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12:55 PM ET, October 28, 2008

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Pew Research Center:
McCain Support Continues Downward Spiral  —  Obama Leads by 19 Among Those Who Have Already Voted  —  Barack Obama leads John McCain by a 52% to 36% margin in Pew's latest nationwide survey of 1,325 registered voters.  This is the fourth consecutive survey that has found support for the Republican candidate edging down.
George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Rift Cracks ‘Demoralized’ McCain Campaign  —  McCain Staffers Blame Palin's Lack of Readiness; Palin Loyalists Blame Over-Managing By McCain Handlers  —  The McCain campaign is definitely demoralized right now.  The blame game has begun.  —  There is no question that there is a rift …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
7 days — One week out — Republicans expect to be crushed in historic landslide: buy emergency time in Montana and West Virginia  —  GM seeks Treasury $$$ ... GOP blame game now reaches down to state parties - Al Hunt is in Obama's gym pool at this moment — Michelle Obama shops J. Crew online …
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Sources: Sarkozy views Obama stance on Iran as ‘utterly immature’  —  French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's positions on Iran, according to reports that have reached Israel's government.  —  Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Sarkozy: Obama an empty suit on foreign policy
Discussion: www.redstate.com
Steven G. Calabresi / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's ‘Redistribution’ Constitution  —  The courts are poised for a takeover by the judicial left.  —  One of the great unappreciated stories of the past eight years is how thoroughly Senate Democrats thwarted efforts by President Bush to appoint judges to the lower federal courts.
The Politico:
Why McCain is getting hosed in the press  —  Politico political editor Charles Mahtesian was e-mailing the other day with a Republican lobbyist who signed off with a plea that sounded more like a taunt: “Keep it balanced.”  —  A reader e-mailed us with the same sentiment in different language.
Mark Matthews / KGO-TV:
Pelosi says don't be afraid of Democrat control  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (KGO) — In the home stretch of the presidential campaign, San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi has become a key piece of the Republican campaign strategy.  —  Senator Barack Obama (D) of Ill., continues to lead John McCain …
Discussion: Wizbang and TigerHawk
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Tim Taylor / Roll Call:
Dean: One-Party Rule Would Rule
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
National Review:
Rush's Blueprint  —  Last week, Tony Blankley published and Rush Limbaugh publicized what may prove one of the most important articles of 2008.  I don't mean that the article was good - very much the contrary.  But bad work can be even more important than good, if enough people can be got to believe it.
Discussion: Achenblog
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Danielle Crittenden / The Huffington Post:   T'Aint “Elitist” to Be Anti-Palin
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Watch as the press corps battles its performance anxiety!  —  With the election just a week away and Barack Obama pulling away from John McCain, tiny tendrils of trepidation are starting to drift over the liberal members of the commentariat and the political press corps.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Palin's Love Boats  —  Until two cruise ships steamed up to Alaska two summers ago, the record for the silliest statement by a journalist had been held by Lincoln Steffens, in his time a famous American radical.  Sent in 1919 to see how Russia was doing under the communists …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Both sides of aisle rip MSNBC  —  Keith Olbermann also criticized at media luncheon  —  In a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC on Monday for what some were calling its lopsidedly liberal coverage of the presidential election.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE GOP'S FACTIONAL WARFARE.... Time will tell the extent to which Republicans have a rough election cycle, but rival intra-party factions are already gearing up for a post-election fight for the future of the party.  The message from the base seems rather straightforward: “Screw moderation.”
Discussion: Eschaton
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Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Social conservatives fight for control of Republican Party
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
McCain was frank, garrulous and accessible — and then he wasn't  —  John McCain talks to the media, including Los Angeles Times reporter Maeve Reston, right foreground with tape recorder, at a rally in Ohio in February.  Early on, McCain artfully created a sense of intimacy with the reporters who traveled with him.
Discussion: Wonkette
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   TIRE SWINGING: A LOVE STORY
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Why McCain Lost Me  —  Yesterday, while reading the latest polling data on John McCain, Sarah Palin and their appeal — or growing lack of it — to “ independent women voters” it suddenly dawned on me: I am one of these elusive independent female voters, and I have the credentials to prove it.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Reid eyes Byrd ouster  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is quietly preparing to ease 90-year-old Sen. Robert C. Byrd from his perch as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Democratic insiders tell Politico.  —  Reid has not yet discussed his plans with Byrd.
Discussion: Don Surber and Campaign Silo
Christopher Edley Jr / Washington Post:
A Voting Rights Disaster?  —  Suppose in your neighborhood there are 600 registered voters per machine, while across town there are only 120 per machine.  (That's a 5 to 1 disparity, which is what exists in some places in Virginia today.)  On Election Day, your line wraps around the block …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and ACSBlog
Byron York / The Corner:
Obama's Moving Tax Threshold: $250,000?  $200,000?  $150,000?  What Next?  —  One of the things I've seen at Republican rallies is that people just don't believe Barack Obama when he says he'll raise taxes only on those who make more than $250,000 a year.
Discussion: Washington Wire and MSNBC
HillBuzz:
Breaking: Here's what we know about Pennsylvania right now  —  Tonight we spoke with a friend from Hillary Clinton's campaign who is now working for McCain/Palin — and is specifically working with Democrats for McCain in Pennsylvania.  We worked with her in Texas, Indiana, Ohio …
 
 
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Sort of Soviet?  —  Et tu, MSNBC?  —  Willie Geist …
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Obama gets a different kind of chilly reception
Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
Eyewitness to the Ayers Revolution
Discussion: protein wisdom and Wizbang
Max Cleland / The Huffington Post:
Georgia On My Mind  —  Six years ago this week, I was campaigning …
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
What Would ‘Tightening’ Look Like?  —  There is a lot of discussion …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Swampland
Martin Markovits / The Huffington Post:
Tipping the Scales — Up to 10,000 Registrations Deemed Incomplete in Colorado
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Journalists Name 44th President
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Parsing the (Tracking) Poll: Are We A Center-Right Country?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Election 2008: Objective journalism the loser
Discussion: Political Punch
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama Under 50%, as McCain Holds Steady
Discussion: MyDD
Sean Quinn / FiveThirtyEight.com:
The Three Ashleys  —  In 2004, Ashley Faulkner looked …
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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