24 October, 2008

Obama, McCain vie for working-class voters
The Miami Herald – FL,USA
By STEVEN THOMMA AND DAVID LIGHTMAN INDIANAPOLIS — With the world’s most powerful job at stake, John McCain and Barack Obama focused intensely Thursday on …
www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/738711.html

Former Bush press secretary backs Obama
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former press secretary, says he is backing Barack Obama for president. McClellan made the endorsement …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTIIAe-y
K2dlIpZEP1iUzJUs7k7QD940FA880

State Polls Show Obama Surge
Voice of America – USA
By Jim Malone In the US presidential race, several new surveys in key states show Democrat Barack Obama surging ahead of his Republican opponent,…
www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-23-voa58.cfm

Fact Check: Palin mistates Biden comment on Obama
The Associated Press
Obama’s own running mate, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has informed us that a serious international crisis is certain if Obama is …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hWY02SR
ZHVGdfuDCu1cYVcBbLy1QD940F0N00

McCain to Launch Fresh Attack on Obama’s Tax Plan
Wall Street Journal – USA
By AMY CHOZICK and NICK TIMIRAOS Looking for fresh ways to press the tax issue, John McCain plans to roll out a new attack against Barack Obama on Friday, …
online.wsj.com/article/SB122479805936
064375.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Clock ticking for McCain, Obama warns
The Canberra Times – Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
BY STEPHEN COLLINSON Front-running Democrat Barack Obama has warned his White House rival John McCain he is ‘’running out of time’’ after rejecting new …
www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/
clock-ticking-for-mccain-obama-warns/1342254.aspx

Obama Holds National Lead as Some Polls Show Race Tightening
Bloomberg – USA
By Catherine Dodge and Christopher Stern Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama is holding an average lead of 7 percentage points over John McCain nationally …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601087&sid=aWRlkNLTILM8&refer=home

Urban issues: Obama, McCain are true to their parties
The Miami Herald – FL,USA
How John McCain and Barack Obama would tackle America’s urban issues split the two candidates in a classic fissure between Republican and Democrat.…
www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/
campaign-2008/story/738127.html

Mysterious Anti-Obama Spam Hits Cell Phone Inboxes
Wired News – USA
Upon dialing the number, a voice-over starts reciting the McCain-Palin campaign’s assertion that Barack Obama “worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill …
blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/mysterious-anti.html

Palin Continues to Slam Obama for Biden Comments
FOXNews – USA
by Shushannah Walshe Since then Palin has been using his words against Barack Obama including today, “Did you hear what Sen. Biden said at a fundraiser on …
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Obama Passes The Rove Threshold?
By noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver)
Obama-experience – 56 percent of voters said Obama has the kind of experience it takes to be an effective president, 42 percent said he does not. Those numbers match his best of the campaign, and are a touch better than the split on …
www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/
obama-passes-rove-threshold.html

Hank Jr. takes to radio to hammer Obama on ‘bitter’
By media@politico.com (Jonathan Martin)
the country music scion best known for his paens to rural and rowdy life— is up on the radio in Virginia and other swing states with an ad going after Barack Obama for the Democrat’s comment this spring that small-town Americans …
www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/Hank_
Jr_takes_to_radio_to_hammer_Obama_on_bitter.html

Wash. Post cropped Obama’s “we’ve got a righteous wind at our …
Barack Obama “promised to deliver the Commonwealth in the Democratic column for the first time since 1964" and then quoted Obama stating: “I feel like we’ve got a righteous wind at our backs.” Barnes and Kornblut’s citation of the …
mediamatters.org/items/200810230007

The Obama scammer
By Mark Steyn
Further to my post below about the Obama campaign intentionally disabling security checks for their credit card donations, several readers have wandered over to the site to test it out. One was accepted with the following details: Name: …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2IxMmNj
MTIzZDc1OGU4MjMwMTRiMWFlODg2N2JjNTM=

