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Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain stand on the stage following his speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

McCain Woos the Undecided

BusinessWeek Online - Fri Sep 5, 8:08 AM ET

Well, it didn't have quite as many fireworks as Senator Barack Obama's performance in Denver last week -- either the real kind or the rhetorical kind. And it lacked the dramatic tension of the national debut of Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. But in a low-key, at times passionate, speech on Sept. 4, Senator John McCain officially joined the fight against Obama as he accepted the nomination to become his party's standard bearer before an enthusiastic crowd at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

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