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Eagleburger apologizes for saying Palin not ready

Fox’s Stuart Varney asked Lawrence Eagleburger to explain comments he made indicating that Sarah Palin wasn’t qualified to be vice president. Eagleburger could not bring himself to endorse Palin in an interview with NPR’s Talk of the Nation yesterday. Eagle told Varney that he had been quoted correctly but made…

Stevens returns to Alaska, dances a jig

Sen. Ted Stevens appeared to be in good spirits at a coming home party in Alaska. Ted Stevens is currently the longest serving Senator and was recently convicted on seven charges of making false statements. This video is from CNN’s Newsroom, broadcast October 31, 2008. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Al Gore campaigns in West Palm Beach for Obama

Al Gore campaigned for Barack Obama in West Palm Beach, Florida. West Palm Beach was a focal point in controversy surrounding vote counting in the 2000 election. “We’re coming back,” Gore told the crowd. “The United States of America is coming back – not as Democrats and Republicans, not as…

10 hour lines for Atlanta early voting

MSNBC’s Tamron Hall reports that there are long lines for early voting in Georgia. Aerial video shows an eight to ten hour wait in one line at an Atlanta polling place. This video is from MSNBC’s News Live, broadcast October 31, 2008. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Maddow: Anti-abortion mailer is a new low

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says that a conservative group “crosses the line into stupid” with a new mailer that suggest Obama wouldn’t save a baby from an oncoming train. The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List group is sending the mailer to over half a million pro-life voters in swing states. The…

Olbermann: McCain linked to Khalidi and Ayers

In a Special Campaign Comment, Keith Olbermann points out that not only does John McCain have a closer relationship with Rashid Khalidi than Barack Obama does, that relationship means McCain is has a connection to William Ayers as well. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast October 30, 2008. Download…

Bill Kristol jokes: McCain will upset Obama

Jon Stewart talked with Bill Kristol about John McCain’s chances of winning the presidential election This video is from Comedy Central’s Comedy Central, broadcast October 30, 2008. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Obama to run ads in McCain’s home state

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign plans to extend its advertising expenditures in the last five days until the election, including a buy in Arizona. The decision to go on the air in John McCain’s home state follows several recent polls showing the GOP candidate’s lead slipping there. McCain might be losing…

Gun company CEO sacked over Obama support

Conservative gun enthusiasts have succeeded in forcing a Montana-based rifle manufacturer to oust its CEO after he revealed his support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Dan Cooper, founder of Cooper Firearms, resigned his position with the company after a wave of condemnation from gun owners who don’t believe Obama’s…

Ohio official says she can’t check voter database because it might crash

By John Byrne Ohio’s voting rolls are in the news — again. Ohio’s Secretary of State told reporters Thursday that she can’t check the state’s newly registered voter database for fraud because it was “poorly constructed,” even though a cursory review of newly registered voters revealed 200,000 discrepancies. Secretary of…