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PITTSBURGH – Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) has sat down with moderators Susie Madrak and Ari Melber for a taut but friendly conversation, where he’s attempting to win over the most skeptical segment of his new party. Minutes before it began, Daily Kos posted a new poll showing Specter slipping badly in his primary race against [...]

You may recall Michael E. Arth, the spunky developer-turned-Democratic candidate for governor of Florida who took to The Streak’s comment thread to insist he’s dead serious about his campaign. Well, maybe “serious” isn’t exactly the right word. From a press release he just sent out:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michael E. Arth challenged Florida’s top three leaders [...]

New York, N.Y. — With the last presidential debate over, the Obama campaign bus is stocked with champagne. En route to a flight to New Hampshire on Thursday morning, the campaign cooler was still stocked with champagne from debate night. I haven’t seen any corks actually popping, however, and now the candidate is pushing [...]

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — I don’t have much to add to Mike and Ari’s analyses…they pretty much nailed it. Neither candidate was particularly inspiring, but the lack of a decisive win for Sen. John McCain, once again, constitutes a loss.
The most exciting moment for me was watching Triumph the Insult Comic Dog scare the bajeezus out [...]

HEMPSTEAD, NY — Barack Obama never delivered a knockout punch during the final presidential debate, but it did not matter. Obama won a T.K.O. – defeating his opponent without ever knocking him out.
John McCain hit hard and sometimes wildly, accusing Obama of links to terrorism, voter fraud and racially divisive politics.  It was the first [...]

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued a wake-up call to cocky Democrats on the night of the final presidential debate.  “The race is not over,” he said, warning Obama supporters not to “get overconfident.”
Richardson, who said he has now campaigned in 15 states for Obama, sounded plenty confident when handicapping the debate. [...]

TWI Exclusive: From a pizza box to your screen, here are the attacks McCain plans to deliver against Obama at tonight’s debate.

With the second presidential debate tonight, Grist asked some eco-geeks what questions on energy and the environment they’d like to see asked and answered by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.
Climate expert Dan Weiss of the liberal think tank the Center for American Progress Action Fund wants to know the same thing TWI’s John Dougherty [...]

Sen. John McCain devises ingenious plan to prevent terrorists from putting words in Gov. Sarah Palin’s mouth.

Sen. John McCain was expected to fly to Washington later today, so he could take part in talks surrounding a new Wall Street bailout package when Congress comes back from its break for Rosh Hashana.
However, Politico’s Jonathan Martin reports that McCain has changed his plans. The GOP nominee is instead flying to Kansas City, Mo., [...]