Palin Makes Troopergate Assertions that Are Flatly False  —  On Saturday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin twice spoke to reporters about the so-called “Troopergate” scandal and the investigative report on whether she had abused her power in trying to get her sister's ex-husband Mike Wooten fired as a state trooper …

No New Economic Policy Is Expected From McCain  —  WASHINGTON — Despite signals that Senator John McCain would have new prescriptions for the economic crisis after a weekend of meetings, his campaign said Sunday that Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, would not have any more proposals …

Crush the Obamedia narrative: Look who's “gripped by insane rage”  —  The Obamedia is attempting to set yet another false narrative: The narrative of the McCain “mob.”  McCain-Palin rallies are out of control, they wheedle.  Conservatives are mad!  They're yelling mean things about Obama and calling him names!

Daring to utter the ‘L’ word: Obama on track to a landslide  —  WASHINGTON — Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the next three weeks, Democrats appear headed toward a decisive victory on Election Day that would give them broad power over the federal government.

Gallup Daily: Obama-McCain Gap Narrows  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking report finds registered voters preferring Barack Obama (50%) to John McCain (43%) when asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were held today.

Obama is hit by ‘affair’ smears following claims that attractive aide was banned by his wife … Barack Obama is the target of a shadowy smear campaign designed to derail his bid for the US Presidency by falsely claiming he had a close friendship with an attractive African-American female employee.

Ayers ad: ‘Guilt by participation’  —  The Republican Party on Monday morning will make a new push to convince voters that distant ties between Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former radical William Ayers are somehow disqualifying for the presidency.  —  The Republican National Committee plans to e-mail …

Palin hears plenty of boos  —  But it wasn't all bad for the VP candidate, who made 2 stops in Phila.  —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin came to town yesterday fully expecting to be booed by Philadelphia hockey fans.  —  “The Flyers fans, they get so enthused that they boo everybody at the drop of a puck,” Palin said.

Comparing Campaign Attacks: The Chris Matthews Show panel just doesn't get it  —  John Amato's virtual online magazine...OK, It's a blog!  —  Home › Blogs › SilentPatriot's blog … Glenn Greenwald has a must-read piece this week exploring how the concept of “balance” corrupts any sense of honest media analysis.

U.S. gasoline price marks biggest drop ever -survey  —  The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States recorded its largest drop ever as consumer demand continued to wane and oil prices slid, a prominent industry analyst said on Sunday.  —  The national average price for self-serve …

Obama knocks on doors, surprises voters  —  Sen. Barack Obama canvasses a Holland, Ohio neighborhood on October 12, 2008.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)  —  Barack Obama jetted back to Ohio today to spend three days preparing for his final debate with John McCain.

Epic Fail—Ayers ghost-wrote Obama's memoir  —  How desperate can it get?  This desperate: … GG conservatives.  —  UPDATE: More on literary criticism for the low-info voters from Edge of The West:

Mitsubishi and Morgan Stanley Renegotiating  —  Morgan Stanley was racing to salvage a crucial investment from a big Japanese bank on Sunday in an effort to allay growing fears about its future — negotiations so critical to the financial markets that they have drawn in both the Treasury Department and the Japanese government.

Democrats call for massive econ stimulus plan  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs a new economic stimulus plan that pumps billions of dollars into infrastructure projects and budget relief for cash-strapped state and local governments, Democratic lawmakers said on Sunday.

Islamists Day Parade Gets Ugly  —  I have been covering these things for three years now and as I have recently said, there has been a palpable change.  It is getting uglier, more aggressive - violent even .Today was no different.  —  The parade was much smaller this year and there were a couple of American flags, most unusual.

WILL IT BE A ROUT?  —  In May of this year, looking ahead to the McCain-Obama race, I opined that “the ‘fundamentals’ favor the Democrats by at least ten percentage points.”  However, I did not predict that Obama would win by 10 points.  For it seemed to me that McCain would outdo a “generic” …