Obama Donors As News
By Robin Hanson
Barack Obama raised in September represents only part of [his] financial advantage. … [It] is compounded by Obama’s ability to continue to raise money through the election because he decided not to participate in the federal financing …
www.overcomingbias.com/2008/10/donations-as-ne.html

23 October, 2008

Obama’s Change Must Start With His Advisers
The Moscow Times – Russia
Twelve days before the US presidential election, all indicators are pointing to a victory by Senator Barack Obama. There is always a chance for last-minute …
www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1016/42/371888.htm

McCain Draws Even With Obama After Final Debate in AP Poll
Bloomberg – USA
By Catherine Dodge Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Republican John McCain erased Democrat Barack Obama’s lead in the presidential race less than two weeks before …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01103&sid=apOiibhMQCiw&refer=us

Obama urges vigilance during US presidential change
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
(Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States needs to be vigilant against attack during the change to the next president, …
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/23/worldup
dates/2008-10-23T011805Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-361
047-1&sec=Worldupdates

Barack Obama: Palin ‘denounced’ McCain
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Barack Obama accused Sarah Palin of denouncing John McCain’s negative campaign tactics as he sought to drive a wedge between his Republican rivals. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/
3242483/Barack-Obama-Palin-denounced-McCain.html

Obama: McCain’s in Cahoots With “Joe the CEO”
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
Barack Obama brought two more Joe’s to the spotlight today, “Joe the Hedge Fund Manager” and “Joe the CEO,” as he continued to aggressively defend his tax …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/22/politi
cs/fromtheroad/entry4539355.shtml

IN BUSH COUNTRY (NORTH CAROLINA), OBAMA PULLS EVEN
Volkskrant – Netherlands
Barack Obama. “He is speaking to a lot of people’s issues,” she said.“With all these factory closings, he’s speaking to the middle class.…
www.volkskrant.nl/achtergrond/buitenland/verkiezingenvs/
article1081442.ece/IN_BUSH_COUNTRY_NORTH_CAROLINA
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Obama, McCain vote could be very close, new poll indicates
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
Barack Obama has a solid, but not spectacular lead over Jon McCain in the latest edition of Gallup’s daily tracking poll. The poll, which is now reporting …
primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/15213

Obama Says Both Candidates Would Face a ‘Crisis’
New York Times – United States
By JACK HEALY Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed Republican criticisms that he lacks the experience to face an unexpected international crisis …
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/us/
politics/23campaign.html?ref=politics

Forget plumbers, McCain is for Joe the CEO: Obama
AFP
Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Republican John McCain’s idolizing of Joe the Plumber, an Ohio tradesmen with whom he clashed …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3gjhgd6nxMIF2BY-Cu7ltKxS_LQ

McCain hits Obama on tax plan
eTaiwan News – Taiwan
McCain has seized upon Obama’s plan as a socialist redistribution of
wealth, a message he pushed in New Hampshire, which has no income tax and a
traditional …
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=769949

McCain Proud Of Brochure Linking Obama To Islamic Terrorism
By Jed L
Despite his attempted “reboot”, John McCain is still as determined as ever to smear Barack Obama with the most scurrilous garbage imaginable — all because he has no clue what to do about creating new jobs.
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/sMivPhmNFh8/638031

Barack Obama visits his grandmother
By Roger Sinasohn
Obama spoke of his grandmother, who helped raise him, when he accepted the democratic presidential nomination, saying “She’s the one who taught me about hard work. She’s the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so …
www.parentdish.com/2008/10/22/ba
rack-obama-visits-his-grandmother/

Obama’s donor credit card fraud problem
By Michelle Malkin
More than a week ago, a north Kansas City couple blew the whistle on credit card fraud benefiting the Obama campaign. […] Read the rest “
michellemalkin.com/2008/10/22/obamas-donor-credit-card-fraud-problem/

California gives most to Obama camp
By media@politico.com (Jeffrey Ressner)
The Democrat brings in big bucks from a diverse group of California personalities.
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14808.html

10/22 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 51, McCain 41
By DemFromCT
Today’s Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama leading McCain 51-41. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with the R2K numbers from today (yesterday’s numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers from …
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