Republicans Cut Democratic Lead in Campaign's Final Days  —  Democrats Hold 47%-43% Lead Among Likely Voters  —  Summary of Findings  —  A nationwide Pew Research Center survey finds voting intentions shifting in the direction of Republican congressional candidates in the final days of the 2006 midterm campaign.

Saddam, 2 others sentenced to death  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"

Haggard confesses to 'lifelong' sexual problem … COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) — Evangelical pastor Ted Haggard confessed on Sunday to a "lifelong" sexual problem, and said he was "a deceiver and a liar," in a letter read to his New Life Church.  —  "There is part of my life …

Balance and Bias on the Political Beat  —  Readers, especially before elections, watch The Post closely for any hint of political bias.  Recently, such complaints have come mostly from Republicans.  —  Virginia voters must choose between two less than sterling candidates …

America's referendum on war  —  Pelosi's countdown: She ticks off a list of changes, including a new Iraq strategy  —  (11-05) 04:00 PST Glenside, Pa. — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi warned that a Republican victory Tuesday would prolong the U.S. involvement in Iraq another 10 years …

Republican Voter Suppression — Catch 'Em on Tape  —  Josh Marshall has been reporting today on the NRCC's apparent effort to suppress Democratic turnout and negatively influence undecided voters through harassing robocalls.  The calls are designed to appear to be coming from Democratic candidates …

Bay State dems the best thing to happen to GOP  —  It's that time of the election cycle when we get ready to take one for the team.  I'm talking about conservatives.  Here in Taxachusetts.  —  Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank and Mike Dukakis.  Gay marriage and Willie Horton.

Climate chaos?  Don't believe it  —  The Stern report last week predicted dire economic and social effects of unchecked global warming.  In what many will see as a highly controversial polemic, Christopher Monckton disputes the 'facts' of this impending apocalypse and accuses the UN and its scientists of distorting the truth

Botched  —  Assessing the damage done to Democrats-and his own chances in '08-by John Kerry's epically flubbed joke.  —  Chuck Schumer got right to the point.  On Thursday afternoon, the New York Senator, who's leading the Democrats' efforts to win back the Senate, called John Kerry and let him have it.

C.I.A. Review Highlights Afghan Leader's Woes  —  The scene of a bombing in September near the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Such attacks have increased in the past two years.  —  A recent Central Intelligence Agency assessment found that the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai …

REGARDING THE SADDAM VERDICT:  —  I trade stocks heavily - as in daytrader.  I am one of those few who managed to be very successful at this even during the dot.com meltdown (luckily a newsletter I followed predicted the EXACT thing that happened and I was short stock and long puts.

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Keith Olbermann  —  (Keith Olbermann is joining us in the comments today to discuss his new book, The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders, which blogospheric denizens took to #4 on Amazon as a way of saying thanks for his stirring editorial on Donald Rumsfeld.