Obama maintains solid lead over McCain

Gallup Daily: Obama 52%, McCain 42% Among Likely Voters

November 1, 2008 PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviewing conducted Wednesday through Friday by an identical 52% to 42% margin among both traditional likely voters and expanded likely voters. Obama leads by a similar 52% to 41% margin among all registered voters.

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Militarized state police Photo: Brandon Constant (brandonconstant.com)

Police prepare for unrest

The Hill, By Alexander Bolton Posted: 10/21/08 07:58 PM [ET] Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles as the crowd sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to him

Barack Obama lines up a cabinet of stars as John McCain struggles on

The Sunday Times (UK) October 19, 2008
Sarah Baxter in Roanoke, Virginia
With the economy on the brink of recession and the country in the midst of two foreign wars, Barack Obama is considering appointing a cabinet of stars to steer America through potentially its worst crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s if he wins the presidency on November 4.

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Robert Scott Cook walks his dog through the tent city that sprung up next to the homeless shelter in downtown Reno, Nev., on June 25, 2008. (SCOTT SADY/AP FILE PHOTO)

Nevada tent cities rise in shadow of casinos

Oct 17, 2008 04:30 AM Tim Harper WASHINGTON BUREAU RENO, Nev.– It’s a long way from Wall Street to the rail tracks on 4th Street in this casino town, but this is where the road is leading for an increasing number of Americans.

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Senator Barack Obama on Friday in Roanoke, Va. Analysts say his campaign is on pace to surpass next week the record of $188 million in advertising spending in a general election. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

Obama’s Ad Effort Swamps McCain and Nears Record

By JIM RUTENBERG Published: October 17, 2008 PHILADELPHIA — Senator Barack Obama is days away from breaking the advertising spending record set by President Bush in the general election four years ago, having unleashed an advertising campaign of a scale and complexity unrivaled in the television era.

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Surprise?

Beware an October surprise from bin Laden

By Joseph Nye Published: October 15 2008 19:31 | Last updated: October 15 2008 19:31 Americans are transfixed by the aftermath of the September surprise in financial markets. Could there be a very different surprise coming in October?

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Crooks and Liars — From Little ACORNS…

By Cernig Tuesday Oct 14, 2008 7:00pm It’s a mystery, though, how voter registration fraud might turn into actual voter fraud, despite Palin’s dark hintings. Brad Friedman, writing in the Guardian, makes the point well and says the whole ACORN kerfuffle is a massive GOP hoax:

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CBS News Polls: Obama Opens 14-Point Lead On McCain

(CBS) Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is entering the third and final presidential debate Wednesday with a wide lead over Republican rival John McCain nationally, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows.

Youngstown Ohio, (Britannica Student Encyclopedia) The heart of a [now defunct] steel-industry complex that includes [included] the cities of Warren, Niles, Campbell, Struthers, and Girard, Youngstown is located in northeastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania border. It is situated 65 miles (105 kilometers) from both Cleveland, Ohio, to the northwest, and Pittsburgh, Pa. (Text in [] added.)

FRANCE 24 – Video Report – Hard times in swing state Ohio

Friday 10 October 2008 Youngstown, in north-east Ohio, was once once a steel-making boomtown. But its steel mills closed in the 70s and 80s, leaving its citizens jobless and desperate. Today, the swing state’s eyes and hopes hang on the presidential candidates.

Hard times in swing state Ohio

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Gallup Daily: Obama Ahead by 9 Points

Only 6% of voters are undecided
USA Election 2008 Gallup Daily PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 8-10 finds Barack Obama holding a sizeable lead over John McCain in national voter preferences, as he has continuously for the past six days. Today’s report puts Obama ahead by nine percentage points, 51% to 42%.