Joe Biden warned that “abuse of power” was the “most serious” type of abuse for a public official. Biden may have been referring to a recent report said Sarah Palin has “abused her power” as Governor of Alaska. This video is from CNN’s Newsroom, broadcast October 12, 2008. Download video…

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CNN’s Howard Kurtz asked Politico’s chief political correspondent if he had ever seen crowds “turn” on him as some of John McCain’s crowds had. Partial transcript KURTZ: Does this ever happen to you where the crowd turns on you? SIMON: Oh, sure. Covering George Wallace I was at a rally…

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Fox’s Chris Wallace talked to Barack Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod and John McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis. Davis brought up John McCain’s prisoner of war status when Chris Wallace asked him to respond to some of the hate speech used at McCain and Palin political rallies. Partial transcript WALLACE:…

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Fox’s Chris Wallace talked to Bill Kristol and Mara Liaison about the tone of John McCain’s campaign. Kristol said, “I think the campaign has been — the negative ads, they haven’t worked. Obama’s favorable rating is as high as it’s been in two months. It’s gone up in the last…

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A YouTube video shows a supporter outside a Sarah Palin campaign rally holding a monkey toy with an Obama sign. The supporter says the money is “Hussein Jr.” The YouTube caption reads: “Palin supporter displays racist Obama Monkey and flaunts it outside of Palin rally in Johnstown , Pennsylvania. October…

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KDKA reported: “Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin attended a private fundraiser downtown at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, where there was a $1,000-a-plate dinner.” “On the corner of 10th Street and Penn Avenue, however, there were hundreds of protestors. Most of them were holding Obama/Biden signs, but there were a…

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John McCain was interrupted by protesters at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast October 11, 2008. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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In his new book, “The Shadow Factor,” investigative journalist James Bamford reports that U.S. Military Intelligence Agents spied on American soldiers, aid workers, and journalists stationed in the Middle East. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow talks to Bamford about his new book and the implications of his reporting. This video is from…

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The Alaska Legislative Council released its findings on the Troopergate scandal claiming that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in firing Alaska’s Public Safety Commisioner. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow talks with Newsweek Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast October 10, 2008. Download video…

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Boston.com’s Sasha Issenberg reported: “Republican rage against Barack Obama claimed a new victim today: John McCain.” “McCain was booed at a town-hall meeting here when he rebuked a man who said he was “scared…to bring a child up” under an Obama presidency. ‘I have to tell you he is a…

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