who was the first to raise the issue of candidate house purchases. Indeed, none of McCain's houses have been purchased with a longtime political associate convicted of six counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, two counts of corrupt solicitation, and two counts of money laundering.
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As a Ventura County resident and parent of two young children, I am firmly opposed to the planned conversion of the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility near Camarillo into a 1,500-bed prison hospital for level 3 and level 4 prisoners. These convicts may not have committed the worst crimes, but have exhibited the most violent behaviors while in prison and are the most problematic to correction officers.
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A new RGJ/KTVN Channel 2 poll being released today shows Nevada continues to be a true toss-up in the presidential race. In the poll of 600 likely Nevada voters, 44 percent favor U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and 43 percent favor U.S. Sen. John McCain.
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A Republican presidential candidate hasn't won in Minnesota since 1972. But Jacobs said the poll found McCain might be able to reverse that trend, if he selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as his vice presidential running mate. One in four of the undecided voters and initial-Obama supporters said they'd back a McCain-Pawlenty ticket.
"We were quite impressed by the impact that Gov. Pawlenty has on McCain's chances," he said. "Our analysis suggests that the McCain ticket jumps by 13 points by adding Gov. Pawlenty to the ticket. That is quite an impact."
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Why Biden Would Be Bad: There's a bit of C-SPAN tape that should surface quickly if he's named. … Remember, it wasn't Biden's plagiarism that knocked him out of the 1988 race. It was "''I think I have a much higher I.Q. than you do.'' … [you got better?–ed Zinni!] … [via Brothers Judd]
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I realize the McCain campaign wants to separate itself from President Bush, but unless they want their running mate appearing in DNC ads echoing Obama's talking points, I think they have to choose a different running mate.