Sarah Palin's Personal Shopper  —  M  —  ove over Carson Kressley.  A new celebrity shopper has emerged!  —  The attention from Jeanne Cummings's much-talked-about Politico story has naturally focused on the $150,000 in luxury clothing purchased for Sarah Palin at Neiman Marcus, Sak's Fifth Avenue, and Barney's.

On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for McCain  —  Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents.

GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say  —  Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties are running for cover.

AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch … WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running …

In New McCain Robocall, Rudy Giuliani Suggests Obama Opposes Jailing Murderers And Rapists  —  It was perhaps predictable that the task of recording the worst of McCain's robo-slime — the worst so far, at least — would fall to Rudy Giuliani.  —  Giuliani has recorded a new McCain robocall …

The Making (and Remaking) of McCain  —  On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 24, John McCain convened a meeting in his suite at the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan.  Among the handful of campaign officials in attendance were McCain's chief campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt …

Poll: Obama Holds Leads in Key States; McCain Attacks Not Swaying Voters  —  With less than two weeks to go 'til Election Day, Barack Obama has held or increased his leads in four key states won by President George W. Bush in 2004 — Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia …

A Day At The Congressional Races  —  Here's today's run-down of the Congressional races:  —  National House Committees Shell Out Big Money, NRCC Finally In The Game  —  Both parties' national House committees shelled out big bucks in the newest federal filings.

FOX News Poll: Obama Grabs Nine Point Lead Over McCain  —  Less than two weeks before Election Day, Barack Obama leads John McCain 49 percent to 40 percent among likely voters, according to a FOX News poll released Wednesday.  —  Obama's advantage comes mainly from independents …

SOCIAL SECURITY ALT.UNIVERSE  —  CNN just played the Social Security portion of John McCain's interview with Wolf Blitzer.  And two key points stood out.  —  First, McCain fabricated an alternative history of the 2005 Social Security battle in order to create a new tax talking points.

Gallup Daily: Obama's Likely Voter Lead is 5 to 8 Points  —  Candidate preferences have been fairly stable  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Regardless of the predictors used to identify likely voters, the conclusion is the same — Barack Obama maintains a significant lead over John …

Report: Obama Internal Poll Shows Two-Point Race in Pennsylvania  —  An internal Barack Obama campaign poll has the Democrat ahead of John McCain by just two percentage points.  —  WILK radio host Steve Corbett said Tuesday he obtained an Obama campaign e-mail about the internal poll showing a tight race.

Tina Fey plays you sort of bubble-headed...  Sarah: “That's funny.  I play her bubble-headed too when I imitate her.  —  ...but you don't get to be governor without being smart.  Do you think you're intellectual?  —  Sarah: Yehhh-sss.  And you have to be up on not only current events …

Race Boating: Swift Boat Backer Funds Racist Mail  —  Swift Boat funder Robert Perry, a top national Republican donor, is funding overtly racist attack mail this cycle.  It's not Swift Boating.  It's Race Boating.  —  A group called “Empower Texans,” chaired by Tim Dunn of Midland …

Who are left-wing haters to point fingers at John McCain?  —  In his endorsement of Barack Obama last week, former Bush administration Secretary of State Colin Powell said that “I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, 'He's a Muslim and he might be associated [with] terrorists.' ”