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10:10 AM ET, October 24, 2008

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Michelle Malkin:
Why that McCain volunteer's “mutilation” story smells awfully weird; Update: Police to administer polygraph; conflicting evidence at scene  —  Scroll down for updates..."Police planned to administer a polygraph test to Ashley Todd, 20, because her statements about the attack conflict with evidence …
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TMZ.com:
“Politically Motivated” Mutilation - Real or Hoax?
Discussion: Oliver Willis
WTAE-TV:
Woman Attacked At ATM, Assailant Carves Letter Into Her Face
Jill King Greenwood / PittsburghLIVE.com:
McCain worker says man scratched ‘B’ into her face
Discussion: KDKA-TV and Jesus' General
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In McCain's Uphill Battle, Winning Is an Option  —  MIAMI — Senator John McCain woke Thursday morning to what has become a fairly common greeting in these tough last weeks of his campaign.  A raft of polls showing him well behind.  Early post-mortems on his candidacy.  Even Republicans speaking of him in the past tense.
Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Palin's Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period  —  Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch?  —  Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain's chief foreign policy adviser …
Discussion: TIME.com
CNN:
Former Bush aide voting for Obama  —  (CNN) — Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he's voting for Barack Obama.  —  “From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate …
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Last Words: McClellan Endorses Obama
New York Times:
Barack Obama for President  —  Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation's future truly hangs in the balance.  —  The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush's failed leadership.  He is saddling his successor with two wars …
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
McCain for President  —  WASHINGTON — Contrarian that I am, I'm voting for John McCain.  I'm not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over.  I'm talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama before they're left …
Associated Press:
Former Mass. Gov. William Weld to endorse Obama  —  SALEM, N.H.—Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president, citing the senator's steady leadership, good judgment and ability to unify Democrats, Republicans and independents.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Jill Zuckman / Chicago Tribune:
Sarah Palin talks about wardrobe flap, double standard for women and special education  —  An exclusive interview: ‘If people only knew how frugal we are’  —  PITTSBURGH - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin insisted in an interview with the Tribune on Thursday that she did not accept $150,000 worth …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Today's Polls, 10/23: McCain on Life Support  —  This is not the time when John McCain can afford a bad polling day.  And yet he's had perhaps his worst one of the year.  —  The national trackers were essentially a push — three moved toward Obama, two toward McCain, two were flat — but the action today is at the state level.
New York Times:
Group's Tally of New Voters Was Vastly Overstated  —  On Oct. 6, the community organizing group Acorn and an affiliated charity called Project Vote announced with jubilation that they had registered 1.3 million new voters.  But it turns out the claim was a wild exaggeration …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Arrives in Hawaii to Visit Ailing Grandmother  —  HONOLULU — On a whirlwind trip back to Hawaii, Senator Barack Obama spent more than an hour visiting his ailing grandmother late Thursday and is set to return to her bedside on Friday morning after arriving here on a nine-hour flight …
Discussion: The Swamp
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Runnin' with the Devil  —  In the first segment of the Great One's program last night, Mark highlighted this article by Thomas Lifson at the American Thinker, describing a clip, recently dug up by the Confederate Yankee site (the clip was also played by Mark), in which the FBI informant …
RushLimbaugh.com:
The Future of Conservatism  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: Linda from unknown parts of upstate New York, hello.  —  CALLER: Hi, Rush.  Upstate New York, western New York.  —  RUSH: Upstate western New York.  —  CALLER: Not to be confused with western Pennsylvania.  —  RUSH: Right.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Eunomia
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:   Civil War on the Right
Gateway Pundit:
1995 Obama Race Baiting Video Discovered  —  It sounds like those first 10 years with Rev. Jeremiah Wright rubbed off on him...  Barack Obama slams “white executives” living out in the suburbs who do not want to pay taxes to inner city children" in a 1995 interview:
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Religious right group upset over GOP abandonment  —  The Family Research Council's (FRC) political arm ripped Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Thursday for withdrawing ad spending on behalf of two endangered Republican candidates.  —  FRC President Tony Perkins said in a letter to Cole …
cbs8.com:
THREATENING LETTERS SPARK NEW PROP 8 CONTROVERSY  —  Last Updated:  —  A threatening letter has sparked a new controversy here in San Diego surrounding the gay marriage debate.  Donors who gave money to the No on Prop 8 campaign say they received blackmail letters demanding money …
New York Times:
Global Markets Plummet on Earnings Fears  —  PARIS — Stocks plummeted worldwide on Friday, with severe declines in Europe and Asia propelled by dismal corporate earnings and economic data pointing to a profound global slowdown.  —  Europe's major exchanges opened with falls of around 5 percent that turned quickly into a rout.
Discussion: TIME.com
Richard Halstead / Marin Independent Journal:
McCain surrogate tells Dominican students to prepare for war with Iran in next four years  —  A Republican charged with representing the views of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain told Dominican University students Thursday that war with Iran in the next four years is inevitable.
WJLA-TV:
Joe McCain Calls 911 To Complain About Traffic  —  He called the police emergency line because he was angry he was stuck in traffic.  —  The 911 call came into the City of Alexandria on Oct. 21st That's creating some buzz because it appears to come from Joe McCain, John McCain's brother.
Associated Press:
Clerk left letters calling Obama “black Hitler”  —  FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — A Republican county election clerk distributed copies of an apparent chain letter referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as a “young, black Adolf Hitler” to two employees but later told police she intended it to be a joke.
Discussion: Donklephant
Stevenson Jacobs / Associated Press:
Stocks head for sharp decline on recession fears  —  NEW YORK - Wall Street headed for another precipitous drop Friday as fears of a punishing global recession stirred panic among investors and sent world financial markets into a tailspin.  The Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 550 points, the maximum allowed price change.
Discussion: The Raw Story and PoliBlog (TM)
 
 
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Mark Hornbeck / Detroit News:
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