U.S. economic crisis could derail McCain campaign


	U.S. economic crisis could derail McCain campaign

zasel

9-16-2008 4:05 AM

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election, economy, campaign

zasel says:

I thought y'all might be interested in seeing the Canadian view of what is going on with the U.S. campaign, and how Canada's national newspaper feels about McCain's chances on the economic issue.

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