Needlenose

Nobody’s brought up Josephine the Plumber yet…

A bit of added irony: consider the station putting out the clip.

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WaPo:

Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall
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While there are few signs of progress for McCain in the poll, recent history suggests that mid-October leads are vulnerable, although turning around a late double-digit deficit would be unprecedented in the modern era. At this stage in 1992, Bill Clinton held a 14-point advantage over incumbent George H.W. Bush in Post-ABC polling, and it was as high as 19 points before the election, which he won by six points. In mid-October 1976, Jimmy Carter had leads as big as 13 points in Gallup polling; Carter defeated incumbent Gerald Ford by two points.

Polls don’t mean squat and numbers can change quickly — in either direction. Which is why Obama’s trying a campaign stunt of his own:

And, late last week, it was revealed that Obama is seeking to buy a roadblock (a coordinated block of time on every national broadcast network) for 8 pm on Oct. 29. He already has purchased a half-hour of TV time on CBS and NBC — at a cost of roughly $1 million each — and is seeking time on Fox and ABC as well.

The last candidate to make such a play on broadcast television was Ross Perot way back in 1992. He ran a series of political infomercials, the largest of which — on Nov. 2, 1992 — drew 26 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

1/2-hour of unfiltered TV, a week before election. Gutsy move.

Just released (PDF):

Finding Number One

For the reasons explained below, I find that Govemor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides

“The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.”

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CONCLUSION
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The evidence supports the conclusion that Governor Palin, at the least, engaged in “official action” by her inaction if not her active participation or assistance to her husband in attempting to get Trooper Wooten fired [and there is evidence of her active participation]. She knowingly, as that term is defined in the above cited statutes, permitted Todd Palin to use the Governorʼs office and the resources of the Governorʼs office, including access to state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired. Her conduct violated AS 39.52.110(a) of the Ethics Act. That statute provides that:

“The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.”

Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: to get Trooper Michael Wooten fired. She had the authority and power to require Mr. Palin to cease contacting subordinates, but she failed to act.

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For all the above reasons, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power as Governor in that her conduct violated AS 39.52.110(a) of the Ethics Act.

Makes you proud, don’t it.

The McCain campaign has made a large ad-buy on Washington Post’s web-site. It’s pretty much a given nowadays that if you click on a political or economic article, a McCain ad will show up. Sometimes, to incongruent (yet humorous) effect:

It can go the other way too:

I thought of doing something like this after last night’s debate, but I saw that adennak on DailyKos had already done it. It’s so well done I’ll just repost it:

Pretty funny stuff.

If you have an iPhone and are an Obama supporter, you’ll want to check this out. Free download from the AppStore:

Great use of mobile technology. Put together by Obama supporters who were into iPhone development.

Update: For those interested, background on the development of the application.