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How John McCain could still win
Walter Shapiro
The odds are long for McCain, but this is no time for Democrats to embrace irrational exuberance. Here are four ways McCain might be able to turn it around.
The “L” word
Alex Koppelman
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.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
When David Axelrod and Rick Davis -- top strategists for the Obama and McCain campaigns, respectively -- met on "Fox News Sunday," it got personal.
Virginia GOP Chairman claims “connection between Obama and bin Laden”
Glenn Greenwald
Reporters who are minimizing and dismissing the McCain campaign's uniquely dangerous smears are aiding and abetting those efforts.
Has Rezko started talking?
Alex Koppelman
The real estate developer, who was closely tied to Barack Obama, was convicted this summer -- he's likely talking about other politicians, however.
Critics’ Picks
Salon Staff
What you need to see, read, do this week: Indie rock for Barack, a time capsule of late-'80s bohemia, a peek at other people's diaries.
TNR’s Michael Crowley: McCain lynch mobs are no different than Bush critics
Glenn Greenwald
The modern Beltway journalist compulsively asserts equivalencies between each side without regard to whether they are actually the same.
John McCain’s dishonorable campaign
Joan Walsh
Finally, he kinda sorta challenges supporters who are sliming Barack Obama.
The Right and mainstream America: a universe apart
Glenn Greenwald
New polls conclusively show that the desperate smears of Obama -- along with increased exposure to Sarah Palin -- are backfiring on John McCain.
Guess who called U.S. troops “thugs”
Gabriel Winant
Imagine the stink if anyone with less military credibility than Gen. David Petraeus -- or worse, a Democrat -- had described American soldiers this way?
Finally, a chance to vote for Osama
Alex Koppelman
One New York county mistakenly lists "Barack Osama" on hundreds of absentee ballots.
Which Gossip Girl is most like Obama?
Amy Benfer
Glossy magazines for teen girls are slipping in politics along with the lip gloss.
Christopher Buckley endorses Obama
Gabriel Winant
The son of the founding father of the modern conservative movement has jumped ship on McCain.
The federal government should go on a spending spree
Joe Conason
Nothing expresses McCain's ignorance of basic economics like his call to freeze expenditures. Only massive government investment can help us now.
Under the big top
Andrew Burmon
The McCain camp is trying to portray the Troopergate investigation as a circus.
Bateman: Barack Obama on Bill Ayers
Salon Staff
"We've been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign."
McCain co-chairman questions Obama’s drug use
Vincent Rossmeier
In another attack, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating raises the Democratic nominee's admitted drug use and calls him a "guy of the street."
Another Ayers ad
Alex Koppelman
This time, the McCain campaign says it really will run a spot linking Barack Obama to the former Weather Underground member.
A disturbing sign about Obama
Vincent Rossmeier
A billboard in West Plains, Mo., depicts Barack Obama in a turban.
Another look at the ACORN furor
Alex Koppelman
The right is trying to link the organization to Barack Obama, but the claims of voter fraud and the facts don't really match up.
Dan Balz’s corrupted journalistic “balance”
Glenn Greenwald
The attempt to equate "character attacks" as coming from "both sides" in the campaign is not "balance"; it's just false.
Shades of Mark Penn?
Vincent Rossmeier
A McCain spokeswoman said she wasn't going to talk about Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers -- and then did just that.
McCain camp releases Ayers ad
Alex Koppelman
The latest Web ad from John McCain's campaign uses former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers to attack Barack Obama.
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