Editor’s Comment: Why we endorse Barack Obama
Standard – Nairobi,Kenya
Tuesday’s election, as this paper pointed out when Democrat Barack Obama secured his party’s nomination, is a major opportunity for change in America’s …
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Yes, He Can Barack Obama should be able to disclose his small …
Slate – USA
By John DickersonPosted Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at 6:50 PM ET Barack Obama with supporters in Florida Barack Obama refuses to release the names of the 2 …
www.slate.com/id/2203421/

Palin: Obama “incapable” of handling security tests
Reuters – USA
(Reuters) – Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday said Democratic nominee Barack Obama would be incapable of meeting national…
www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49T9HE20081030

UPDATE 1-Obama infomercial tops network prime-time ratings
Reuters – USA
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Barack Obama’s campaign“infomercial” was the most-watched telecast in US prime time on Wednesday,…
www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMedia
TelecomNews/idUSN3029152020081030

Obama blitzes US airwaves, enlists Clinton
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
ORLANDO: Democrat Barack Obama hit White House rival John McCain with a prime-time TV onslaught as he vied to clinch victory in battleground states in the …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008
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McCain, Obama attack each other on economics
The Miami Herald – FL,USA
By William Douglas and Margaret Talev DEFIANCE, Ohio — John McCain and Barack Obama seized on Thursday’s latest economic reports to attack each other, …
www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/748927.html

Obama makes pitch to America in 30-min ad
Straits Times – Singapore
NEW YORK: Mr Barack Obama has made his most audacious presidential pitch to date, paying millions for a half-hour TV slot aimed at convincing the electorate …
www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/
World/Story/STIStory_296814.html

FOX News Poll: Obama’s Edge Over McCain Narrows
FOXNews – USA
As the candidates make their closing arguments before the election, the race has tightened with Barack Obama now leading John McCain by 47 percent to 44 …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445347,00.html

Obama must still fear failure… we did in 1997
Times Online – UK
Maria Shriver, the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, told me that Barack Obama posters out-numbered John McCain’s two to one in the Governor’s mansion,…
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cherie_blair/article5049631.ece?openComment=true

US election: Will Barack Obama take Florida by storm?
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Barack Obama, the self-appointed wind of change, aims to blow away entrenched voting patterns by becoming the first Democrat candidate for more than half a …
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/3288244/US
-election-Will-Barack-Obama-take-Florida-by-storm.html

Obama ad a ratings success
By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Obama’s 30 minute ad was watched by nearly 30 million people. (CNN) — The major networks may just wish Barack Obama took up more airtime after taking a look at the ratings for the Democratic presidential candidate’s 30-minute…
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McCain camp: Obama gets pass on ads
By media@politico.com (Andy Barr)
Davis says Obama’s negative ads don’t prompt the same press outrage as McCain’s.
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15099.html

The Obama Infomercial
I thought it was (duh) really well done and did a good job of presenting
Obama as both a serious candidate and a normal human being. On the other hand, the tales of woe struck me as a little heavy handed. I think it might have been …
www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/200
8/10/the_obama_infomercial.html

Obama Infomercial: Reviews and Ratings
By SilentPatriot
The Obama special was seen by 26.3 million viewers across broadcasters CBS, NBC and Fox, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings. If you add Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, that total climbs to 29.9 million.…
crooksandliars.com/silentpatriot/obam
a-infomercial-reviews-and-rating

Is Obama connected to the ACORN-Rathke embezzlement scandal?
By Soren Dayton
Dale Rathke embezzled this money in the period of 1999-2000, when Barack Obama was running for US Congress with the backing of SEIU Local 880 and ACORN. SEIU Local 880 is basically ACORN controlled. Rathke even filed the LM-2 form with …
www.thenextright.com/soren-dayton/is-obama-
connected-to-the-acorn-rathke-embezzlement-scandal