McCain at the Al Smith Dinner (video)
youtube.com 10/17/2008 — John McCain at the Al Smith dinner

Obama at Al Smith Dinner -Part 1- (video)
youtube.com 10/17/2008 — To Al Smith IV: "I obviously never knew your grandfather, but from everything Sen. McCain has told me..."

Sen. Barack Obama - 2008 Al Smith Dinner - Part 1 (video)
youtube.com 10/17/2008 — Sen. Barack Obama - 2008 Al Smith Dinner - Part 1

Obama at Al Smith Dinner -Part 2- (video)
youtube.com 10/17/2008 — "Fox News accused me of fathering two African-American children in wedlock."

McCain and Obama to Speak at Al Smith Dinner
thepage.time.com 10/14/2008 — The rivals will be yet again sharing a stage — and a microphone — in New York but for a cause that has nothing to do with their campaigns on Thursday. The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is a charity roast run by the Archdiocese of New York to raise money for ...

McCain, Obama Bring Down House At Al Smith Dinner
wcbstv.com 10/17/2008 — GOP Presidential Hopeful Delivers Laugh-Out-Loud Speech Obama Follows With Talk Of His Home Planet Of 'Krypton' NEW YORK (CBS) ― no image If only John McCain had more nights like Thursday. The Republican presidential hopeful walked into the 63rd ...

Hilarious
corner.nationalreview.com 11/8/2008 — Michael Graham forwarded me this. From CBS MarketWatch: How Obama Can Win Over The Media Next in the series: "How Obama Can Win Over Blacks, Upscale White Liberals and Chicago Activists."

Both McCain and Obama to Speak at Al Smith Dinner
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 10/14/2008 — Both presidential candidates are scheduled to speak at the white-tie event Thursday.

McCain and Obama Palling Around? Must Be the Al Smith Dinner
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 10/17/2008 — With a pair of rivals taking time away from the fray to swap jokes, it could only be the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City.

The Alfred E. Smith Dinner
corner.nationalreview.com 10/17/2008 — I didn't make the white-tie list (what's being born and 12 years of schooling in the Archdiocese of New York as a qualification?). But that's okay, because I hit two other galas instead -- the Human Life Review's and the Manhattan Institute's. I am ...

First thoughts: Groundhog Day? — First Read 10/17/2008
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** Groundhog Day potential? Is it possible that the next 18 days basically contains the same storyline? Obama has been telling supporters not to get complacent, as he did yesterday. ...

Is This Thing On? McCain and Obama Trade Jokes in NYC — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 10/17/2008
Laura Meckler reports from New York on the presidential race. John McCain and Barack Obama came together Thursday night for back-to-back turns at offering witted, self-deprecating and laugh-out-loud political humor at the Alfred E. Smith  ...

Environment not top for candidates in Senate (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/17/2008
Politico - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) voted in favor of the environment only 18 percent of the time this year, according to the annual environmental scorecard by the League of Conservation Voters. But he still trumped Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who ...

McCain-Palin playing defense in red states — CNN.com - Politics 10/17/2008
Two days after a contentious final presidential debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are stumping in traditionally red states, a sign of the unfavorable dynamic the Arizona senator faces in the dwindling days before Election Day.  ...

Palin Set to Appear on SNL — FOXNews.com 10/17/2008
Sarah Palin will get a chance to poke fun at herself in her first appearance on the comedy sketch show, "Saturday Night Live."