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  • Call center workers walk off job rather than read script attacking Obama

    Call center workers walk off job rather than read script attacking Obama

    October 28, 2008

    From Talking Points Memo: Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the...

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  • Economic concerns behind political shift in Indiana

    Economic concerns behind political shift in Indiana

    October 28, 2008

    Barack Obama’s surge in Indiana’s Oct. 23 Big10 Battleground Poll to a 10 point lead over John McCain (51 to 41 percent) is not surprising, considering the sharp concerns raised by workers at a union-sponsored forum...

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  • Miami’s early voters talk change

    Miami’s early voters talk change

    October 28, 2008

    MIAMI --- With early voting for president in heavily Democratic Miami-Dade County running ahead of 2004, there’s a good chance Florida could end up in the Obama column Nov. 4. Of the 100 Miami area early...

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  • Voters in Houston poised to boot out the right wing

    Voters in Houston poised to boot out the right wing

    October 28, 2008 By James Thompson

    HOUSTON — Deep in the intellectual and financial heart of Texas, voters are turning out in record numbers in early voting here. According to Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman, a Republican, the numbers are up 106...

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  • Block the Vote

    Block the Vote

    October 28, 2008 By Greg Palast

    These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare mesas. In national elections, the town overwhelmingly votes Democratic: More...

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