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News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
It was the debate that was almost swept away by a financial tempest. But when John McCain and Barack Obama did square up to each other on Friday night, they produced one of the best, and almost certainly the most watched, presidential debates ever...
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News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 year ago
The Obama-McCain debate The New York Times Verdict: Obama win Mr McCain fumbled his way through the economic portion of the debate, while Mr Obama seemed clear and confident. Mr McCain was more fluent on foreign affairs, and scored points by...
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News Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily
| about 1 year ago
Both camps rolled out fast-moving political spin operations in the always important contest to cement conventional wisdom about who won and Friday night's encounter at the University of Mississippi. While the spin doctors battled, many commentators...
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News Source: Asian Age
| about 1 year ago
Mr McCain touted his experience as a war veteran and longtime senator, dropping names of foreign leaders he knows and international hotspots he has visited, including Waziristan in Pakistanâs tribal areas. "I have a record of being involved in...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
A telephone poll by CNN and Opinion Research Corp afterwards found 51% said Mr Obama had won, to 38% for Mr McCain. Obama was widely considered more intelligent, likable and in touch with peoples' problems, and by a slight margin was seen as the...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
The aides and advisers spill out into briefing areas within minutes of the end of the debate in the hope of persuading journalists that their side has won. They know that as soon as a presidential debate is over, very few people will recall the...
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News Source: Radio Netherlands
| about 1 year ago
Invited by Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Eliane Schoonman, communication expert and head of the Issues Management Institute, analyses the presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi, paying special attention to the form of the candidates' messages,...
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News Source: The Independent
| about 1 year ago
The rivals for the US presidency clashed bitterly in their first presidential debate last night as Barack Obama sought to tie John McCain to the failed policies of the Bush administration at home and abroad. Mr Obama, seen by voters as weaker on...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain landed a knockout blow in their first presidential debate late on Friday, but the youthful Democrat may have just scored a points victory by standing his own. Each campaign trumpeted favourable reviews from the...
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News Source: ITN
| about 1 year ago
Barack Obama wasted no time in tying his Republican rival John McCain to the unpopular presidency of George Bush in the first head-to-head debate of the 2008 election. The Bush administration's $700 billion (£380bn) rescue plan for the United States'...