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Article: Financial Meltdown Could Help Barack Obama's Campaign; Polls show momentum for Obama-Biden in the race against McCain and Palin.(Joe Biden, John McCain, and Sarah Palin)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- September 19, 2008
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Byline: Kenneth T. Walsh
The nation's ongoing financial calamity is a potential game-changer in the presidential race that could give a big boost to Barack Obama (http://www.usnews.com/features/news/politics/candidates-obama.html) and the Democrats.
Pollsters and a variety of strategists from both parties agree that voters are increasingly unsettled and fearful that the woes of Wall Street, coming on the heels of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and other financial problems, will spread through the economy. Everyday Americans worry that the turmoil will affect their jobs and wages in addition to housing prices, interest rates, and the availability of money ...