Weekend in Review: Another Stimulus, McCain's Tone, the 'Lauder Clause'

www.observer.com - 13th Oct 2008

John McCain: Esteemed Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis released a statement warning John McCain about permitting an "atmosphere of hate." McCain recently spoke publicly about how much he admires Lewis. Washington Post columnist Khaled Hosseini and pollster John Zogby are both critical of how McCain has responded to supporters who bring up Obama, Arabs or Muslims. The chairman of the Virginia State Republican Party compared Obama to Osama bin Laden. McCain had to disown another statement by a supporter who introduced him saying non-Christian people are praying for Obama to win. McCain starting pushing back against his very-anti-Obama supporters this weekend.  John Riley is skeptical of how sincere it was. Whe Read full story at www.observer.com

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