More Good News
balloon-juice.com 10/21/2008 — For John McCain : As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. But as ...

McCain Mocks Obama TV Special in Ad
briefingroom.thehill.com 10/29/2008 — John McCain launched a preemptive strike against Barack Obama's upcoming 30-minute prime time television special on Wednesday. McCain has a new ad that reprises McCain's attack on Obama as a celebrity. "Behind the fancy speeches, grand promises and TV special, lies the truth: With crises at ...

McToast
americablog.com 10/16/2008 — FL – St. Petersburg Times (Editorial) "McCain's last offensive:" On the same day a new poll showed that voters' confidence in the federal government has reached an all-time low, Obama spoke with a reassuring confidence…But when the questioning turned ...

Stephanopoulos: Is There Anything McCain Can Do?
blogs.abcnews.com 10/15/2008 — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Going into tonight's third and final presidential debate Barack Obama leads John McCain 53 to 39 percent in support nationally, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll. Among independent voters -- ...

Things Are Looking Very Good
openleft.com 10/27/2008 — Worried about "the tightening?" Well, Obama's national lead has been stable at 7% for a month now. The national campaign is not tightening, and we are just seeing statistical noise. Even if the campaign were tightening, Obama would still have a ...

Final Debate, Final Analysis
commentsfromleftfield.com 10/16/2008 — Last night Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama shared a stage for what is most likely the last time during this presidential election season. It was the last best chance for McCain to force a game changer to save his flagging campaign, ...

McCain On Meet The Press: "I Believe I'm Going To Win"
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2008: 10/26/2008 — Republican John McCain on Sunday dismissed the sour poll numbers that show him trailing in his White House race against Democrat Barack Obama and said his campaign is "doing fine." Interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press," the Arizona senator said he has pulled closer to Obama. Watch:  ...

A McCain Campaign Memo
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/1/2008 — The last thing the McCain campaign needs on election day is demoralized Republicans. Hence this memo, which recapitulates what Davis and co. said on a conference call with reporters this morning. From: Rick Davis, McCain-Palin Campaign  ...

Who Do You Believe?
talkingpointsmemo.com 10/25/2008 — The McCain camp is denying that it was a campaign spokesperson who told local TV reporters in Pittsburgh that the "B" supposedly scrawled on the face of a young McCain campaign worker was a reference to "Barack" Obama, angrily carved into her face ...

THE GOP AND THE ‘DEAD PARROT’ SCENARIO
rightwingnuthouse.com 10/22/2008 — At the risk of being seen as “not helping” John McCain and “giving up,” allow me to take you on a little tour of the electoral battlefield today. If there are any sharp objects within reach, I suggest you move them. Better ...

Mailed Ads Have Become Mostly Negative, Experts Say — Wash Post Elections 10/26/2008
They raise money through text messages and release videos directly to the Internet, but Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are relying on the old-fashioned U.S. Postal Service to deliver that staple of a presidential campaign's final weeks: the attack ...

Obama Goes to Nev. After Hawaii Detour — Wash Post Elections 10/26/2008
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 25 -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday treated President Bush's early vote for Obama's Republican rival more like a political gift than a rejection, and he vowed, "We're not going to let George Bush pass the torch to John ...

Average Joes have mixed feelings on wealth — msnbc.com: Politics 10/26/2008
The war of words waged by the presidential candidates, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, for the votes of plumbers and other average Joes is a reminder of the nation's long-standing doubts about concentrated wealth — and its qualms ...

Obama vs. McCain: It's Your Money — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 10/26/2008
A side-by-side comparison of the two presidential candidates reveals key differences in their positions on issues that will most affect family finances.

Obama and McCain try a little Western swing (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/26/2008
AP - Scrambling to win the West, Democrat Barack Obama mocked John McCain on Saturday for aggressively trying to distance himself from President Bush. McCain touted his Western ties and warned that Obama is a tax-and-spend threat to the nation.