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| | | | 8/26/2008 | Obama dogged by links to 1960s radical | | | USA Today has some good details in this story, about the long relationship Barack Obama has had with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers.
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| 8/26/2008 | Jewish Democrats worry about Obama's low support in Jewish community | | | The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has blogged a few stories about the deep worry among Jewish Democrats that Obama isn't picking up the kind of support that's expected for a Democratic candidate.
In reports about the National Jewish Democratic Council session on Jewish voting at the Democratic Party’s Denver convention, JTA noted: "[According to] leading Jewish state legislators from Florida: It’s not that McCain was beloved, it’s that Obama was 'hated' among elderly Jews in the state." Apparently "...Obama’s Jewish surrogates have come away from the condo tours 'shocked' at the intensity of dislike for their presidential candidate."
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"...Barack Obama is underperforming among Jewish voters compared to recent historical standards — just 61-62 percent in recent polls of Jewish voters, in contrast to the 75 percent and above that Democrats have won among Jews in the last four presidential elections."
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| 8/26/2008 | Affection for McCain or resistance to Obama -what's pulling Jews this year? | | | A video report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Jewish Democrats are meeting serious opposition to Obama in the Jewish community.
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| 8/25/2008 | Biden has deep ties to Rezko accomplice | | | The Chicago Sun-Times is all over this story:
No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won't give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front.
Biden has described himself as a 30-year friend of a key figure in the Rezko trial who's pleaded guilty to a federal extortion charge in Chicago and is awaiting sentencing.
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| 8/22/2008 | Counting houses | | | Fact: John and Cindy McCain had a prenuptial arrangement that keeps their finances separate. Fact: John McCain personally owns zero houses. As the Politico reports: "McCain himself does not own any of the properties. They’re all owned by Cindy McCain, her dependent children and the trusts and companies they control."
John Hinderaker makes a good point: "The truth is that McCain isn't out of touch with 'ordinary people' because he's rich, he's out of touch with his own domestic arrangements because he cares little about material things, and for many years has devoted his extraordinary energies not to enjoying his wife's money, but to serving the American people. Given the number of nights he's spent in hotels or on military bases over the last few years, it's no wonder he hasn't seen much of his wife's condos."
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