CBS affiliate: Palin, Miller charge ‘absurd’  —  Big Government today posted a snippet of recorded conversation from the newsroom of Anchorage CBS affiliate KTVA, which features staff talking and laughing about the prospect of finding a child molester at a Joe Miller rally.

Keith Olbermann Thinks Jon Stewart Jumped The Shark Yesterday  —  While most of the mainstream media went into overdrive yesterday to cover Jon Stewart's much-anticipated Rally to Restore Sanity MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was less than impressed.  Apparently Stewart's criticism of the cablesphere …

Thousands of empty seats for last Dem voter rally by Obama, Biden  —  CLEVELAND — The arena where President Obama and Vice President Biden are making their final appeal to Democrats to get out and vote in Tuesday's midterm elections was far from capacity Sunday afternoon.

Theodore C. Sorensen, 82, Kennedy Counselor, Dies  —  Theodore C. Sorensen, one of the last links to John F. Kennedy's administration, a writer and counselor who did much to shape the president's narrative, image and legacy, died Sunday in Manhattan.  He was 82.  —  Multimedia

The war recovery?  —  When the midterm election cycle began, the prevailing opinion was that Barack Obama was cleverer and more inspirational than anyone else on the scene.  As it ends, nothing appears to have changed.  —  OH, YES, I know that Democrats have fallen into a peck of trouble and may lose control of Congress.

Grim Dems await huge House losses  —  The last TV ads have been cut.  The final polls have been conducted.  The end-of-campaign expenditures are being made.  —  Now, for Democratic consultants and campaign officials who have plotted and strategized for months to preserve the embattled House majority …

Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Palin  —  POLITICO Slideshows require the Adobe Flash Player.  —  Top Republicans in Washington and in the national GOP establishment say the 2010 campaign highlighted an urgent task that they will begin in earnest as soon as the elections are over: Stop Sarah Palin.

Atmospherics are terrible for Reid, but he will hold on  —  Harry Reid or Sharron Angle is dead, last in an occasional series:  —  It just feels as if Reid is going to lose.  —  Forget the enthusiasm gap — that word is too mild.  There is a passion gap in this race that is palpable.

Paul headed for easy victory  —  Rand Paul has expanded his lead in the Kentucky Senate race even further over the last week and is headed for a blowout win.  His margin over Jack Conway is 55-40.  —  Kentucky is obviously a conservative state.  Conway's ability to win was always …