McCain has taken an aggressive posture on the campaign trail, not shying away from drawing contrasts with his opponents.

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Stretches of the trail have been washed away by the river, crystal clear and disarmingly tame on the day we sidle by it.

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If you follow almost any hiking trail more than 15 minutes away from the nearest parking lot, you will lose 90% of the crowds.

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Lance broke away from the Leadville Trail 100 field of mountain bicyclists at 35 miles and rode the last 65 miles by himself.

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Away from the tourist trail, the District still contains some blighted neighborhoods where crime and disorder discourage business and leave residents starved for corporate attention.

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Some also gave him credit for having passed a health care plan in Massachusetts, one he is now running away from on the campaign trail.

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Guys like New Relic have blazed the trail for infrastructure startups who want to move away from traditional sales teams and towards automated, self-serve acquisition programs.

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With the mid-term elections only a few months away, he hit the campaign trail in late August for a more than 5, 000-mile swing into the western states that had captured his imagination as a young man.

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He parks the truck on the top of the mountain, just feet away from an old Ute Indian game-tracking trail.

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Obama has not shied away from bringing up his past use of drugs while on the campaign trail.

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