What That McCain Article Didn't Say  —  BILL KELLER, the executive editor of The Times, said the article about John McCain that appeared in Thursday's paper was about a man nearly felled by scandal who rebuilt himself as a fighter against corruption but is still “careless about appearances …

The Re-Up  —  I think the NAFTA mailing that comes in for secondary discussion in this article is harsh but well within the bounds of basic politics.  The health care flier is, however, pretty seriously dishonest as other Obama fans have noted in earlier incarnations.

On Center Stage, a Candidate Letting His Confidence Show  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — Barack Obama has a Barcalounger manner about him these days, padding about those campaign stages like a man commanding his den.  —  Mr. Obama is on an electoral roll, polls show him pulling closer in Ohio and Texas …

Obama: I'd get different treatment if I lost as much as Clinton  —  (CNN) — Hillary Clinton's campaign says it remains upbeat about the New York senator's White House chances, but rival Barack Obama said Saturday he would likely be treated differently if his campaign had suffered a similar string of losses as her's.

Soldiering On, but Somber as the Horizon Darkens  —  To her longtime friends, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounds unusually philosophical on the phone these days.  She rarely uses phrases like “when I'm president” anymore.  Somber at times, determined at others, she talks to aides …

Yes, The DLC ‘Supports’ Obama  —  NOTE- The DLC does not support either candidate officially.  My post was not intended to state that, but to discuss why many DLC-type figure do support Obama.  Sorry for any confusion.  —  There is something both sad and hilarious about Kagro X's outrage …

Former Paxson Exec Denies McCain Meeting  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Paxson Communications president said Saturday he never met with John McCain about the Arizona senator writing letters to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the regulatory delay of a Pittsburgh TV station sale.

Dispatch from Maryland  —  Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, spoke at St. Mary's college in Maryland last week and offered a very frank assessment of the state of the Clinton campaign.  A Political Wire reader emails a summary:

Springsteen, Young join anti-war soundtrack  —  NEW YORK (Billboard) - Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Peal Jam have contributed tunes to the anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in Iraq.  —  The 30-song, two-disc album “Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran” …

Fear of Insurance Trouble Leads Many to Shun or Hide DNA Tests  —  Victoria Grove wanted to find out if she was destined to develop the form of emphysema that ran in her family, but she did not want to ask her doctor for the DNA test that would tell her.  —  She worried that she might …

Battle Company Is Out There  —  WE TUMBLED OUT of two Black Hawks onto a shrub-dusted mountainside.  It was a windy, cold October evening.  A half-moon illuminated the tall pines and peaks.  Through night-vision goggles the soldiers and landscape glowed in a blurry green-and-white static.

Ugh!  Frankenfoods Again?  —  They're baaaack!  —  Yep - another post on Frankenfoods - the miserable mutant offspring of ancient crops...and the white-coat rapists from Biotech who jam alien species' DNA into the germplasm of our familiar staples.  —  Reagan/Bush and Grover's Club …