McCain On Tuesday Presidential Debate: The Gloves Will Come Off
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Katharine Zaleski | October 7, 2008 01:30 PM
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On Obama's plane today, chief strategist David Axelrod said Obama wouldn't be afraid to counterpunch if McCain tries to smear him.
Senator Barack Obama is prepared to hit back, including with Keating Five scandal if necessary, if Senator John McCain uses tonight's presidential debate to attack him over his associations with controversial figures like former William C. Ayers, the former Weather Underground leader, Mr. Obama's chief strategist said this afternoon. The strategist, David Axelrod, also took a dig at Mr. McCain in a conversation with reporters on the Obama campaign plane, saying that Republicans were off-base to criticize small donations from overseas to Mr. Obama - noting that anyone in the world who buys an Obama T-shirt online would have their payment listed as a donation.
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