digg.com — According to the newest CNN poll of polls, Barack Obama's lead over John McCain is at its highest point during this cycle. Taking an average of six new surveys, Obama currently holds an 8-point advantage over his Republican rival, 50-42, with the remaining 8% still undecided...

digg.com — Obama is also proclaiming a need to change the underlying basis of the economy, to abandon the borrow without care and let’s go shopping mentality that has prevailed for decades. It’s a revealing and unexpected dose of reality three weeks before an election.

www.oliverwillis.com — Obama is calling for a temporary tax credit for firms that create new jobs in the United States over the next two years. Which is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. A whopping $3000 tax credit just for hiring somebody. That’s great. Considering it will cost business owners nearly $20,000 (and  More ...

digg.com — The proposals, costing $60 billion over two years, include tax credits for firms that create new jobs, penalty-free withdrawals from retirement accounts and temporarily barring banks from foreclosing on people trying to pay their mortgages.

digg.com — If Barack Obama is elected the next president of the United States, and if he plans to seriously restrict the ownership of firearms, he's likely to be about as successful at targeting guns as the government has been at eliminating the use of marijuana in this country. He won't succeed because, as hi More ...

digg.com — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama unveiled his economic rescue plan for the middle class in Toledo, Ohio today, and as Obama himself put it, “It’s a plan that begins with one word that’s on everyone’s mind, and it’s spelled J-O-B-S.”

digg.com — To help create jobs, he is proposed a $3,000 job tax credit for every new employee a firm takes on over the next two years. He said 1m new jobs can be saved.

digg.com — This is great news, lets continue the rise of Obama.

www.gowanuslounge.com — If you’re into pitching in to help the Obama campaign during these critical next few weeks, here’s a chance to do so in Gowanus. There’s a party and silent auction to benefit Barack Obama on Friday (10/17) at The Bell House, which is located at 149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Av More ...

www.npr.org — Barack Obama has unveiled what his campaign is calling a major economic address in Toledo, Ohio. The state is crucial for John McCain's campaign. No Republican has won the White House without the Buckeye State, but polls have the state as a tossup.