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Suicide bombs kill 35 Iraqi recruits

Two bombers, posing as fellow recruits, blew themselves up at an Iraqi army base on Tuesday.

Quote of the day

A critical look at the seemingly endless stream of outrage that has dominated coverage of this campaign.

Obama camp releases new ad

The latest spot from Barack Obama’s campaign focuses on the senator’s efforts to secure loose nuclear weapons.

The McCain cartoon satire

A political cartoonist imagines what a satire of John McCain would look like if it were done by the conservative National Review.

“Straight talk” of the day

At a town hall on Tuesday, John McCain promised that he wouldn’t bluster, and then he went ahead and did just that.

Oops, he did it again

A day after he got caught referring to a country that hasn’t existed in 15 years, John McCain repeated his mistake.

Forget what he said — McCain’s not against gay adoption

A spokeswoman says the senator “could have been clearer” in discussing his stance on gay adoption, and that he really isn’t against it after all.

McCain, Obama find common ground in Afghanistan

They may have attacked each other during respective public appearances on Tuesday, but the two still agreed on a surprising number of things.

Lies, damn lies, correlation and causation

Despite the evidence to the contrary, conservative pundit Larry Kudlow credits a press availability by President Bush with a drop in the price of oil.

Currently in War Room

The “L” word

Are Democrats headed for a landslide in November? McClatchy thinks so, and Republicans are going on the record with their worries about John McCain’s campaign.

Monday, Oct 13, 2008 03:30 EDT

Quote of the day

When David Axelrod and Rick Davis — top strategists for the Obama and McCain campaigns, respectively — met on “Fox News Sunday,” it got personal.

Sunday, Oct 12, 2008 21:17 EDT

Palin booed at Flyers game

Philadelphia fans played to type, raising the question — again — of why the McCain camp thought it would be a good idea for Sarah Palin to drop the ceremonial puck.

Sunday, Oct 12, 2008 19:40 EDT

Has Rezko started talking?

The real estate developer, who was closely tied to Barack Obama, was convicted this summer — he’s likely talking about other politicians, however.

Sunday, Oct 12, 2008 01:55 EDT