Irked campaign insiders see Palin ditching Mac for 2012 positioning
CNN Oct 28, 08 5:10 AM CDT
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Sarah Palin is acting like she's more concerned with Palin 2012 than McCain 2008, disgruntled McCain staffers tell CNN. They say the candidate is increasingly going off-message, including at a recent Florida rally where she addressed the $150,000 wardrobe controversy by declaring that the clothes "are not my property—just like the lighting and the staging and everything else that the RNC purchased."
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Complaints over Halloween display
Los Angeles Times Oct 28, 08 2:15 AM CDT
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An effigy of Sarah Palin hanging from a noose outside a West Hollywood house has triggered a community furor, reports the Los Angeles Times . The effigy is part of a grim Halloween display which also shows a John McCain mannequin surrounded by flames and skeletons . Complaints calling the display a hate crime have been phoned in to the local sheriff, who said the effigy doesn't meet the criteria for such a crime, though it may violate good "taste."
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OPINION
Financial Times (UK) Oct 27, 08 3:45 PM CDT
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Despite holes in Barack Obama’s qualifications, the Democrat is the obvious choice for president, the Financial Times writes. His “policies are a blend of good, not so good, and downright bad,” but the alternative is an increasingly disturbing brand of maverick, the British daily opines. “Rashness is not a virtue in a president. The cautious and deliberate Mr. Obama is altogether a less alarming prospect.”
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ANALYSIS
Picking Palin locked in base, but others might've drawn voters McCain really needs
New York Observer Oct 27, 08 3:15 PM CDT
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Given the damage Sarah Palin has done to John McCain’s chances, Steve Kornacki, in the New York Observer , joins Republicans in wondering about the also-rans. Tom Ridge, Joe Lieberman, and Mitt Romney were unpalatable, either personally to the candidate or politically to the party. The first two would have drawn “middle-of-the road voters whose support he has steadily lost this fall— thanks in no small part to Palin.”
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'We are one week away from changing America,' Dem says in Ohio
CNN Oct 27, 08 2:50 PM CDT
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Barack Obama warned voters today against acting as if he’s already won the election, urging them not to “let up for one day, one minute, or one second in this last week,” CNN reports. Speaking in Canton, Ohio, Obama charged that 4 more years of “Bush-McCain” policies was a “gamble” too big to take.
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Clips real and fake show Obama, McCain gettin' down
Chicago Tribune Oct 27, 08 2:42 PM CDT
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Here’s an issue that’s gone largely unaddressed on the campaign trail: Which candidate can bust a move for America? A number of videos floating around the Internet attest to Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s ability to groove, the Chicago Tribune reports. Ellen DeGeneres held a Barack-Michelle dance-off, and some tricky filmmakers superimposed Obama and McCain heads on break-dancing bodies. See clips at left.
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Campaigns like low cost, lower accountability
USA Today Oct 27, 08 2:10 PM CDT
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Although conventional radio may seem obsolete, it is an important tool of the presidential campaigns this year, USA Today reports. Political advertising is flooding the airwaves in battleground states as the campaigns take advantage of the cost: $500 to $600 per airing for a 30-second spot in Northern Virginia, compared to at least $1,700 or more for a 30-second TV spot.
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OPINION
Remind voters why they admired him: Kristol
New York Times Oct 27, 08 1:45 PM CDT
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William Kristol has some advice for John McCain: “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.” In a recent poll, 64% of respondents said they believe McCain spends more time attacking Barack Obama than making his own case. The senator ought to pull his negative ads, robocalls, and mailers, “muzzle the campaign,” and make his own case, Kristol writes in the New York Times. That case in a nutshell: Security, security, security.
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Analysis
Financial crisis hits
US wealthiest hard,
reduces inequalities
Wall Street Journal Oct 27, 08 1:28 PM CDT
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Barack Obama and John McCain have sparred over the country’s income gap, but that gap is shrinking rapidly, Robert Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal . Financial crises always knock the rich down a peg, and this one is no different. One economist predicts the top 1%’s share of all income will fall to 18-19% during the next year, down from 23-24% last year.
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Analysis
Not since FDR has a transition been this urgent
Bloomberg Oct 27, 08 9:40 AM CDT
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America hasn’t been this eager for the new president to take over since FDR ousted Herbert Hoover, write John Brinsley and Edwin Chen for Bloomberg. Then, as now, an economic crisis heightened the urgency for a fast, smooth transition. And while Roosevelt rejected Hoover’s offers to work together on a rescue plan, there are signs that this year’s president-elect will work with Bush.
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ANALYSIS
Dem will hit post-election themes in speech today; McCain focused on Bush territory
New York Times Oct 27, 08 9:08 AM CDT
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Barack Obama is closing out the campaign fighting for Republican ground, the New York Times reports, with the Democrat aiming to seal the deal by giving still-unsold voters a final chance to size him up. His final message will hit broader, less partisan themes, and his strategy is forcing John McCain’s beleaguered campaign to defend once deep-red states such as North Carolina and Indiana.
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Obama's anti-gun stance and fears of economic chaos fuel record gun sales
Washington Post Oct 27, 08 7:47 AM CDT
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Fears of an anti-g