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OPINION

Oct 10, 2008 12:56 PM CDT

Krauthammer: Why Ayers, Rezko Matter

Obama's links reveal his character, despite what media say

(Newser) - Raising the specter of Barack Obama’s ties with the likes of Bill Ayers is perfectly legitimate, and John McCain's only fault is that he didn't start sooner, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. These associations “provide a significant insight into character” and “are particularly relevant” for...

Obama Got
$40K From
Fake People

Oct 10, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Obama Got $40K From Fake People

McCain benefited from fewer fictitious donors, Times discovers

(Newser) - Barack Obama received some $40,000 from obviously fictitious donors, the New York Times reports. After poring over both candidates’ records, the Times found some 3,000 donations to Obama from more than a dozen people with obviously falsified names —like “Test Person” from “Some Place, UT....

Anger Growing at GOP Rallies

Oct 10, 2008 9:44 AM CDT

Anger Growing at GOP Rallies

McCain-Palin rallies taking an angry turn

(Newser) - With the polls going south for John McCain, the anger is becoming palpable at his campaign’s rallies, reports Politico. Party supporters are not only lashing out at Barack Obama—one audence member shouted "Terrorist" when McCain mentioned him—but they're frustrated that McCain isn't going into attack mode...

In Race About Crisis, Obama, McCain Mirror Hoover, FDR

OPINION

Oct 10, 2008 8:08 AM CDT

In Race About Crisis, Obama, McCain Mirror Hoover, FDR

We know their styles, but economy is changing too fast for policy specifics

(Newser) - We should quit trying to pin the candidates down on policy specifics, writes EJ Dionne in the Washington Post. They’ve given us a “clear sense of who they are and how they would lead,” and that’s all we can ask. The economic crisis is moving so...

McCain Drops Ayers Bomb
for First Time

Oct 10, 2008 4:10 AM CDT

McCain Drops Ayers Bomb for First Time

Candidate rips Obama's 'truthfulness' at angry rally

(Newser) - John McCain has attacked Barack Obama for his links to political radical Bill Ayers for the first time, Politico reports. McCain, who had previously left the assault to Sarah Palin, told a raucous Wisconsin rally that booed every mention of Obama's name that the issue went to the heart of...

Mac's Health an Issue in Poll

Oct 9, 2008 10:16 PM CDT

Mac's Health an Issue in Poll

(Newser) - Nearly half (47%) of Americans are worried that John McCain, if elected, would not finish his first term in good health, a CNN poll shows. Nearly 20% percent of respondents thought the same about rival Barack Obama. Only 7% of those questioned said that the health of a candidate would...

Pro-Obama Media Let Him Slide on Specifics

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 8:00 PM CDT

Pro-Obama Media Let Him Slide on Specifics

Media have played softball with Democratic nominee

(Newser) - The mainstream media is quick to pounce on Sarah Palin for being short on specifics, but it's happy to give Barack Obama a free ride for the same shortcoming, writes Carrie Lukas in the National Review. Obama’s stands on issues such as trade (what exactly will he do with...

In Email In-Boxes, Obama Wins in a Spam-Slide

Oct 9, 2008 2:14 PM CDT

In Email In-Boxes, Obama Wins in a Spam-Slide

Unwanted emailers 6 times less likely to mention McCain

(Newser) - Spammers love Barack Obama, or at least love writing about him: He beats John McCain six to one in spam mentions, reports Ars Technica. Obama mentions surged during the Republican National Convention last month, even though media coverage featured McCain more frequently than his opponent. Obama emails highlight religion and...

Foo Fighters:
McCain's Not
Our 'Hero'

Oct 9, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Foo Fighters: McCain's Not Our 'Hero'

Band complains that candidate is using song without permission

(Newser) - When it comes to the “rock music” the kids are so into these days, John McCain just can’t catch a break. Joining an increasingly long line of ticked-off rockers, the Foo Fighters are accusing the candidate of using their song “My Hero” without permission, Wired reports. "...

We All Have Some Guilty Associations

COMMENTARY

Oct 9, 2008 12:37 PM CDT

We All Have Some Guilty Associations

Gail Collins has been palling around with terrorists, too

(Newser) - So William Ayers once threw a house party for Barack Obama, and now Obama’s responsible for all Ayers’ misdeeds? By that standard, writes Gail Collins—who might have attended a college party with Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn—"I believe I may now be held partly responsible for all...

