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October 2008
- Mac's Health an Issue in Poll
  
  CNN | Oct 9, 08 10:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nearly half (47%) of Americans are worried that John McCain, if elected, would not finish his first term in good health, a CNN poll shows. Nearly 20% percent of respondents thought the same about rival Barack Obama. Only 7% of those questioned said that the health of a candidate would be the defining factor in their vote, while 24% said they would seriously consider it. More »
- Pro-Obama Media Let Him Slide on Specifics
  
  National Review | Oct 9, 08 8:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The mainstream media is quick to pounce on Sarah Palin for being short on specifics, but it's happy to give Barack Obama a free ride for the same shortcoming, writes Carrie Lukas in the National Review . Obama’s stands on issues such as trade (what exactly will he do with NAFTA?), Social Security, and abortion are unclear, but reporters are too ga-ga to go for the throat. More »
- In Email In-Boxes, Obama Wins in a Spam-Slide
  
  Ars Technica | Oct 9, 08 2:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Spammers love Barack Obama, or at least love writing about him: He beats John McCain six to one in spam mentions, reports Ars Technica. Obama mentions surged during the Republican National Convention last month, even though media coverage featured McCain more frequently than his opponent. Obama emails highlight religion and race; McCain's center on age and wealth. In the VP race, Sarah Palin leads by a smaller margin. More »
- Foo Fighters: McCain's Not Our 'Hero'
  
  Wired | Oct 9, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When it comes to the “rock music” the kids are so into these days, John McCain just can’t catch a break. Joining an increasingly long line of ticked-off rockers, the Foo Fighters are accusing the candidate of using their song “My Hero” without permission, Wired reports. "The saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential," the band says. More »
- McCain Talks Economy as Women Break for Obama
  
  Boston Globe | Oct 9, 08 12:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain is shifting focus to the economy in a bid to win over white women who are rapidly flocking to Barack Obama. Any bump McCain saw with female voters after selecting running mate Sarah Palin has utterly evaporated, the Boston Globe reports. Polls show Obama leading by 17% among women, but McCain's mortgage rescue proposal could be an attempt to narrow that gap. More »
- Palin Clashed With Fired Official Over Trig's Car Seat
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Oct 9, 08 11:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Deep in the statement Todd Palin wrote to Troopergate investigators is a surprise history of his wife's long-standing feud with a fired Alaska safety commissioner—including clashing over her apparent failure to use a car safety seat for her baby son, Trig. The commissioner was not axed because he refused to fire the state trooper who was divorcing his sister-in-law, Todd Palin contends. More »
- Florida Vote Could Hinge on Youth, for a Change
  
  Time | Oct 9, 08 10:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Florida is used to being the center of attention in election years, but senior centers and condo complexes no longer wield all the power. The swing state may have reached the point where its under-30 residents can tip the balance to Barack Obama, reports Time . Florida’s population is actually getting younger overall, which is helping Obama in a state thought to lean toward the GOP. More »
- NRA Endorses McCain, Despite Differences
  
  Associated Press | Oct 9, 08 9:51 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - The NRA is endorsing John McCain for president, the group announced today, overlooking differences between the gun-rights lobby and McCain on campaign finance restrictions and gun show rules.The vice president of the NRA, whose political action committee has already spent more than $2.3 million opposing Barack Obama, said the gun-rights lobby agrees with McCain on many more issues important to the group. More »
- McCain Is a Cub in Bear Market
  
  Washington Post | Oct 9, 08 8:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With Barack Obama making a strong showing in so many red states, wild proposals are all that’s left for John McCain to try, writes George Will in the Washington Post , because this election seems over. McCain's proposal to pad the bailout with several hundred billion more for a mortgage-buying plan may garner disapproval, but “it may be politically prudent for McCain to throw caution, and billions, to the wind.” More »
- Hey, GOP: Let's Emulate Obama's Cool
  
  National Review | Oct 9, 08 7:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - David Frum plans to vote for John McCain, but with the economy in ruin, anyone who thinks the GOP can win “by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is...to put it mildly...severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues.” These desperate attacks “are sending a powerful, inadvertent message,” he writes in the National Review , “that we lack a positive agenda of our own.” More »
- Oh, Was There a Debate Last Night?
  
  Politico | Oct 8, 08 11:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Last night’s debate was uneventful, writes Roger Simon in Politico, and uneventful is a bad thing for John McCain. Neither candidate delivered "a knockout punch,” which leaves McCain the loser because “he needed one.” Republican stewardship of the tanking economy has painted McCain into a corner, and he did little to escape it. “Every time the Dow plunges, John McCain’s political fortunes plunge with it.” More »