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Campaign Heightens Humor's Liberal Bent
 Campaign Heightens 
 Humor's Liberal Bent 
ANALYSIS
Oct 20, 2008 12:27 PM CDT

Campaign Heightens Humor's Liberal Bent

Buttoned-up righties may be easier to mock, but some say it's gone a little too car

(Newser) - Comedy is taking a prominent place in the US election, and may be leaning even more leftward than usual, the Boston Globe reports. Tina Fey and David Letterman have brought the highest ratings in years with mockery of Sarah Palin and John McCain. And Jon Stewart, a savage critic of...

Democrats See On-Edge Exurbs as Election Key
Democrats See On-Edge Exurbs as Election Key
ANALYSIS
Oct 20, 2008 10:38 AM CDT

Democrats See On-Edge Exurbs as Election Key

Economic unease, shifting demographics sap GOP strength

(Newser) - Economic anxiety may give Democrats a chance to advance into traditionally Republican outer suburbs this year, the Washington Post reports. In many key states, especially Virginia, the downturn and housing-market meltdown have severed the outer edges of metropolitan areas from the GOP. Largely centrist voters in exurban Virginia have driven...

Michelle Obama Keeps Focus on Military Families

Would-be first lady reaches traditional GOP constituency

(Newser) - Michelle Obama has quietly carved out a niche that helps offset concerns about her husband's lack of military background: reaching out to spouses of service members. Rather than just delivering a speech, she's been hosting roundtable discussions, Politico reports. “I am here to listen and to do a...

Obama: Powell Would Advise Me
 Obama: Powell Would Advise Me 
Oct 20, 2008 9:30 AM CDT

Obama: Powell Would Advise Me

Role could be formal or informal

(Newser) - Officially or otherwise, Colin Powell would have a place in a Barack Obama White House, the presidential frontrunner said yesterday. The former secretary of state “will be one of my advisers,” Obama told Today. “Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit...

Race Didn't Defeat Bradley: He Was Too Liberal
Race Didn't Defeat Bradley: He Was Too Liberal
OPINION
Oct 20, 2008 9:27 AM CDT

Race Didn't Defeat Bradley: He Was Too Liberal

And if Obama loses, it'll be for the same reason

(Newser) - If Barack Obama loses in November, the media will surely cite the Bradley Effect, the theory that voters lie to pollsters to hide racial biases. It’s named after Tom Bradley, the black mayor of Los Angeles who lost the 1982 governor’s race in California, despite huge leads in...

Powell Makes Mac Play Defense (Again)
 Powell Makes Mac 
 Play Defense (Again) 
ANALYSIS
Oct 20, 2008 8:30 AM CDT

Powell Makes Mac Play Defense (Again)

Obama endorsement from respected statesman will draw swing voters

(Newser) - Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama has backed an already-defensive John McCain even further into a corner, writes Politico. Following what McClatchy Newspapers calls a “blistering critique” of McCain’s campaign by the former secretary of state, the Republican has found himself defending anew the Palin pick, the...

Obama Gets Nod From Houston, Austin Papers

His 105 endorsements to McCain's 33 include 24 Bush backers

(Newser) - Barack Obama has clinched endorsements from the Austin American Statesman and the Houston Chronicle, two Texas papers that once backed George W. Bush—while John McCain gained the Columbus Dispatch in crucial Ohio along with the San Diego Union Tribune. Obama now leads 105-33 in the endorsements race, according to...

Candidates' Medical Records Full of Holes

None of the 4 has disclosed all health documents

(Newser) - With just two weeks until the election, none of the four candidates has released full medical documents—and one, Sarah Palin, has released nothing at all. The nominees' refusal to disclose their medical records is a major change from recent practice, when health information about Ronald Reagan, Paul Tsongas, Bill...

Barack Gets Heat at Barbecue Joint

Ugly atmosphere over NC lunch for 'socialist'

(Newser) - Barack Obama and aides bought lunch at a North Carolina barbecue restaurant in Fayetteville yesterday in an uneasy atmosphere that illustrates how tensely divided voters are in the state just two weeks before the election. One woman yelled, "Socialist! socialist! Get out of here!" as another angry customer...

Powell Makes Obama Look More Like a Prez
Powell Makes Obama Look More Like a Prez
analysis
Oct 19, 2008 8:04 PM CDT

Powell Makes Obama Look More Like a Prez

Senator no longer needs to prove he can lead the nation

(Newser) - Colin Powell made life a lot easier for Barack Obama by endorsing him today, Mark Halperin writes in Time. He swallowed up a few days of media time; he gave Obama the support of a respected figure; and he allayed fears that Obama can't cut it as commander-in-chief. Powell's support...

