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Sunday, October 26, 2008

The 120 greatest moments on the path to the White House

Here's the list:

1 - 44

45 - 77

78 - 99

100 - 120


Posted by John Althouse Cohen on Sunday, October 26, 2008
Tags: 2008, 2008 campaign moments, list, mccain, Obama '08

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