Gallup daily tracking poll: McCain 47%, Obama 46%.
Another turning point in the campaign? The ongoing terrible economic news seems to have revived the Obama campaign, presenting the Democrat with the opportunity to go on the offensive against John McCain yesterday, mocking his proposed "crisis commission" and launching an aggressive new ad. Some speculated that the financial chaos might even spell the end of Palin fever. Well, anything's possible. [AP]
Just before Palin fever dies, then: here's possibly the funniest article yet written during this campaign. [The New Yorker]
Oh, and the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator: what would you be called if she were your mother? [Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator]
John McCain, erstwhile enthusiastic breeze-shooter where reporters were concerned, hasn't spoken to the press pack travelling with him on his campaign in more than a month. Yesterday they staged a minor mutiny, with the emphasis on the word "minor". [Politico]
And just to clarify: McCain did not help invent the BlackBerry, as his top economic advisor claimed. [Washington Post]
Palin may never have met a foreign leader, but by the end of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week, the McCain campaign will have put an end to that. The plan is for her to meet plenty of them. [Wall Street Journal]
A Republican Jewish group owns up to those phone-calls that looked suspiciously like push-polling aimed at dissuading Jewish voters from supporting Obama. [Politico]
In an official video from Ralph Nader's campaign, Ralph Nader talks to a parrot about how he, Ralph Nader, feels lonely, and sometimes thinks about dressing up as a panda. This is really a video from the Ralph Nader campaign, featuring the real Ralph Nader. Really. [Andrew Sullivan]
