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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Tomasky

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Ya think McCain's advance team was being a little over-confident? I had a feeling last week when they announced that he and Palin would start campaigning separately that it would be embarrassing for this, but I didn't think it'd be this bad. Check it out. I bet a Grass Roots reunion tour could do better than this.

Maybe the Obama team has an issue here. A man who can't even outdraw his vice-presidential candidate looks weak -- especially when the running mate is a, you know, woman.

The ad...instead of Paris and Britney....who, who...well, aging rock'n'rollers, I guess, who else? A half-full Mohegan Sun auditorium. Voiceover: "Men Without Hats haven't hit the charts in more than 20 years, right around the same time John McCain first came to Washington saying he was going to clean things up. But they still draw bigger crowds than John McCain..."

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