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October 28, 2008— -- 2008: ABC NEWS VIDEOS:
"Tito: The New 'Joe the Plumber?'" LINK
"Brian Ross' Encounter with Bill Ayers" LINK
"'View' Takes on Palin's Fashion" LINK
"Hasselbeck Goes All Out for Palin" LINK
"Candidates' Wild Dance Off" LINK
2008: McCAIN and OBAMA:
ABC News' Mark Mooney: "Barack Obama, John McCain Make Closing Arguments in Campaign's Final Week" LINK
ABC News' Nightline's Daily Line: "Closing Arguments: Can They Win Over Voters?" LINK
Opinion by Steve Brozak and Larry Jindra, M.D.: "The Future of the FDA in the Next Administration" LINK
ABC News Analysis by Gary Langer: "Barack Obama's Support is Broadly Based; John McCain Makes Up Ground on Economy" LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Dept. Of Bad Company" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Christopher cooper and Elizabeth Holmes: "Candidates Zero In on Economy" LINK
Bloomberg News' James Rowley: "McCain Criticizes Obama on 'Wealth-Inequality' Talk " LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta: "McCain Tackles Obama On Plan To 'Spread The Wealth'" LINK
The Boston Herald's Mike Underwood: "Newton's grave take on politics" LINK
The Boston Herald's Michael Graham: "Election 2008: Objective journalism the loser" LINK
Bloomberg's' Edwin Chen and Hans Nichols: "Obama, McCain Focus on Four Battlegrounds With Economic Pitch" LINK
2008: McCAIN:
ABC News Analysis by George Stephanopoulos: "Rift Cracks 'Demoralized' McCain Campaign" LINK
ABC News' Bret Hovell: "Joe the Plumber to Campaign for John McCain" LINK
Wall Street Wire's Washington Wire: "Latest Sign of Trouble for McCain: RNC Ads in Montana" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Joel Millman: "Bush Aide Fleischer Courts Jewish Vote for McCain" LINK
Time Magazine's Jay Carney: "Against All Odds, McCain Still Sees a Final Comeback" LINK
The Washington Times' Ralph Z. Hallow: "McCain camp irks GOP leaders in key states" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Maeve Reston: "McCain Was Frank, Garrulous And Accessible -- And Then He Wasn't" LINK
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "G.O.P. Puts McCain Ads Up in Montana" LINK
The New York Times' Mark Leibovich: "After I Win… Er, Make that, if I am Elected" LINK
The New York Times' Michael Falcone: "McCain Campaign Cites Comments in 2001 on Courts in Attack on Obama" LINK
The Boston Herald's Op-Ed with Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: "It's still not too late for John McCain to turn it around" LINK
New York Daily News' Bill Hammond: "When winner takes all, we lose: Fix electoral college now" LINK
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "McCain calls liberals a threat to economy" LINK
The Boston Globe's Michael Kranish: "McCain banking on Biden gaffe" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "McCain slams Obama on 'redistribution of wealth'" LINK
2008: OBAMA:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Obama Makes Last Pitch to Ohio, Pennsylvania" LINK
ABC News' Jack Date: "Feds Thwart Alleged Obama Assassination Plot" LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Billionaire Dolphins Owner Wants to Sell Team Before Obama Takes Office and His Taxes Go Up" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Gary Fields: "Pair Arrested in Plot to Kill Blacks, Including Obama" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Capital Journal: "Gauging Impact of Obama's Race" LINK
Time Magazine's Jay Newton-Small: "Why the New Virginia Is Leaning Toward Obama" LINK
Time Magazine's Nancy Gibbs: "Obama Tries to Close the Deal in Pittsburgh" LINK
Time Magazine: "Both Candidates Focus on Ohio" LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan : "'01 radio interview stirs Obama foes" LINK
The Washington Times' Wesley Pruden: "A game-changer by Obama" LINK
The Washington Times' Matthew Cella: "Liberal group pours millions to sway Colorado" LINK
The Washington Times' Thomas Sewell: "Obama and 'the left'" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Richard A. Serrano: "2 Men Arrested In Alleged Assassination Plot Aimed At Barack Obama" LINK
The New York Daily News' Kenneth R. Bazinet and James Gordon Meek : "ATF: Skinhead Assassination Plot Targeting Barack Obama Disrupted" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "'Confessions From The Obama Campaign Trail" LINK
The Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "Obama delivers 'closing argument'" LINK
New York Daily News' Kenneth R. Bazinet and David Saltonstall: "Barack Obama, Joe Biden look to get out the vote in 'Red States'" LINK
New York Daily News' Kenneth R. Bazinet and Richard Sisk: "Barack Obama looks back to beginning to make 'closing argument'" LINK
The Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Obama reprises call for change and unity" LINK
The Boston Globe's Peter S. Canellos: "Small donors, not spending limits, fueling Obama's last lap" LINK
2008: BIDEN:
ABC News' Political Radar: "Phils Fan Biden Avoids World Series Mention in Heart of Rays Territory" LINK
2008: PALIN:
ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala: "Palin Touts 'Tito the Builder'" LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "West Hollywood Haunted House Features Effigy of Palin Hanging From a Noose" LINK
Wall Street Journal's June Kronholz: "Few Former Mayors Succeed in National Politics" LINK
The Politico's Ben Smith: "Barnes vs. Wallace - Fred Barnes demands that someone from the McCain campaign take blame for buying expensive wardrobe for Sarah Palin" LINK
The Boston Herald's Jill Radsken: "As race nears end, GOP keeps up appearances" LINK
New York Daily News' Michael Daly: "I would weep if Sarah Palin was veep" LINK
New York Daily New's Opinion by Richard Cohen: "Did Sarah Palin con conservatives? You betcha!" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Palin disses Obama half-hour ad" LINK
2008: MICHELLE OBAMA:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Michelle Obama on Leno" LINK
The New York Times' Patrick Healy: "New to Campaigning, but No Longer a Novice" LINK
2008: VOTERS/VOTING:
The New York Times' Bernie Becker: "Political Polling Sites Are in a Race of Their Own" LINK
The New York Times' Leslie Wayne: "Party Lawyers Ready to Keep an Eye on the Polls" LINK
The Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas: "The Election That Has the Whole World Blogging" LINK
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz: "Calling the Vote before the Ballots Have Been Cast" LINK
The Boston Herald's Joe Dwinell: "Voter surge expected for Election Day" LINK
The Boston Globe's Brian C. Mooney: "For pollsters, finding accurate sample is art and science" LINK
2008: SEN. STEVENS:
The Washington Times' Tom Ramstack: "Stevens guilty on all 7 counts" LINK