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...worse comes to worse, she says she will clear out her garden shed, toss out the toys ("The last batch of kids that went through here were my great-grandkids"), and pitch a tent in the back yard if the city lets her. "If God is with me, I'll be fine. The only prayer I want people to pray for me is that God will give me the strength to do what I have to do - no more that," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Storm-Ravaged Galveston, Echoes of New Orleans | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

...Even Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush's victory in 2004, now says Obama has enough Electoral College votes to win the White House. According to Rove's reading of state polls, just seven states are toss-ups at this point - Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida - all of which Bush won in 2004. "If the election were held today, Obama would win every state John Kerry won in 2004, while adding New Mexico, Iowa and Colorado to his coalition," Rove announced on his blog Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McCain Map Out a Comeback Strategy? | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Obama's performance in the first debate was Exhibit A. My first reaction was that Obama didn't make any mistakes, but he allowed McCain to attack him relentlessly without making an effective counterattack. I saw it as a toss-up, not a momentum changer; the public, however, saw it as a clear-cut Obama win. In retrospect, there were two reasons for this. The first became clear when I read the transcript: Obama was far more forceful on the page than he was on the screen. He just lambasted McCain quietly. A key moment was the Iraq question: McCain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anger vs. Steadiness in the Crisis | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...retired this year, leaving an uncomfortable number of swing seats open to Democratic challenge (without all those retiring members, who were more inclined to vote yes on the bill, it would have been even more soundly defeated). Indeed, five GOP seats are already leaning Democratic and another 19 are toss-ups, according to the Cook Political Report, which tracks congressional races. And House Republicans trail Democrats by more than $40 million in campaign cash-on-hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bailout Spotlight Returns to the House — and John Boehner | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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