IMPATIENT IN MAINE - Benjamin Littell erased a sign for absentee voters in Portland while waiting for his mother to vote.
The final stretch
On trail in Ohio, challengers talk of taxes and a new politics
IMPATIENT IN MAINE - Benjamin Littell erased a sign for absentee voters in Portland while waiting for his mother to vote.
October 28, 2008
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On the stump
On the air
Script: "The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they? I'll make the next four better," McCain says. "I know your life savings have been hit hard, but we'll rebuild them. Barack Obama wants to increase taxes on your savings. You can't afford that. He's quite a talker, but that's just bad judgment."
"Experience, leadership, McCain," the announcer says.
Script: "He's out of ideas, out of touch, and running out of time," the announcer says. "But with no plan to lift our economy up, John McCain wants to tear Barack Obama down with scare tactics and smears. Why? McCain's own campaign admits that if the election is about the economy, he's going to lose. But as Americans lose their jobs, homes, and savings, it's time for a president who will change the economy, not change the subject."
On tap today
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