News-7 Poll: Webb surges ahead of Allen  —  Democrat Jim Webb has surged ahead of Republican George Allen in the last poll of the campaign, conducted for News-7 by SurveyUSA.  —  The survey shows Webb with 52% of the likely voters, with 44% going to Allen.

Sleepwalking into the gathering storm?  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - "You ask, what is our aim?  I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."

STRATEGY/POLL MEMOS  —  Memorandum From RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman: Another Poll Confirms GOP Momentum  —  TO: REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AND INTERESTED PARTIES  —  FROM: KEN MEHLMAN  —  RE: ANOTHER POLL CONFIRMS GOP MOMENTUM  —  The momentum continues with a fourth poll …

Stop Illegal Robocalling!:  Democrats Send Cease and Desist Letter to Republicans  —  ABC News' Ellen Davis Reports: Bob Bauer, General Counsel for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent a cease and desist letter to Don McGahn, General Counsel of the National Republican Campaign …

U.S. envoy to Iraq likely quitting post  —  WASHINGTON - Zalmay Khalilzad, the plainspoken dealmaker and Republican insider who has won praise and criticism for attempts to broker Sunni political participation in Iraq's fragile government, is likely to quit his post as U.S. ambassador in Baghdad …

Prediction thread  —  Here are my predictions.  Note, for the record, that I've been way off on my predictions the past two cycles.  So there's no particular wisdom or inside knowledge or track record to give these predictions any more weight than anyone else's.  They're just for fun.

Saddam: a tribute  —  Three months ago, Tony Blair warned the world that an "arc of extremism" now stretches across the Middle East from Iran to Lebanon.  This phenomenon, he suggested, threatens the survival of the very values on which western society is based.  Yet, when Blair came to power, no such claim could have been made.

The Press at War  —  What ever happened to patriotic reporters?  —  We are told by careful pollsters that half of the American people believe that American troops should be brought home from Iraq immediately.  This news discourages supporters of our efforts there.  Not me, though: I am relieved.

White House miffed by Fla. GOP candidate  —  PENSACOLA, Fla. - The closer the election came to the finish line, the more President Bush's aides battled the perception he was doing his party as much harm as good and was unwanted in many districts.  —  On Monday, Bush jetted to a conservative corner …

Even Lower  —  Here's a flyer being distributed by the New York State Republican party:  —  The Democrats, in other words, want to let a darker-skinned man rape your white wife.  You know what?  I just found out nothing about Democratic values.  But I learned a hell of a lot more about Republican ones.

Hot Air introduces...the Absolute Moral Authority card  —  Find yourself in a jam?  Are your anti-war lies catching up with you?  Then use the Absolute Moral Authority card and get right out of trouble free.  Once you play the Absolute Moral Authority card, no one can ever question you again, no matter what you say or do!

Saddam verdict lacks details  —  The final court session and verdict today were fast, direct and clear, but not clear at all.  —  In less than 10 minutes, Saddam Hussein was told he was guilty of crimes against humanity, but never exactly how or why.  —  Was it the witness testimony that proved Saddam's guilt?

SEEING THE UNSEEN Part 1  —  Folks, as in The Olden Days, this is a long read.  It is an essay, not a blog entry.  Print it, copy and paste it, or just grab a cup of coffee and settle back.  —  Oh, and all the pictures enlarge with a click, if you are so inclined.  MMMnnnnn...pictures....

Signorile interviews fallen-evangelical-leader Ted Haggard's male hooker  —  Signorile will be playing the interview on his show at 2pm Eastern - here are some excerpts:  —  The Preacher's Gay Hustler: The Signorile Interview  —  The revelations about Ted Haggard — the influential evangelical leader …

Exceedingly Social, But Doesn't Like Parties  —  Bernie Sanders Aims to Move Out of the House  —  BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Are you now or have you ever been a socialist?  —  The white-haired candidate for the United States Senate lies propped on his elbows on top of a too-old bed …

The Best Campaign Commercials of 2006  —  As any regular reader knows, The Fix LOVES campaign commercials.  We spend hours watching them over the final weeks of the campaign and relish either a really nicely crafted positive ad or a stinging negative one.  —  So what better way to spend election eve …

NARAL: Lying for Lieberman  —  I guess it should be no surprise that Nancy Keenan and the national NARAL PAC are lying to Connecticut voters on behalf of Joe Lieberman.  They endorsed him even after he voted for cloture on Samuel Alito and came out against CT NARAL's signature issue of last year …