Bachmann tries to get past Obama flap
Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis,MN,USA
Michele Bachmann is taking a softer tone in a new TV ad after a week of hard knocks for questioning Barack Obama’s views on America. …
www.startribune.com/politics/national/house/33245034
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Republican volunteer charged for false claim of mutilation by …
Times Online – UK
The McCain campaign immediately denounced the attack as “sick and disgusting”, while Barack Obama was forced to issue a statement deploring such behaviour …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us
_and_americas/us_elections/article5010471.ece

Obama Builds Lead Over McCain Nationally and in Battlegrounds
Bloomberg – USA
By Christopher Stern Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Democrat Barack Obama widened his lead over Republican John McCain in most national polls and surveys of key …
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Sad Obama snatches private time with ailing granny
AFP
HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) — Barack Obama Friday grabbed a few precious hours with his gravely ill grandmother in Hawaii, after saying the woman he calls a …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j3WHAUakpcFb2eeTKBHPCUWUCeEA

The Washington insider who made Obama rich
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By DD Guttenplan Barack Obama and John McCain don’t agree about much, but when, in the middle of one of their debates this month, Obama referred to“those …
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35d28f90-9f13-11dd-98bd-000077b07658.html

McCain has ‘daunting’ task in key state Pennsylvania: Obama camp
AFP
Top officials from the Democratic nominee’s campaign expressed confidence that Obama was building multiple routes to victory, just 11 days before the…
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8v5uIsPqDCBdYYXRyi1vgcCCyvA

Obama the grandson replaces Obama the candidate
The Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — Barack Obama, briefly a grandson instead of a candidate, spent some quiet family time Friday with the ailing woman who helped raise him, …
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Who Endorsed Barack Obama?
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
Barack Obama for president have highlighted his judgment and the tone of his campaign. Below, see excerpts from recent endorsements. …
online.wsj.com/article/SB122485442010466443.html

Students Charged in Dead Bear/Obama Sign Incident
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
The Obama campaign material involved was really two signs taped together, the university said Wednesday. The signs, with an opening across the bottom, …
www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/10/24/students
-charged-in-dead-bearobama-sign-incident.html

The Obama wave, by the numbers
Boston Globe – United States
It’s become something of a tradition this presidential race: Every once in a while, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, hops on the phone with …
www.boston.com/news/politics/politica
lintelligence/2008/10/the_obama_wave.html

Reagan Appointee and (Recent) McCain Adviser Charles Fried …
By Greg Veis
This week, Fried announced that he has voted for Obama-Biden by absentee ballot. In his letter to Trevor Potter, the General Counsel to the McCain-Palin campaign, he asked that his name be removed from the several campaign-related …
blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/10/24/reagan
-appointee-and-recent-mccain-adviser-charles-fried-supports-obama.aspx

Michelle Obama: ‘Barack Obama gets it’
By Mark Silva
The candidate’s wife distilled a message that Obama has attempted to drive home about the difference between himself and Republican rival John McCain during a tough time for working families and people without jobs or health insurance …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/
2008/10/michelle_obama_barack_obama_ge.html

Obama’s “Moderation”
By Rich Lowry
My column today, btw.
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Obama Spending Furiously Outpaces McCain’s
By By Michael Luo
New campaign filings show the rate of spending and the rate of fund-raising for the campaigns and their respective political parties.
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/
obama-spending-furiously-outpaces-mccains/

Obama & Fantasy Football
By BarbinMD
Obama was sitting in a black leather swivel chair, reading the paper. “Hey, man, I’ll be with you in a second,” he said. “I’m poring over the latest economic news.” It was the USA Today NFL stats page. He is taller, grayer and quicker …
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