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McCain and Obama Are Fighting for Middle-Class Voters

by Roland S. Martin

If you are a member of America's middle class this election year, you are sort of like a blue-chip football recruit, lavished with praise, attention and adoration from fawning coaches and alumni who would love nothing more than to land the prized player to win the national championship.

For "coach" John McCain and "coach" Barack Obama, the title to win is president of the United States, and like the big-time football coaches, they will say and do anything to make it ...

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Posted by: SHARON L. COOPER-LYONS
Comment: #1
Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:00 PM

That was a clever call by senator John McCain. I know Bush went along with it because McCain is in trouble. It got him out of answering how he is going to afford to stay in Iraq. How is he going to pay for anything by giving more tax cuts. Since the Republicans claim Sarah Palin is able to step in as President, if needed, then she and Joe Biden ought to step in place for the Debates friday. She has been briefed for the past two days with meeting foreign leaders. She must be ready to go. I WOULD PUSH THAT. THIS IS THE PERFECT TRIAL. IF JOHN MCCAIN CAN ASK OBAMA, THEN OBAMA SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK JOHN MCCAIN TO HAVE SARAH PALIN TO STEP IN AND DEBATE JOE BIDEN. HE SAYS HE CAN REACH ACROSS THE AISLE. HE OWES OBAMA.

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