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Obama Deploys Robot to Fight Ayers Attack (Video)

By | 10.31.08 | 6:01 am

Maybe there’s too much caffeine coursing through the Obama campaign’s new media department. Or maybe they’ve just had it with Sen. John McCain’s robocalls about Bill Ayers.

The latest item on Sen. Barack Obama’s official YouTube channel is a wacky, dorky, irreverent video titled, really, “Robots Attack!

Wonder why they More…

Former Adviser: McCain Camp ‘Smoking Crack’

By | 10.30.08 | 9:45 am

During an interview on MSNBC this morning, GOP strategist Mike Murphy — who helmed Sen. John McCain’s 2000 primary bid — said the McCain campaign was “smoking crack” if it is still clinging to hopes of winning Iowa, according to The Page. Murphy also referred to Virginia More…

White House: Bush Voted for McCain

By | 10.27.08 | 9:10 am

On Friday, I noted how the Obama campaign was happily circulating an Associated Press article reporting that President George W. Bush, in a break with tradition, would not vote on camera this Election Day.

Polls: Ohio Slipping Away From McCain

By | 10.23.08 | 11:39 am

A pair of polls released today indicate Sen. John McCain’s prospects for victory in the absolutely must-win state of Ohio may be growing dimmer.

The results of Quinnipiac University‘s newest battleground surveys show McCain trailing Sen. Barack Obama by a whopping 14-percentage points in the Buckeye State, More…

GOP Officials May Challenge Foreclosed Voters in States Beyond MI

By | 10.23.08 | 6:05 am

GOP officials in Ohio, Florida and Indiana –- in addition to Michigan, where the Obama campaign sued -– have acknowledged plans to challenge voters on Election Day based on foreclosure lists.

According to local media in counties in each of these states — in Columbus, Ohio, Marion County, More…

Obama’s Election Night Party

By | 10.16.08 | 2:00 pm

LONDONDERRY, N.H. — The Obama campaign has been tamping down post-debate exuberance all day today, and I just heard the candidate urge 4,000 supporters in New Hampshire to take nothing for granted.  But somebody still has to plan the victory party.

Federal Appeals Court Rules for GOP in Ohio Matching Case

By | 10.15.08 | 9:55 am

Yesterday, the full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed a surprising victory to state Republicans by requiring Ohio election officials to check all new voters’ registration information against existing databases by Friday.

As the Associated Press reports, the court, sitting en banc (all 16 judges), reversed the ruling just last More…

ACORN Raid Reflects GOP Anger at Voter Registration Drive

By | 10.08.08 | 6:15 am

Yesterday’s raid on Nevada offices of ACORN reflects the increasingly aggressive Republican attempts to derail voter registration efforts among poor and minority voters.

As The Washington Post reported, the Nevada chapter of the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, had planned a potluck dinner at its More…

GOP Goes Nuts on ACORN — and Fox Eats It Up

By | 10.07.08 | 10:35 am

Update: A few hours after this item was posted, the AP reported that ACORN’s Las Vegas offices were raided by the FBI.

When the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, announced yesterday that it had registered more than 1.3 million new voters nationwide so far this More…

BREAKING: Landslide Obama Victory

By | 10.07.08 | 9:55 am

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election — in a landslide.

But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise just one month ago? Well times change.

Markets fall. Running mates get exposed as embarassingly unqualified. So now this week’s conventional wisdom — first More…