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OPINION

Oct 10, 2008 12:56 PM CDT

Krauthammer: Why Ayers, Rezko Matter

Obama's links reveal his character, despite what media say

(Newser) - Raising the specter of Barack Obama’s ties with the likes of Bill Ayers is perfectly legitimate, and John McCain's only fault is that he didn't start sooner, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. These associations “provide a significant insight into character” and “are particularly relevant” for...

Obama Got
$40K From
Fake People

Oct 10, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Obama Got $40K From Fake People

McCain benefited from fewer fictitious donors, Times discovers

(Newser) - Barack Obama received some $40,000 from obviously fictitious donors, the New York Times reports. After poring over both candidates’ records, the Times found some 3,000 donations to Obama from more than a dozen people with obviously falsified names —like “Test Person” from “Some Place, UT....

In Race About Crisis, Obama, McCain Mirror Hoover, FDR

OPINION

Oct 10, 2008 8:08 AM CDT

In Race About Crisis, Obama, McCain Mirror Hoover, FDR

We know their styles, but economy is changing too fast for policy specifics

(Newser) - We should quit trying to pin the candidates down on policy specifics, writes EJ Dionne in the Washington Post. They’ve given us a “clear sense of who they are and how they would lead,” and that’s all we can ask. The economic crisis is moving so...

McCain Drops Ayers Bomb
for First Time

Oct 10, 2008 4:10 AM CDT

McCain Drops Ayers Bomb for First Time

Candidate rips Obama's 'truthfulness' at angry rally

(Newser) - John McCain has attacked Barack Obama for his links to political radical Bill Ayers for the first time, Politico reports. McCain, who had previously left the assault to Sarah Palin, told a raucous Wisconsin rally that booed every mention of Obama's name that the issue went to the heart of...

Mac's Health an Issue in Poll

Oct 9, 2008 10:16 PM CDT

Mac's Health an Issue in Poll

(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...

Pro-Obama Media Let Him Slide on Specifics

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 8:00 PM CDT

Pro-Obama Media Let Him Slide on Specifics

Media have played softball with Democratic nominee

(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...

'Rednecks' Endorse Obama

Oct 9, 2008 6:27 PM CDT

'Rednecks' Endorse Obama

Two seniors look to bridge a cultural gap

(Newser) - Two self-described "rednecks" from the South are on a mission to help elect the nation's first black president. AFP looks at the efforts of the Missouri senior citizens who are defying stereotype with their tounge-in-cheek “Rednecks for Obama” campaign. Their banner drew big crowds at last week's debate,...

Obama Buys Half-Hour
of Network Primetime

Oct 9, 2008 6:02 PM CDT

Obama Buys Half-Hour of Network Primetime

30 minutes on October 29th may be accompanied by other TV buys

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign is planning an 11th-hour advertising blitz and has purchased a half-hour of primetime TV on CBS for October 29th, Politico reports. A special will air that night, just days before the election, at 8pm. Rumor has it that Obama also is nearing deals with NBC and...

In Email In-Boxes, Obama Wins in a Spam-Slide

Oct 9, 2008 2:14 PM CDT

In Email In-Boxes, Obama Wins in a Spam-Slide

Unwanted emailers 6 times less likely to mention McCain

(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...

We All Have Some Guilty Associations

COMMENTARY

Oct 9, 2008 12:37 PM CDT

We All Have Some Guilty Associations

Gail Collins has been palling around with terrorists, too

(Newser) - So William Ayers once threw a house party for Barack Obama, and now Obama’s responsible for all Ayers’ misdeeds? By that standard, writes Gail Collins—who might have attended a college party with Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn—"I believe I may now be held partly responsible for all...

Disaster Ahead for McCain, Obama, and Us

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 10:07 AM CDT

Disaster Ahead for McCain, Obama, and Us

Economic crisis will ruin political, financial fortunes alike

(Newser) - Disaster’s dead ahead for John McCain, for Barack Obama, and for the rest of us, too, writes Rosa Brooks in the Los Angeles Times. McCain is “a dead man walking,” as he’ll soon find out. The "winner" will be a President Obama with no idea...

McCain Is a Cub in Bear Market

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 8:06 AM CDT

McCain Is a Cub in Bear Market

Republican getting desperate as the economy buries campaign

(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...

