www.dailykos.com — Tom Brokaw and Chuck Todd were amazed this weekend: North Carolina and Virginia are not locks for the Republican Party this fall.  Now polls show Republican Senate seats in those states -- as well as possibly ones in Georgia, Virginia, and Kentucky -- going to Democrats this fall.   More ...

www.dailykos.com — (Now also posted at a non-partisan URL w/ a useful navigation bar) Whether convincing undecideds or debating a McCain supporter in a public forum, it is essential to know your stuff .  Obama has done a better job combatting GOP messaging than I've ever seen, but there are unfortunatel More ...

www.cnn.com — Seattle Post Intelligencer Obama gaining in 5 battleground states, polls say CNN - 23 minutes ago By Alan Silverleib WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Polls in five key battleground states in the race for the White House released Tuesday suggest that Sen. Barack Obama is making  More ...

news.yahoo.com — Politico - Barack Obama released a new ad Tuesday ahead of his presidential debate with John McCain accusing the Arizona senator of using “smears” to drive campaign dialog away from the economy.

www.nytimes.com — BBC News Kenya Detains US Author Critical of Obama New York Times - 29 minutes ago By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya - The American author of a best-selling book highly critical of Senator Barack Obama was detained by Kenyan immigration agents on Tuesday as he p More ...

www.bookerrising.net — The conservative commentator argues that critics make a strategic mistake when they talk about Sen. Barack Obama's "past associations" as it allows the media to counter-attack against "guilt by association" : "Associations are very different from alliances. Allies are not just people who happen to  More ...

oglobo.globo.com — Estadão McCain vai a debate para tentar conter arrancada de Obama O Globo Online - 1 hora atrás NASHVILLE, Estados Unidos (Reuters) - O candidato republicano John McCain espera usar o debate de terça-feira para conter a ascensão do democrata Barack Obama e ret More ...

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digg.com — The American author of a best-selling book attacking Barack Obama is being detained in Kenya because he does not have a work permit, a senior immigration official said Tuesday.

www.alternet.org — The McCain campaign is attacking Barack Obama for his minor ties in Chicago to former '60s radical Bill Ayers -- here's the real story.