Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirms Drudge's report that two right-leaning papers, the Washington Times and the New York Post, have lost their seats on the Obama plane, along with the Dallas Morning News. "We're trying to reach as many swing voters that we can and unfortunately had to make some ...
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| Off the plane Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirms Drudge's report that two right-leaning papers, the Washington Times and the New York Post, have lost their seats on the Obama plane, along with the Dallas Morning News. "We're trying to reach as many swing voters that we can and unfortunately had to make some tough choices. but we are accommodating these folks in every way possible," he said. The Post and the Morning News are both read primarily in states that aren't in play, but the Washington Times is read in Northern Virginia. Burton said the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times had returned to the plane, and confirmed that Ebony and Jet magazines have seats on the plane. He said the campaign was making space for the dropped outlets on the campaign bus where possible, and that they were encouraged to travel with Senator Joe Biden. McCain barred liberal columnists Maureen Dowd and Joe Klein from his campaign plane, space has grown very tight on Obama's in recent days. The Times took an ideologically-charged shot at Obama in response to its barring, a reminder of the political undercurrent to the choice. See Also Poll: Dead heats in 2 key swing states Cover this! Inside the nastiest ’08 rumors Best lines, worst gaffes of campaign source: Politico - http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081031/pl_politico/25125 [link] | ||||
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