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10:55 AM ET, October 24, 2008

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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: Spin Cycle and TIME.com
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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.
Discussion: The Caucus, MSNBC, LiberalOasis and TIME.com
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 and rubber hose
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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Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Obama Spending Furiously Outpaces McCain's  —  Senator Barack Obama's fund-raising juggernaut appears to have slowed dramatically from its record-shattering pace in September, raising $36 million in the first half of October, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Discussion: Spin Cycle
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The Trail / Washington Post:   McCain's Double-Barreled NoVa Radio Spot
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 …
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 …
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Something About Sarah  —  My husband called it first.  Then, a brilliant 75-year-old scholar and raconteur confessed to me over wine: “I'm sexually attracted to her.  I don't care that she knows nothing.”  —  Finally, writer Robert Draper closed the file on the Sarah Palin mystery …
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Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Ideology Aside, This Has Been the Year of the Woman
Discussion: The New Republic and 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:
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 …
Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
Spending rose in Palin's Alaska administrations  —  WASHINGTON — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin calls herself a fiscal conservative who wants to “rein in government spending.”  She says she “reformed the abuses of earmarks in our state.”  Republican John McCain said during the last debate …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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.
Discussion: WHAS-TV, Slog, The Buzz and PoliBlog (TM)
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 …
Gateway Pundit:
1995 Obama Race Baiting Video Discovered  —  It sounds like those first 10 years with Rev. Jeremiah Wright rubbed off on The One...  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:
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Civil War on the Right  —  Conservatives are at each other's throats, and here's what's revealing about how divided they are: The critics of John McCain and the critics of Sarah Palin represent entirely different camps.  —  One set of critics, skeptical social conservatives …
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RushLimbaugh.com:
The Future of Conservatism
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Eunomia
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 and Althouse
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 …
Brian Ellsworth / Reuters:
Oil powerhouse Venezuela struggles to keep lights on  —  SAN FELIX, Venezuela (Reuters) - Despite having some of the world's largest energy reserves, Venezuela is increasingly struggling to maintain basic electrical service, a growing challenge for leftist President Hugo Chavez.
Discussion: www.redstate.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.
 
 
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Paul Taylor / PewResearch.org:
Republicans: Still Happy Campers
New York Times:
Everybody's Voting for the Weekend
Peter Robinson / Forbes:
The Point Of No Return  —  Thomas Frank, a columnist …
Discussion: Commentary and RIGHTWINGSPARKLE
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Polls Point to Struggle for McCain
Discussion: MSNBC, The Heretik, CBS News and On Deadline
Tim Paradis / Associated Press:
Stocks dive on belief global recession is at hand
New York Times:
Global Markets Plummet on Earnings Fears
Discussion: TIME.com
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Runnin' with the Devil
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James P. Pinkerton / FOX Forum:
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Discussion: Spin Cycle
Associated Press:
Clerk left letters calling Obama “black Hitler”
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