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:"The original mavericks. He fights pork barrel spending. She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. He took on the drug industry. She took on big oil. He battled Republicans and reformed Washington. She battled Republicans and reformed Alaska. They'll make history.  They'll change Washington. McCain. Palin. Real change."<ref> See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVIaqCjvLpU for YouTube version, Sept. 8, 2008 ]</ref>  

:"The original mavericks. He fights pork barrel spending. She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. He took on the drug industry. She took on big oil. He battled Republicans and reformed Washington. She battled Republicans and reformed Alaska. They'll make history.  They'll change Washington. McCain. Palin. Real change."<ref> See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVIaqCjvLpU for YouTube version, Sept. 8, 2008 ]</ref>  

After trailing Democratic nominee [[Barack Obama]] all summer, McCain experienced a convention bump and suddenly jumped into the lead in the polls after the two national conventions.<ref>For latest polls, long-term trends, and links to major news stories and commentary from all points of view, see [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ Real Clear Politics] </ref>

After trailing Democratic nominee [[Barack Obama]] all summer, McCain experienced a convention bump and suddenly jumped into the lead in the polls after the two national conventions.<ref>For latest polls, long-term trends, and links to major news stories and commentary from all points of view, see [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ Real Clear Politics] </ref>  By October, though, Obama had regained a consistent 5-6 point lead in the polls.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/poll.of.polls/index.html Obama widens lead in national poll]</ref>

==Campaign development==

==Campaign development==