McCain Talks Economy as Women Break for Obama

Oct 9, 2008 12:03 PM CDT

McCain Talks Economy as Women Break for Obama

Housing seen as way to win over white moms

(Newser) - John McCain is shifting focus to the economy in a bid to win over white women who are rapidly flocking to Barack Obama. Any bump McCain saw with female voters after selecting running mate Sarah Palin has utterly evaporated, the Boston Globe reports. Polls show Obama leading by 17% among...

Disaster Ahead for McCain, Obama, and Us

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 10:07 AM CDT

Disaster Ahead for McCain, Obama, and Us

Economic crisis will ruin political, financial fortunes alike

(Newser) - Disaster’s dead ahead for John McCain, for Barack Obama, and for the rest of us, too, writes Rosa Brooks in the Los Angeles Times. McCain is “a dead man walking,” as he’ll soon find out. The "winner" will be a President Obama with no idea...

NRA Endorses McCain, Despite Differences

Oct 9, 2008 9:51 AM CDT

NRA Endorses McCain, Despite Differences

Gun lobby has already spent millions attacking Obama

(Newser) - The NRA is endorsing John McCain for president, the group announced today, overlooking differences between the gun-rights lobby and McCain on campaign finance restrictions and gun show rules.The vice president of the NRA, whose political action committee has already spent more than $2.3 million opposing Barack Obama, said...

McCain Is a Cub in Bear Market

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 8:06 AM CDT

McCain Is a Cub in Bear Market

Republican getting desperate as the economy buries campaign

(Newser) - With Barack Obama making a strong showing in so many red states, wild proposals are all that’s left for John McCain to try, writes George Will in the Washington Post, because this election seems over. McCain's proposal to pad the bailout with several hundred billion more for a mortgage-buying...

Hey, GOP:
Let's Emulate Obama's Cool

OPINION

Oct 9, 2008 7:57 AM CDT

Hey, GOP: Let's Emulate Obama's Cool

Attack ads worked in 2004. That's not where we're at: Frum

(Newser) - David Frum plans to vote for John McCain, but with the economy in ruin, anyone who thinks the GOP can win “by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is...to put it mildly...severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues.” These desperate attacks “are...

Accused
Palin Hacker
Pleads Not Guilty

Oct 8, 2008 2:15 PM CDT

Accused Palin Hacker Pleads Not Guilty

David Kernell free for now but faces up to 5 years in prison

(Newser) - A Tennessee college student has been indicted on charges of hacking into Sarah Palin's email account and posting private info online, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. David Kernell, the 20-year-old son of state Democratic Rep. Michael Kernell, pleaded not guilty. His trial is set for Dec. 16; he's free until...

Oh, Was There
a Debate
Last Night?

ANALYSIS

Oct 8, 2008 11:53 AM CDT

Oh, Was There a Debate Last Night?

Forum brought McCain one non-event closer to November defeat

(Newser) - Last night’s debate was uneventful, writes Roger Simon in Politico, and uneventful is a bad thing for John McCain. Neither candidate delivered "a knockout punch,” which leaves McCain the loser because “he needed one.” Republican stewardship of the tanking economy has painted McCain into a...

McCain Resorts to Atwater's Bag of Dirty Tricks

OPINION

Oct 8, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

McCain Resorts to Atwater's Bag of Dirty Tricks

They're trying to turn Obama into Willie Horton, Dowd writes

(Newser) - Before Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd reminds us, it was Lee Atwater who masterminded the Republican smear campaign, and his demolition of Michael Dukakis was his greatest, dirtiest success. Atwater painted the 1988 candidate as a weak Harvard-educated elitist with a weird last name, a man who supported "the Scary...

What We Saw:
Hot vs. Cool
Old vs. Young

OPINION

Oct 8, 2008 10:01 AM CDT

What We Saw: Hot vs. Cool Old vs. Young

How they acted

(Newser) - What viewers see is as important as what they hear in debates. So what did pundits see?

"The expressions on John McCain's face, and the irritation in his voice, said it all," writes the San Francisco Chronicle. McCain “was a portrait of frustration,” while Obama

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McCain's Housing Rescue Plan: What Is It? Is It New?

Oct 8, 2008 8:54 AM CDT

McCain's Housing Rescue Plan: What Is It? Is It New?

Candidate surprises with question-laden bailout proposal

(Newser) - John McCain’s proposal to bail out homeowners by buying up their troubled mortgages, the only policy surprise in last night’s debate, left observers scrambling to understand how it was—if it was—different from the Treasury’s existing bailout plan. The proposal, fleshed out by the campaign, would...