Journos Will Look Dumb if Mac Wins
 Journos Will 
 Look Dumb 
 if Mac Wins 
analysis
Oct 19, 2008 6:56 PM CDT

Journos Will Look Dumb if Mac Wins

A few situations that could trigger a McCain victory

(Newser) - If John McCain pulls off a surprise victory, reporters who predicted a landslide for Barack Obama are going to look for head-space in the sand, writes Jack Shafer in the Washington Post—unless they quickly whip off one of these articles:
  • "McCain's Michigan Miracle." When McCain pulled out
...

Running for Prez? How's Your Health?
Running for Prez? How's Your Health?
OPINION
Oct 19, 2008 3:40 PM CDT

Running for Prez? How's Your Health?

Unlike JFK, Mac and Obama must reveal medical woes

(Newser) - John F. Kennedy, the standard-bearer of youthful Camelot and the picture of presidential health, suffered from a litany of ailments including osteoporosis, back pain, and Addison’s disease, Robert Dallek writes in the New York Times. But the president’s loyalists buried the secrets for 40 years, prompting Dallek to...

Robocalls Are Legit: McCain
 Robocalls Are 
 Legit: McCain 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Oct 19, 2008 1:30 PM CDT

Robocalls Are Legit: McCain

Defends use of same tactic used against him in 2000

(Newser) - John McCain defended his use of robocalls on Fox News Sunday, arguing his attacks on Barack Obama are different from the slanderous calls that targeted him during the 2000 primaries, Politico reports. “These are legitimate and truthful and they are far different than the phone calls that were made...

Powell Endorses Obama
 Powell Endorses Obama 
Oct 19, 2008 9:33 AM CDT

Powell Endorses Obama

(Newser) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, describing the Dem as a "transformational figure." Powell says both Obama and John McCain are qualified to be commander in chief. But, in an interview today on NBC's Meet the Press, he said Obama is...

Who Are You Calling a Socialist?
Who Are You Calling a Socialist?
Oct 19, 2008 9:21 AM CDT

Who Are You Calling a Socialist?

McCain: Obama's tax cut plan is 'welfare'; Dem: Mac 'out of touch'

(Newser) - Values and socialism dominated the sharp rhetoric on the campaign trail yesterday, as the presidential candidates exchanged fire over Barack Obama’s plan for middle-class tax cuts, Politico reports. At rallies in North Carolina and Virginia, two traditionally red states where Obama has made inroads, John McCain accused him of...

Obama Shatters Records With $150M Sept.

Brings total to more than $600M

(Newser) - Barack Obama scored $150 million in September, he said today, a monthly record that brings his fundraising total to another record topping $600 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The previous monthly record was Obama’s $66 million in August. Those figures give the Democrat a big leg up in...

Sure, I'm Offended&mdash; I'm Human!
Sure, I'm Offended—
I'm Human!
ANALYSIS
Oct 18, 2008 7:30 PM CDT

Sure, I'm Offended— I'm Human!

People are extra sensitive these days, and science knows why

(Newser) - From Larry David to John McCain, we’re all getting a little touchy these days, writes Emily Yoffe in Slate: “People are like tuning forks, ready to vibrate with indignation.” While economists argue humans are rational, “it seems we live in a culture devoted to retribution on...

Obama's Plumber Calls Joe Out
Obama's Plumber Calls Joe Out
Oct 18, 2008 6:41 PM CDT

Obama's Plumber Calls Joe Out

Wurzelbacher hurts pros by having no license, he says

(Newser) - Joe Wurzelbacher may be the most famous plumber this side of Super Mario Brothers, but Troy Dunn doesn't think much of him. “Joe the Plumber isn’t even a licensed plumber,” says Dunn, the 44-year-old licensed journeyman who fixes Barack Obama’s toilets. “He's taking our work....

Why Powell Is Expected to Back Obama

Ex-Secretary thinks McCain has too many neocons around him

(Newser) - Colin Powell will make his presidential preference clear on Meet the Press tomorrow, the New York Daily News reports, detailing some of the reasons the former secretary of state is expected to defect from his party's candidate. "McCain has too many neocons working for him,"  says one...

McCain to NYT: Don't Mess With the Missus

Fuming campaign suggests paper find Obama's 'drug dealer'

(Newser) - The McCain campaign and the New York Times are at it again after the paper published a partly unflattering profile of Cindy McCain today, Lynn Sweet reports for the Chicago Sun-Times. Mrs. McCain’s lawyer fired off an angry letter at the Times, asking why it drudged up old stories...

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