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A scary Halloween with Sarah Palin
Rebecca Traister
In central Pennsylvania, the Republican base is afraid of Obama, and lost in fever dreams of a neo-Soviet nightmare. But it's all in God's hands.
That coveted Dick Cheney endorsement
Mike Madden
Barack Obama and his aides mock John McCain for getting praise from the vice president.
Obama’s half-aunt living in U.S. illegally
Alex Koppelman
The Associated Press reports that Zeituni Onyango's request for asylum was turned down in 2004 -- will there be a political impact?
Ferraro for Obama
Alex Koppelman
The former vice-presidential candidate, who made some controversial remarks about Barack Obama earlier this year, now supports him.
Doonesbury calls it for Obama
Andrew Burmon
The November 5th edition of Garry Trudeau's comic strip assumes that Barack Obama will win the presidency; some editors are unamused.
Where McCain’s luck could run out
Mike Madden
George W. Bush won Nevada twice -- but the Obama campaign is doubling down on its ground game here and looking flush.
Obama’s winning argument
Joe Conason
The U.S. economy has prospered under Democratic policies, and the candidate knows it. But the real battle begins once Obama takes the White House.
Is Barack Obama a socialist?
Michael Lind
If he is, then so is John McCain. But the charge is just a racial dog whistle anyway. Can you say "welfare queen"?
Former Reagan chief of staff endorses Obama
Alex Koppelman
Kenneth Duberstein says he'll vote for Barack Obama, and adds, of Palin V.P. choice, "even at McDonald's you get interviewed three times."
The youth vote in Berkeley, California
Andrew Leonard
A real stunner: Barack Obama out-polls Alan Keyes by more than a thousand votes.
Palin doesn’t understand First Amendment
Alex Koppelman
In an interview, Sarah Palin suggests her free speech rights are threatened when reporters criticize her.
Sarah Palin speaks on the First Amendment
Glenn Greenwald
John McCain's running mate thinks that the Constitution protects political candidates from being criticized by the press.
McCain on the defensive in Arizona
Gabriel Winant
Obama pulls within a point of McCain in new Arizona poll, and goes on the air in the Republican's home state.
Will the Washington Redskins predict the election?
Vincent Rossmeier
Since 1936, the result of the team's final home game before the election has forecast the winner accurately in every presidential race but one.
Sarah Palin: “The time for choosin’s comin’ real soon”
Rebecca Traister
The Republican base greets its true leader in small-town Pennsylvania. And hits me with a car.
Defeating McCain: Ending not only neocon policies, but also tactics
Glenn Greenwald
The blatant exploitation of anti-Semitism accusations by the McCain campaign is par for the neocon course, and reason enough to favor his defeat.
October surprise: Who’s Obama’s real father?
Alex Koppelman
As Election Day approaches, paranoid theories about Barack Obama are getting even weirder -- now, one well-known blog is suggesting that he's the son of Malcolm X.
How Obama might just win Ohio
Walter Shapiro
In the state that broke Democratic hearts in 2004, favorable poll numbers and a wave of early voters could point to victory.
What not to wear (on Halloween)
Sarah Hepola
Slutty Sarah Palins, men dressed as Sarah Palin -- the potential for tasteless costumes this Halloween is truly terrifying.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
We're about to elect a new president. Will he have the will to take on the serious issues affecting air travel?
A new weapon in the war for yard sign supremacy
Andrew Burmon
One McCain supporter had a novel idea for how to prevent the traditional theft of campaign signs -- he electrified his.
Are the polls tightening?
Vincent Rossmeier
Some polls show McCain cutting into Obama's lead. Others don't. What to believe?
McCain spokesman Goldfarb embarrassed on CNN
Alex Koppelman
The McCain campaign's blogger, challenged to provide evidence for his claim that Barack Obama is friendly with anti-Semites, had to stay silent.
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