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Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg had a long day of grilling executives at their All Things Digital Conference. But they saved Rupert Murdoch -- their Wall Street Journal overlord -- for last. The highlight? Murdoch’s not-quite-but-almost endorsement of Barack Obama for president.

The founder -- and defender -- of Fox News said he expected Obama to win in a landslide, citing widespread unhappiness with the current administration and his disenchantment with Republican contender John McCain. Murdoch added that after a long career in the Senate, McCain had been forced to compromise too much and doesn’t stand for much. Murdoch even nonchalantly owned up to influencing the New York Post to back Obama in the New York primary.

During the Q&A, I pressed Murdoch -- a new U.S. citizen -- on whether he would actually vote for Obama in November. He said he was leaning toward it, but would know in the next six months. When I asked if I could call him, he said yes, then joked I could probably just figure it out from reading the Post.

I also asked Murdoch about reports that he said he would buy the New York Times if he had the opportunity, just to shut it down. He said he was kidding, but likely Times staffers in the audience shuddered.

I caught up with Kara of the WSJ and All Things D once they got offstage to discuss her newfound admiration for the outspoken mogul -- not to mention Alaskan elk.

For video highlights of last night's All Things D interview with Murdoch, click here.

Barack Obama’s Unlikely Supporter Rupert 'Fox News' Murdoch: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance

so murdoch predicts an obama landslide...i'm skeptical, especially after all the money he donated to hillary, among other things...

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VKMHVM2

It's official. Murdoch has hopped off the Hillary bandwagon. He wants to be on the winner's side.

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Mr. Mojo Risin

Somewhere, perhaps beneath hundreds of feet of hardened concrete and steel, Dick Cheney just looked up from his desk and declared:

"I sense a disturbance in the force."

VKMHVM2

Nah, I just think Murdoch likes to be in the good graces of the leadership of any country that he operates in. Did you know that he married a Chinese national when he was trying to butter up China?

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