Hot Bristol Palin News October 29, 2008

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AP Poll: Obama leads or tied in 8 crucial states
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling that suggests most roads to victory are closed to John McCain. Obama could win big....

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Democrats dominate early voting in key states
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are dominating early voting in six key states President Bush won four years ago, forcing Republican John McCain to play catch-up even before Election Day arrives....

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Obama ridicules McCain charge he's socialist
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Wednesday of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist....

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McCain: Obama is not up to task of protecting US
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Republican John McCain says rival Barack Obama isn't up to the job of protecting the country....

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Biden urges supporters to go door to door in Fla.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden pushed early voting in Florida on Wednesday and urged supporters to come onstage for a training session in how to go door to door for presidential candidate Barack Obama....

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McCain criticizes paper for not releasing tape
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin accused the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday of protecting Barack Obama by withholding a videotape of the Democrat attending a 2003 party for a Palestinian-American professor and critic of Israel....

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McCain's GOP support showing more cracks
BOSTON (AP) -- Republican unity behind presidential nominee John McCain is fracturing and the infighting likely presages a battle for the GOP's soul should he lose the general election next week....

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With Time Running Short, Campaigns Engage in a Noisy Air War
John McCain has redirected dwindling resources to surgically pick spots as he confronts Barack Obama’s unprecedented television onslaught.

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Obama Infomercial, a Closing Argument to the Everyman
A preview of Barack Obama’s prime-time half-hour infomercial is heavy in strings, flags, presidential imagery and Americana.

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Win or Lose, Many See Palin as Future of Party
Sarah Palin has had a rocky time since being named as John McCain’s running mate, but to many conservatives her future remains bright.

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On Campuses, McCain Supporters Are Running on a Shoestring and Conviction
Many college students are enthusiastic about John McCain, but they are repeatedly outgunned by legions of young Obama backers.

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Young, Republican and Inspired by Palin
John McCain’s vice-presidential pick has energized the handful of young women who show up to meetings of the campus Republicans at Wellesley.

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Democrats dominate early voting in 6 key states
The heavy turnout is forcing Republican John McCain to play catch-up even before Election Day arrives.

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McCain: Obama not up to the job of protecting U.S.
Republican John McCain says rival Barack Obama isn't up to the job of protecting the country.

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Obama says McCain stooping to low campaign tactics
Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain today of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist.

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McCain's GOP support showing more cracks
Republican unity behind presidential nominee John McCain is fracturing and the infighting likely presages a battle for the GOP's soul should he lose the general election next week.

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Ad war rages loudly in final days
The presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are making their last-ditch advertising pitches in a loud, televised shouting match over health care and taxes, terrorism and presidential readiness, trying to sway the few remaining undecided voters or to get wavering supporters to the polls on Tuesday.

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Casey: Early votes and a double shot of Scotch?
After twice losing to George W. Bush after erroneous exit polls showed first Al Gore then John Kerry winning, you can't blame Democrats for the nausea-inducing mix of excitement and dread at reading national polls showing Obama ahead.

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Some Vietnamese-Americans feel indebted to McCain
The Illinois senator trails his GOP rival in one demographic with strong personal ties to McCain: Vietnamese-Americans.

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GOP doubts grow as McCain struggles for Pennsylvania upset
Nationally, a poll by the Pew Research Center found Barack Obama with a 16-point lead among registered voters.

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Officials: Racists' Obama death plot too disorganized
Two white supremacists charged with plotting to kill 88 blacks across the country and assassinate Barack Obama while wearing white top hats and tuxes were likely too disorganized to carry out the plot, authorities said, and their planning was riddled with blunders.

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McCain, Palin call for Stevens to step aside
Wasting no time to separate their campaign from the "corruption and insider dealing that has become so pervasive in our nation's capital," Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, called Tuesday on their fellow Republican, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, to step down from the Senate.

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Conservatives place anti-Obama DVD in newspapers
Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group based in Washington, is releasing a 95-minute film in the five swing-state publications to highlight Obama's record on abortion rights, foreign policy and his past associations, including his relationship with former pastor Jeremiah Wright.

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Pundits are wrong, McCain vows, promises victory
Republican John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin are sweeping through battleground Pennsylvania as polls show them trailing the Democratic ticket, but McCain says it's wonderful to fool the pundits and is vowing to pull an upset.

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Despite miserable weather, Obama rally goes on in Pennsylvania
The World Series got suspended. The politics never stop. Democrat Barack Obama carried on today with an outdoor rally at Widener University, outside Philadelphia, despite miserable weather.