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

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

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama attacks John McCain's housing crisis plan as ineffective and indicative of erratic behavior.

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