Polls: Obama maintains a stable lead of 52%-43% among Gallup's "expanded" definition of likely voters. Seven in 10 Americans now think he'll win the election.
A new McCain ad, entitled 'Compare' (above), contrasts the two candidates as "risky" versus "proven" and actually refers to McCain's support for "workin' Joes." With the apostrophe. Seriously. Obama releases a decidedly defensive ad to address Joe Biden's remark that he'd be "tested" in the early months of his administration.
A dozen telemarketers in Indiana reportedly walk off the job rather than make calls accusing Obama of being "dangerously weak on crime" and "coddling criminals". [Talking Points Memo]
The liberal blogosphere became convinced yesterday that Sarah Palin heard a supporter yell the n-word at a rally, but soldiered on anyway. (The video is here.) But the sound's far from clear, and the new consensus seems to be that the woman in the audience yelled "he's a redistributor!", which is... different.
In Texas, the 109-year-old daughter of a slave casts a vote for Obama. "Amanda Jones says she cast her first presidential vote for Franklin Roosevelt, but she doesn't recall which of his four terms that was..." [Austin-American Statesman]
The disgraced Alaska senator Ted Stevens, now facing jail, predicted his demise in a secretly recorded phone call two years ago. [Washington Post]
In a radio interview, Obama addresses yesterday's news that law enforcement officers broke up a skinhead plot to assassinate 103 black people including him. [Ben Smith]
Obama Undertakes Presidential Internship To Ease Concerns About His Lack Of Experience [The Onion]
