WaPo-ABC Tracking: Nine Divided by 56 is...  In a mere 56 hours, voters in Dixville Notch, NH will cast the first Election Day ballots of the 2008 contest, and in that time, John McCain will need to close a big gap among likely voters if he is to defeat Barack Obama.

McCain pokes fun at his campaign on ‘SNL’  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  NEW YORK - Republican John McCain poked fun at his presidential campaign's financial shortcomings and his reputation as a political maverick in an appearance on NBC's “Saturday Night Live.”

Republicans try to use Oxford don to smear Barack Obama  —  The Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama's ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist.

Osawatomie: the Weather Underground newspaper  —  Zomblog has obtained an extremely rare copy of the first issue of Osawatomie, a newspaper published by the Weather Underground in 1975.  Noteworthy passages are reproduced below, along with exact transcriptions.

Palin talks hunting, politics in prank call with notorious Quebec comedy duo  —  MONTREAL — A Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Disclosure About Obama's Aunt May Have Violated Privacy Policy  —  The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether its privacy policy was violated after a news organization reported that an aunt of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama is an illegal immigrant from Kenya, officials said yesterday.

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows  —  By The Associated Press - 1 day ago  —  Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:  —  ___  —  ABC's “This Week” — David Axelrod, campaign adviser for Barack Obama; Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain.  —  ___

Today's Polls, 11/1  —  This is beginning to look like a five-state election.  Those states are Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Nevada.  Essentially all relevant electoral scenarios involve some combination of these five states.  —  I should caution that by far the most likely scenario …

Palin's Medical Records  —  Still AWOL.  No explanation.  Not even a gesture, which suggests to me that some in the McCain camp realize they'd rather release nothing than be implicated in anything that might hurt them after the election.  Only ABC News' Kate Snow seems to care.

Cases Against Detainees Have Thinned  —  Algerians' Habeas Corpus Hearings Will Begin With Fewer and Lesser Charges  —  The six Algerians were scooped up in Bosnia and shuttled to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in early 2002.  Days later, President Bush proclaimed in his State …

Palin Contradicts The McCain Campaign Again: Promises McCain Will Balance Budget In First Term  —  At a rally in York, Pennsylvania yesterday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued to declare that she and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) would “balance the federal budget by the end of our first term.”

Obama Turns Endorsement Into Attack  —  Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Pueblo, Colorado.  —  A high-level endorsement usually gives a presidential candidate a boost...unless the endorsement comes from Dick Cheney.  —  Barack Obama seized on the unpopular sitting vice president's backing …

Listen to Chris Rock at Tampa Obama rally  —  TAMPA — (Listen here ) Comedian Chris Rock took the stage this afternoon and told a crowd of more than 1,000 at a College Hill little league field to go vote for Sen. Barack Obama.  Voters should choose a candidate they can relate to, who can see they're poor and understand, he said.