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...flip side, many activists complain McCain was soft on Obama’s connections to Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers. But a recent New York Times/CBS poll found that voters who rejected McCain in the final stretch cited his persistent attacks on Obama’s character as one of their main reasons for doing so. While Obama’s associations were fair game, they ultimately seemed irrelevant, and McCain’s harping on them revealed a lack of innovative ideas on more important issues...
...advertising or his speeches to condemn his opponent. Alaskans are fiercely proud of their state and a little insecure about how they are perceived by the Lower 48; Begich could have driven home the point all summer that re-electing Stevens would give Alaska a black eye. He instead soft-pedaled the corruption issue until recently and waited around for a jury to deliver his October surprise...
Maine voters easily repealed a measure introduced last April that imposed nearly double the amount of taxes on beer, wine and soft drinks made by large producers. The taxes were also levied on the syrup used to make soda. Despite Governor John Baldacci's efforts to convince voters that the tax dollars would go toward more affordable health insurance across the state, an active "Fed Up with Taxes" campaign - funded largely by the beer, wine and soda industries - helped yield the "people's veto" Tuesday, with 63% voting for the repeal...
Bullock also expects the return of hard-hitting political attack ads that have characterized both sides. When Chambliss first ran for the seat in 2002 against the incumbent Max Cleland, he aired ads that accused Cleland, a triple amputee and decorated Vietnam veteran, of not being patriotic enough and soft on Osama Bin Laden. Fast forward six years and the attacks have been just as ugly. One of Chambliss's charges is that Martin raised taxes as he voted to raise his own government expense account. Martin fired back with an ad saying Chambliss had "supported George Bush's economic...
...largest "Freedom Ward" polling places. He wore a kufi of African mudcloth design and a watch chain dangled from his trouser pocket. He had a hike of a mile and a half still ahead of him. "People walk further than that to vote in other countries - Americans are too soft," said Harry E. Brown. On the other hand, "the only reason I'd walk this far," he added, was for Barack Obama. "It's not because of the color of his skin - it's because of the change he will bring to America and bailing us out of this mess...