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October 2008
- Palin Advises McCain: 'Take the Gloves Off'
  
  New York Times | Oct 6, 08 8:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain faces Barack Obama in their second debate tomorrow night, and the Arizona senator's running mate has some advice: "Take the gloves off." In an interview with New York Times columnist William Kristol, Sarah Palin says that she found it "liberating" to be able to "speak directly to the folks." More »
- Remember Keating 5? Obama Would Like to Remind You
  
  Politico | Oct 6, 08 7:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign is releasing a video attack on John McCain’s role in the “Keating Five” scandal in the savings-and-loan crisis of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Politico reports. The video will appear online today amid what the Obama camp calls “guilt-by-association” tactics from McCain, including Sarah Palin’s recent focus on Obama’s ties to the ex-radical William Ayers. More »
- Obama Eyes Omaha to Split Neb. Votes
  
  Washington Post | Oct 6, 08 7:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Forty-eight of 50 states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, but Nebraska, divvies up electoral votes by congressional district—and the Obama campaign sees an opening, reports the Washington Post . By concentrating just on the Omaha area, the Democrats are trying to pick up a single electoral vote in a state that George W. Bush won by 22 points in 2004. More »
- Palin Pumps Up Funding for Both Sides
  
  Wall Street Journal | Oct 6, 08 6:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Political action groups have spent far less on ads during this presidential election than they did in 2004, but Sarah Palin’s entry into the race has begun to push that number up, reports the Wall Street Journa l . Groups like Planned Parenthood have seen an uptick in donations from “scared and motivated” liberals—while voters on the right have rallied to fill the coffers of conservative groups. More »
- Obama Ordered to Return Illegal Donations
  
  Newsweek | Oct 6, 08 5:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s record-breaking $485-million war chest includes a number of small, illegal donations that federal officials have ordered the campaign to return, reports Newsweek . The GOP has requested a federal investigation into Obama’s campaign finances, the Washington Post writes. Roughly half of Obama's funds have been raised through donations of $200 or less, which are exempt from disclosure regulations. The system can be manipulated by determined contributors. More »
- 3 Early Crashes Sparked Navy Fears About McCain
  
  Los Angeles Times | Oct 6, 08 4:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Three aircraft crashes involving Navy flyer John McCain early in his career led Navy administrators to question his skills and judgment, reports the Los Angeles Times . In the most troubling incident, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over Spain in 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout, according to the candidate's own account. McCain also crashed a jet in Texas and one in Virginia during training. More »
- Young Voters Favor Obama 2-1
  
  USA Today | Oct 6, 08 1:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama faces an easy victory—at least among voters under 30. That's the finding of a poll of young voters, who overwhelmingly prefer Obama to John McCain, 61% to 32%, reports USA Today . It's the most dramatic margin within an age group in any presidential election in modern times. The Illinois senator is also the one young voters say they would rather have a beer with or seek out for advice. More »
- Obama Camp: Palin Terror Slam 'Offensive'
  
  CNN | Oct 5, 08 3:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Obama campaign is striking back at Sarah Palin after she accused their candidate of “palling around with terrorists who targeted their own country." The comments are “offensive” and “not surprising,” said Obama’s campaign spokesman, given the McCain campaign’s vow to launch “Swift Boat-like attacks in hopes of deflecting attention from the nation's economic ills.” More »
- Pundits Zero In on McCain's Slide
  
  Politico | Oct 5, 08 2:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With the election campaign in its last month, the Sunday talk shows turned to John McCain’s substantial slide in the polls, Politico reports. The highlights: Vice-presidential debate moderator and soon-to-be author Gwen Ifill suggested on Meet the Press that hype over her alleged pro-Obama bias came from a twitchy Sarah Palin camp: “It was also interesting to realize that if changing the subject from the stakes of the vice-presidential debate, then talking about the moderator, instead of talking about the candidate, they would do that.” Sarah Palin’s attempt to tie Barack Obama to a radical leftist is a “strategic mistake,” ex-Clintonite Paul Begala told Meet the Press, arguing that McCain himself once sat on the board of a far-right group Begala termed “a point of contact for extremists, racists, and anti-Semites.” More »
- Rove: Obama Wins if Vote Were Today
  
  Politico | Oct 5, 08 1:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Karl Rove isn't seeing red when he looks at his crystal electoral map, reports Politico, and is seeing enough blue to propel Barack Obama into the White House if the vote were held today. The GOP strategist has moved Minnesota and New Hampshire into the Democratic column, but cautions that the race is still plenty prone to dramatic swings. Meanwhile, in the battleground state of Virginia, GOP leaders are squirming, Politico reports. More »
- Dire Economy Boosts Obama in Swing States
  
  New York Times | Oct 5, 08 9:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As voters turn green over the shaky economy, the electoral map is turning blue, according to a New York Times tally. Barack Obama is hitting hard in nine states that George Bush took in 2004 and weren’t expected to be tossups this close to November—forcing John McCain to spend in traditional GOP strongholds, cut back on offense in Democratic bastions, and pull out of economically devastated Michigan.