The Political Whore

Palm Beach, Fl. Fifth-grader and aspiring reporter Damon Weaver interviews Joe Biden, asking the veep candidate what it is that a VP actually does. He likes Biden’s answer enough to declare them officially “homeboys.”

• Florida early voting sites to stay open longer each day to better disenfranchise the citizenry.
• Q Poll: Obama ahead by 2 points in statistical tie.
• LAT-Bloomberg: Obama up by 7.
• Obama cuts McCain’s lead to just 2 points in McCain’s home state, Arizona!
• … but the McCain campaign says the race is tightening. Rrrrriiigggghhht.
• Our daily “Nearer My God to Thee” Media update: Time Inc. will lay off 600 workers; Gannett to cut 3,000.
• Enjoy those big gains from yesterday Dow fans. They should be gone by this afternoon.
• Tonight’s half-hour Obama ad will not run on CNN, but will lead into the World Series on Fox.
• Speaking of which: Game 5 resumes tonight — if it doesn’t snow!
• Rate cut! Rate cut! Rate cut!
• The credit crunch finally hits the cards.
• Christian Science Monitor to dump the print paper and go Web-only (mostly).
• Consumer Confidence disappearing faster than your employer’s match of your 401(k).
• Ralph Nader rallies 150 troops in Ybor City.

Meet Vlad and his pal Boris. These gentlemen are from Russia (perhaps) and they have prepared a musical ode to Sarah Palin. Quote the musicians: “Hello Sarah Palin we wrote this song for you because we see you from Russia! Plz respond to our emails!! We like to hear from you!!”

• Sarah Palin hits Tampa, announces the election isn’t over yet and that her clothes are actually hers. (Sure they are, Sarah. Sure they are.)
• Palin’s favorability among women falls 17 points.
• Bradenton Herald to launch new website to better integrate print and online news and advertising blah blah blah.
• Newark daily paper to cut editorial staff by 40 percent by end of blah blah blah.
• Crist ties with Tom Ridge for fifth most important politician not running for president; Palin comes in third; page 1 Monday editor for USA Today comes in second.
• Isiah’s son: Dad didn’t OD, sis to blame.
• Bono: He just may have found what he was looking for.
• The Phillies bludgeon the Rays 10-2, take a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
• The endgame is upon us.
• What’s got I’m-a-dinner-jacket under the weather?
• “I fear the worst is yet to come.”
• “Sex addiction: not just for men.” That’s what she said.
• Jennifer Hudson’s horrifying weekend ends with a $100K reward for the return of her missing nephew.
• High School Musical 3 is the big fish in this weekend’s box office pond.