Exclusive: Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch  —  BY JAMES V. GRIMALDI  —  Early in 2007, just as her husband launched his presidential bid, Cindy McCain decided to resolve an old problem — the lack of cellular telephone coverage on her remote 15-acre ranch near Sedona …

Hip-Hop-Dancing Colin Powell Fuels Speculation He'll Endorse Obama  —  Colin Powell showed off his hip-hop moves at an ‘Africa Rising’ celebration in London Tuesday, fueling speculation that the former secretary of state is about to endorse Barack Obama for president.  —  FOXNews.com

Obama Flack Accidentally Sends Out Pre-Debate Talking Points  —  “Reminder: These are for staff only and not for distribution,” warns the e-mail.  —  And then, the spin, accidentally sent to reporters this morning.  —  “* This is John McCain's last chance to turn this race around …

BRUNNER COMPELLED BY COURT TO ADMIT SHE'S BEEN CONCEALING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNMATCHED REGISTRATIONS FROM LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS UPDATE: NON-RESIDENT OBOTS FRAUDULENTLY VOTING IN OHIO  —  Updated: The tip was accurate, but the Cleveland Plain Dealer got the story out first.  See update after background.

Voting for Obama anyway  —  I just got an astounding e-mail from a Republican consultant I know well.  He's a guy who's always thought Obama had a “glass jaw,” and was always among those agitating for hitting Obama harder.  —  Recently, he conducted a focus group in an upper-Midwestern state …

Breaking news: Secret Service investigating threat from Scranton Palin rally  —  The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a threatening remark directed at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama during a political event in Scranton.  —  The agency followed up on a report in The Times-Tribune …

Obama vs McCain, final debate live-blog  —  The last presidential debate before Election Day between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain is only minutes away.  We will be live-blogging it using the CoverItLive.com live-blogging application.  —  Tonight, I'll be joined by Jim Tankersley …

Murtha expects Obama to win Pa.  —  Says it has taken time for voters to embrace black candidate  —  U.S. Rep. John Murtha said today he expects Democratic nominee Barack Obama to carry Pennsylvania in next month's presidential election.  —  Mr. Murtha, a 17-term Democrat from Johnstown …

Obama Campaign Says Michelle Obama ‘Interview’ on ‘African Press’ Web Site Is 100% Bogus  —  The conservative blogs are all atwitter about a bizarre interview allegedly with Michelle Obama on a Web site called “African Press International.”  —  “My husband was born in Hawaii and adopted by his stepfather …

Working for the Working- Class Vote  —  For a guy who just four years ago was running his first statewide campaign, Barack Obama has made startlingly few missteps as a presidential candidate.  But the moment Obama would most like to take back now, if he could, was the one last April when …

National Republicans Pull Ads in Louisiana  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee has decided to pull its television advertising out of Louisiana, a decision that drastically reduces the party's chances at its lone takeover opportunity in this election cycle.

Meghan McCain 'Can't Get Over' Smears Of Her Sister, Forgets Same Operatives Now Run Her Dad's Campaign  —  Last night on Fox's Hannity and Colmes, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) daughter Meghan explained that she could never bring herself to “get behind Pesident Bush” because of “what happened in 2000.”

Palin unaware of Russian energy meeting in Alaska  —  DOVER, New Hampshire (CNN) - The campaign of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said the Alaska governor was unaware of a visit by Russian energy officials to Anchorage on Monday.  —  Eight high-level officials from Gazprom …

Electoral Map Update: A red state swings toward Obama  —  (CNN) - For the first time in the election cycle, CNN's Electoral Map estimates that Democrat Barack Obama has moved over the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win the White House.  The hotly contested state of Virginia moves from “tossup” to “lean Obama.”

Live Blogging The Final Debate  —  10:15: McCain says those who believe in a health exception to a partial birth abortion ban are extreme.  —  10:14: GOPer Patrick Ruffini: “Obama sounds callous and technocratic.”  —  10:12: When was the last time we heard a good abortion discussion?  I like it.

PALIN'S DELUSIONS WORSEN.... I can understand Sarah Palin feeling humiliated by her Troopergate scandal.  An independent investigation concluded that she violated state ethics, abused the powers of her office, and lied about it.  This isn't exactly easy to spin away this kind of violation of the public trust.

What Could Change the Election?  —  The Post asked John Podesta, Newt Gingrich, Mary Beth Cahill, Peter J. Wallison and Stuart E. Eizenstat what could make tonight a game-changer.  —  Chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund

Delay of Game: MLB Will Move a Game 6 for Obama  —  Would Start World Series Game 15 Minutes Later  —  WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — Major League Baseball has moved back the scheduled start time of any game 6 of the World Series so Fox can also air the half hour Barack Obama spot on Oct. 29.

The GOP's Bill Ayers?  —  THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN HAS ITS OWN QUESTIONABLE CONNECTIONS TO BOMBERS AND ASSASSINS.  —  The campaign of John McCain has made much of Barack Obama's relationship with Weather Underground bomber-turned-university professor Bill Ayers, whom Republicans call an “unrepentant terrorist.”

Free the Debates!  —  What do Arianna Huffington, the founders of Craigslist and Wikipedia, Kos, the big wigs of MoveOn.org, the co-founder of RedState.org, and a number of internet pioneers all have in common?  They are all part of something call the Open Debate Coalition, a group of folks left …

Why Media Can't See the Trees for the ACORNs  —  The media attention granted the right-wing attacks on ACORN begs the question: why does it seem to be a greater sin to be suspected of voter registration mistakes than to publicly engage in voter suppression efforts?

Roundtable on McCain, Rep. Lewis and Race  —  HUME: The panel is going to join us in just a moment to talk about what has become a heated issue in this campaign.  —  But before we start that, let's take a look at this.  This is from John Lewis, the congressman from Georgia who was a prominent member …

GOP deploys squirrels  —  Meet Tony Romo and Mickey Mouse.  —  They are this year's version of those dolphins that stalked John Kerry in 2004, swapping out “flip-flopping” for ACORN.  —  The nut-hunters swooped into Harry Smith's Manhattan nest this morning, surprising the CBS “Early Show” anchor.