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Date November 4, 2008
Participants John McCain • Ralph Nader • Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Bob Barr • Wayne Allyn Root • Sarah Palin

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
president of United States
John McCain
John McCain
United States senator
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
American politician
John Edwards.
John Edwards
United States senator

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