Evangelical Leader Quits Amid Allegations of Gay Sex and Drug Use  —  The news has been abuzz with controversy surrounding the allegations that Ted Haggard had a three-year homosexual relationship with a male prostitute that included drug use.  Haggard is pastor of a 14,000-member church in Colorado …

Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses  —  Two days before a bitterly fought midterm election, Democrats have moved into position to recapture the House and have laid siege to the Senate, setting the stage for a dramatic recasting of the power structure in Washington …

Yikes!  —  Kristol, Barnes, Labash, Continetti, Matus, Last, and the rest give their midterm election predictions.  —  Senate: 48 (R), 52 (D)  —  House: 192 (R), 243 (D)  —  Dark Horse: Anti-immigration stance backfires with Republican meltdown in Arizona and Colorado.  —  Fred Barnes

UVa law student and political blogger Mike Stark is cuffed and carried out of Senator George Allen's Campaign rally.  —  At George Allen's rally in Weyers Cave, supporters had one eye on the Senator, and the other UVa Law student Mike Stark, who ended up being cuffed and carried out by sheriff's deputies.

Where Plan A left Ahmad Chalabi  —  1. London, August 2006  —  Many miles away in a more dangerous place the dream is ending badly.  The bodies pile up.  Good people stream to the borders.  Leaders pile money onto planes.  The center is giving way.  —  The apartment on South Street …

Military service, John Kerry, and honor  —  Via neo-neocon — a 21st century irony.  —  The son serves, the father sounds like Abbie Hoffman (and if you don't know who Abbie Hoffman was, no sweat.)  —  Hitchens kicks Kerry in today's Wall St Journal.  —  The kicks are hard (it's Hitchens) …

Donald Rumsfeld... The Best Defense Secretary Ever!  —  Another day... Another liberal attack on Donald Rumsfeld...  Via Instapundit... The Department of Defense came out with a rebuttal to the latest nonsense by the media.  —  An earlier photo of Rummy as nazi from Democrats.com.

War simulation in 1999 pointed out Iraq invasion problems  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of secret U.S. war games in 1999 showed that an invasion and post-war administration of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, nearly three times the number there now.  —  And even then, the games showed …

Harris' Prayer Call Stirs Concerns  —  TAMPA - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who has made past comments that raised questions about her religious sensitivity, prayed in a telephone prayer service recently that God would "bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment."

The Rumor About John Paul Stevens  —  For weeks, commentators have speculated that significant numbers of conservatives, alienated by over-spending, the Iraq War, and other perceived GOP disappointments, will stay home on Election Day, giving one or both Houses of Congress to Democrats.

Cook's Last Forecast  —  Political Wire asked Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report for his latest forecast on Tuesday's elections.  —  With just over 72 hours to go before the polls close, it's very hard to imagine how the House majority does not turn over, it's a question of how big this thing will be.

Priest burns himself to death over Islam  —  A retired priest committed suicide by setting himself on fire in a German monastery in protest at the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church's inability to contain it.  —  Roland Weisselberg, 73, poured a can of petrol over his head and set light …

What Are You Doing This Weekend?  —  Pop quiz.  What's the absolute least sexy thing on earth?  Getting out the vote for the GOP?  Yep, now that is unsexy.  So, what do I do?  I turn it into a dating line commercial.  Ha.  I love vlogging.  —  Sign up to make calls from home, right here.

Looking for a Lifeboat  —  A new NEWSWEEK poll shows that the GOP has lost more ground.  Will rallying the base stem a Democratic tide?  —  Jason Reed / Reuters  —  President Bush speaks to supporters in Iowa on Friday  —  As President George W. Bush jets across Red State America this weekend …

"WE SUPPORT THOSE NOT AS SMART AS JOHN KERRY" - AT THE ARMY-AIR FORCE GAME  —  Former Paratrooper and Army Officer, Matthew Currier Burden started Blackfive upon learning of the valorous sacrifice of a friend that was not reported by the journalist whose life he saved.  —  Email: blackfive AT gmail DOT com