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Wall Street Journal:
Obama and Acorn — Community organizers, phony voters, and your tax dollars. — At the recent Emmy Awards, historian Laura Linney averred that America's Founders had been “community organizers” — like Barack Obama. Too bad they aren't like that any more.
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Richard Danielson / St. Petersburg Times:
Vote drives defended, despite fake names — Mickey Mouse tried to register to vote in Florida this summer, but Orange County elections officials rejected his application, which had an ACORN stamp on it. — Mickey Mouse tried to register to vote in Florida this summer.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Error Rates — I find that an awful lot of problems are caused by people's inability to understand things like error rates and big numbers. If a pharmaceutical company came out with a new anti-depression drug and gave it to a million people suffering from depression, of whom 970,000 …
New York Post:
BOGUS VOTER BOOTED AMID PROBE OF ACORN — 4,000 OF LEFT-WING GROUP'S SIGN-UPS ARE SHADY — By JEANE MacINTOSH in Cleveland and MAGGIE HABERMAN in New York — Investigators probing ACORN have learned that an Ohio man registered to vote several times and cast a bogus ballot with a fake address …
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Jim Hoft / Pajamas Media:
The Complete Guide to ACORN Voter Fraud
The Complete Guide to ACORN Voter Fraud
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The Corner, Gateway Pundit, The Campaign Spot, Colorado Independent, Hot Air and YID With LID
Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
MORE REPORTS OF MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD BY ACORN. “They turn in 5000 …
MORE REPORTS OF MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD BY ACORN. “They turn in 5000 …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
McCain: Ayers will come up in debate — John McCain said Tuesday that Barack Obama is “probably ensured” that his association with 1960s radical William Ayers will come up in Wednesday's debate. — “I was astonished to hear him say that he was surprised that I didn't have the guts” …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain: If I Bring Up Ayers At Debate, It Will Be Obama's Fault — In an interview that John McCain gave to local radio in St. Louis, McCain says that he was “astonished” to hear Barack Obama say recently that he was reluctant to bring up Ayers to Obama's face, and promises that he'll raise the subject at tomorrow's debate.
Randyj / TIME.com:
McCain: Last Debate Will Probably Include Ayers — Speaking on St. Louis radio, the candidate says Obama's recent comments have “probably ensured” the former Weather Underground leader will come up in Wednesday's debate. — “I was astonished to hear him say that he was surprised I didn't have the guts” to talk about Ayers last week.
Anchorage Daily News:
Palin vindicated? — Governor offers Orwellian spin — Sarah Palin's reaction to the Legislature's Troopergate report is an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation. — She claims the report “vindicates” her. She said that the investigation found “no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.”
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Announces Plan to Buy Stakes in Largest Banks — Recipients Include Citi, Bank of America, Goldman; Government Pressures All to Accept Money as Part of Broadened Rescue Effort — WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. government is taking stakes …
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Wright 101 — Obama funded extremist Afrocentrists who shared Rev. Wright's anti-Americanism — It looks like Jeremiah Wright was just the tip of the iceberg. Not only did Barack Obama savor Wright's sermons, Obama gave legitimacy — and a whole lot of money — to education programs built around …
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Donors Resent Being Blamed by McCain — NEW YORK — Sen. John McCain badly needs the cash infusion and momentum from a Tuesday night fund-raiser in New York. But the senator's recent demonizing of Wall Street made it tough to lure contributors, with Wall Street …
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Wall Street Journal:
America Will Remain the Superpower — When the tide laps at Gulliver's waistline, it usually means the Lilliputians are already 10 feet under. — Constantinople fell to the Ottomans after two centuries of retreat and decline. It took two world wars, a global depression and the onset of the Cold War to lay the British Empire low.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama Widens Lead in Four Key States — Barack Obama widened his lead considerably over John McCain in four key battleground states during the past three weeks, providing further evidence that the economic crisis has greatly enhanced the Democrat's advantage with just 21 days left before Election Day.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Big Government Ahead — We're in the middle of a financial crisis, but most economists say there is a broader economic crisis still to come. The unemployment rate will shoot upward. Companies will go bankrupt. Commercial real estate values will decline. Credit card defaults will rise.
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Matthew Yglesias, The Daily Dish, Polimom Says, TPMCafe, The New Republic and The Foundry
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Worst Case Scenario — What an Obama administration and a heavily Democratic Congress would accomplish. — John McCain trails Barack Obama and shows no signs, at the moment anyway, of propelling himself into the lead. Democrats lead in eight Senate seats currently held by Republicans and are close in three others.
Wagner James Au / GigaOM:
Confirmed: Obama Is Campaigning on Xbox 360! — Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we're able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator's campaign team.
Real Debate Wisconsin:
Racine schools hand out textbook with 15 page Obama love-fest... This comes from the mother of a Racine Unified School District 8th grader. She has asked to keep her name out of this but frankly I can't add much to what she has said here but I do have one question.
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Nobody Yelled “Kill Him” About Obama at a McCain or Palin Rally — Everyone in the country seems to think someone yelled “Kill him!” at a McCain/Palin rally, about Barack Obama. It's just not true. — The “Kill him!” phrase was originally reported by the Washingon Post …