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Barack Obama: “In the course of 12 hours, he has ended up with a plan that punishes taxpayer, rewards banks, and won't solve our…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2008
In the course of 12 hours, he has ended up with a plan that punishes taxpayer, rewards banks, and won't solve our housing crisis. But I -- this is the kind of erratic behavior we have been seeing out of Senator McCain.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama criticizes John McCain's housing plan as ineffective and erratic.

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