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Barack Obama: I expect we're going to see a lot more of that over the next four day, more of the slash-and-burn, say-anything…

On the recordOctober 30, 2008
I expect we're going to see a lot more of that over the next four day, more of the slash-and-burn, say-anything, do-anything politics, throw everything up against the refrigerator, see if anything sticks, a message that is designed to divide and distract, to tear us apart, instead of bringing us together.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama anticipates an increase in negative campaigning as the election approaches.

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