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October 2008
- Poll: Obama Outflanking McCain in Key States
  
  CNN | Oct 2, 08 6:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vital swing states are swinging in Barack Obama's direction, the latest CNN poll finds. The candidate has opened up leads over John McCain in Florida, Nevada and Missouri, while widening his margins in Virginia and Minnesota. The boost has come largely from moderates impressed by Obama's debate performance and people fretting about the economy, according to CNN's poll director. More »
- Oregon Students Confess to Hanging Obama Effigy
  
  ABC News | Oct 1, 08 6:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A small Christian school in Oregon has suspended four students who confessed to hanging a cardboard Barack Obama effigy from a tree on campus, ABC News reports. Few students saw the cutout, which was hastily removed after a faculty member found it last week. It was an "abhorrent act" that does not reflect the institution, the president of George Fox University said. More »
- Bailout Bumble Sinks Mac in T-Shirt Race
  
  Chicago Tribune | Oct 1, 08 6:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Souvenir vendors in Washington may have more vested in tomorrow’s debate than most, John Crewdson reports in the Swamp blog. If Sarah Palin doesn’t hold her own, one says he’ll return all his McCain gear to wholesalers. Sales for the maverick’s T-shirts have “tanked” since his “stunt” campaign suspension last week, the seller says—and he doesn’t want to get stuck on the losing end of this deal. More »
- Candidates Return to Capital to Back Bailout
  
  New York Times | Oct 1, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The presidential candidates took a break from stumping today to visit Washington, DC, and support the Senate's financial bailout plan, the New York Times reports. Barack Obama repeated his pro-bailout argument on the Senate floor, saying that "the worldwide economy could be plunged into a very, very deep hole." He admitted earlier today that the plan was "not perfect," but necessary to "prevent a crisis." More »
- Senate Version of Bailout Grows Sweeter, Fatter
  
  Politico | Oct 1, 08 3:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Senate version of the bailout bill has ballooned to more than 400 pages as legislators flesh out details in hopes of gaining passage as soon as tonight, Politico reports. The marquee measure boosts FDIC coverage of individual accounts from $100,000 to $250,000, with numerous lower-profile provisions intended to speed passage and increase pressure on the House to get moving. More »
- Debate Boosts Obama in Swing States: Poll
  
  Quinnipac University | Oct 1, 08 2:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s debate performance won over many voters in the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac polls found. A margin of 13% to 17% of voters in each state said Obama did a better job in the debate, and many have shifted their support. Over the last 20 days, said Quinnipiac's Peter Brown, the swing towards Obama in these states has been unusually sharp. More »
September 2008
- Dems Cringe as Gaffe Express Rolls Onward
  
  Washington Post | Sep 30, 08 3:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Joe Biden’s freewheeling style makes him a big hit on campaign stops, and he usually draws front-page headlines in the towns he visits. But often, those stories carry word of the VP hopeful’s latest slip-up. Biden has lived up to his reputation as a gaffe machine, contradicting his running mate and misstating facts time and again, the Washington Post reports. More »
- Latinos Hold Trump in Obama's Nev. Strategy
  
  Salon | Sep 30, 08 2:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is gambling that Latino voters in Nevada’s big cities—Reno and Las Vegas—can deliver the state’s five electoral votes, Dan Hoyle writes in Salon. Economic woes, immigration crackdown, and the costly Iraq war are the draws in Reno, where Latinos make up 12% of voters. “I want Obama because the other ‘huey’ just seems like Bush refried,” a voter explains. More »
- Mac Blames Bailout on Obama, Who Returns Fire
  
  Reuters | Sep 29, 08 6:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain blamed Barack Obama and the Democrats for injecting partisan rancor into a House vote that killed the $700 bailout plan today, Reuters reports. They "infused unnecessary partisanship into the process," McCain said in Iowa. A McCain advisor went further, saying Obama had "failed to lead, phoned it in" during negotiations. Obama's camp called the statement "hyper-partisan." More »
- What Makes Him Different Makes Him Scary
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 29, 08 3:40 PM CDT