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Religious Right Watch: ‘Values voters’ would vote for Satan before Obama

By Andy Birkey | 11.03.08 | 4:23 pm

In the final days of the election, the anti-Obama rhetoric from the religious right has reached a fevered pitch. One religious right leader says that conservative evangelicals would rather vote for the devil than Barack Obama and a religious…

Survey USA: Obama by just 3 in Minnesota?

By Paul Demko | 11.03.08 | 8:43 am

Barack Obama holds a 49-46 lead over John McCain in Minnesota, according to a new poll conducted by SurveyUSA. That’s within the survey’s 3.9 percent margin of error. No other poll released in recent weeks has shown the…

You want definitive? The Global Electoral College has spoken

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 11.03.08 | 8:19 am

The Economist has given all 195 of the world’s countries a say in the outcome of tomorrow’s presidential election with its Global Electoral College. Here’s how it works, as explained by The Economist: “As in America, each…

Massachusets liberals sweat Minnesota

By Paul Demko | 11.01.08 | 12:11 pm

The New York Times has a highly entertaining piece today chronicling the mass anxiety of liberals as they await Tuesday’s election results. Reporter Michael Powell comes up with many gems, including a woman from San Francisco who just…

Video: Obama, up in ND polls, airs new ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.31.08 | 9:23 am

With Barack Obama’s polling improving in traditionally red North Dakota, the Democrat’s campaign is debuting a new TV spot there. The commercial, which will also air this weekend in Georgia and John McCain’s home

Video: Would a bin Laden tape — or a lawsuit against Franken — help the GOP next Tuesday?

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.30.08 | 3:04 pm

Yesterday CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked GOP strategist Ed Rollins if a Hail Mary pass from Osama bin Laden might save John McCain’s electoral prospects. He cited the 2004 election, when a new video by the al-Qaeda…

Video: McCain, jilted by Joe, references “Joe the Biden”

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.30.08 | 1:13 pm

John McCain has been so fond of the “Joe the Plumber” meme, it’d seem, that he accidentally — or on purpose; can’t be sure — called Barack Obama’s running mate, “Joe the Biden.” But one guy who might…

Rasmussen poll: Obama maintains solid lead in Minnesota

By Paul Demko | 10.29.08 | 6:10 pm

Barack Obama has a 12-point lead over John McCain in Minnesota, according to the latest poll from Rasmussen Reports. The survey of 500 likely voters shows the Democrat maintaining a 55-43 advantage. The previous Rasmussen poll had Obama…

5-letter words: Will Obama-Biden go the way of Nixon-Agnew or Nixon-Lodge?

By Chris Steller | 10.29.08 | 4:53 pm

Nate Silver may have built his amazing site fivethirtyeight on the basis of his facility with the seemingly infinite number of baseball statistics, but I have an idea for a political campaign stats site — called simply “five”…

Who’s bashing Palin from inside the McCain camp? Red State says it’s Romneyites

By Steve Perry | 10.29.08 | 12:50 pm

Erick Erickson, writing at Red State, receives a visit from the ghost of Finger-Pointing Future:

At this moment, however, it is absolutely clear — there is an effort, organized or not, by supporters of Mitt Romney to harm the