Hey, GOP:
Let's Emulate Obama's Cool

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 7:57 AM CDT

Hey, GOP: Let's Emulate Obama's Cool

Attack ads worked in 2004. That's not where we're at: Frum

(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...

'Ex' Smoker Obama Still Lights Up

Oct 9, 2008 2:20 AM CDT

'Ex' Smoker Obama Still Lights Up

He 'fesses to bumming cigs when pressure trumps fight to stay fit

(Newser) - It's not easy staying healthy during a grueling campaign, admits Barack Obama, who even fesses up to bumming a few cigarettes. He still manages to squeeze in six 45-minute workouts per week—but the ex-smoker admits giving in to temptation and sucking down the occasional coffin nail, Obama tells Men's ...

Good News, Barack: Rezko Sentencing Postponed

Oct 8, 2008 4:15 PM CDT

Good News, Barack: Rezko Sentencing Postponed

Oct. 28 date may have meant bad publicity for Obama

(Newser) - A federal judge has postponed political fund-raiser Tony Rezko’s October 28 sentencing indefinitely, potentially lightening Barack Obama's political load, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Rezko has been linked to Obama, and his sentencing for improper financial dealings could have meant bad publicity just before the election. The delay is a...

Sarah Silverman, You Don't Get Jewish Voters

OPINION

Oct 8, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

Sarah Silverman, You Don't Get Jewish Voters

Bubbie is uneasy over Obama's stance on Israel

(Newser) - Sarah Silverman may be urging young Jews to persuade their bubbies in Florida to vote for Barack Obama, but older Jews are right to be uneasy with the Democrat, writes Anat Hakim in the Los Angeles Times. Much of Obama’s history has Jews feeling that “something is just...

Oh, Was There
a Debate
Last Night?

ANALYSIS

Oct 8, 2008 11:53 AM CDT

Oh, Was There a Debate Last Night?

Forum brought McCain one non-event closer to November defeat

(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...

McCain Resorts to Atwater's Bag of Dirty Tricks

OPINION

Oct 8, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

McCain Resorts to Atwater's Bag of Dirty Tricks

They're trying to turn Obama into Willie Horton, Dowd writes

(Newser) - Before Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd reminds us, it was Lee Atwater who masterminded the Republican smear campaign, and his demolition of Michael Dukakis was his greatest, dirtiest success. Atwater painted the 1988 candidate as a weak Harvard-educated elitist with a weird last name, a man who supported "the Scary...

What We Saw:
Hot vs. Cool
Old vs. Young

OPINION

Oct 8, 2008 10:01 AM CDT

What We Saw: Hot vs. Cool Old vs. Young

How they acted

(Newser) - What viewers see is as important as what they hear in debates. So what did pundits see?

"The expressions on John McCain's face, and the irritation in his voice, said it all," writes the San Francisco Chronicle. McCain “was a portrait of frustration,” while Obama

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Esquire
Endorses
Obama ... Kinda

Oct 8, 2008 7:45 AM CDT

Esquire Endorses Obama ... Kinda

He might be unable to define what change means, but Barack's the only horse in the race, say mag's editors

(Newser) - Barack Obama "is the only possible choice to lead the country," says Esquire, though the magazine’s position is less an endorsement of Obama and more a treatise against John McCain. Obama has failed to define his key campaign theme of change “except as all those things...

Barack Obama

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Obama's links reveal his character, despite what media say

McCain benefited from fewer fictitious donors, Times discovers

We know their styles, but economy is changing too fast for policy specifics

Candidate rips Obama's 'truthfulness' at angry rally

Media have played softball with Democratic nominee

Two seniors look to bridge a cultural gap

30 minutes on October 29th may be accompanied by other TV buys

Unwanted emailers 6 times less likely to mention McCain

Gail Collins has been palling around with terrorists, too

Economic crisis will ruin political, financial fortunes alike

Republican getting desperate as the economy buries campaign

Attack ads worked in 2004. That's not where we're at: Frum

He 'fesses to bumming cigs when pressure trumps fight to stay fit

Oct. 28 date may have meant bad publicity for Obama

Bubbie is uneasy over Obama's stance on Israel

Forum brought McCain one non-event closer to November defeat

They're trying to turn Obama into Willie Horton, Dowd writes

How they acted

He might be unable to define what change means, but Barack's the only horse in the race, say mag's editors