The Hollywood Liberal

St. Cloud State: Obama Leads in Minnesota
A St. Cloud State University poll in Minnesota shows Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain, 42% to 37%.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate race “continues to display the volatility seen in polls throughout the season” with Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) retaking the lead over challenger Al Franken (D), 36% to 27%, with Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley getting 16%.

Late Late Nite FDL: Trick Or Treat

Donald Duck stars in Trick Or Treat, a 1952 Walt Disney production.   Directed by Jack Hannah.  Animation by Bill Justice, George Kreisl, Don Lusk, and Volus Jones.  Effects animation by Dan McManus.  Story by Ralph Wright.  Layout and background by Yale Gracey.  Music by Paul Smith. 

What’s on your mind tonight?

Donald Duck stars in Trick Or Treat, a 1952 Walt Disney production.   Directed by Jack Hannah.  Animation by Bill Justice, George Kreisl, Don Lusk, and Volus Jones.  Effects animation by Dan McManus.  Story by Ralph Wright.  Layout and background by Yale Gracey.  Music by Paul Smith. 

What’s on your mind tonight?

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It seems my local franchise has won their professional sporting competition.

It seems I will attend tomorrow’s competition.

Michael Moore: No More Socialism for the Rich!
“McCain is going to make sure the wealthy get another incredible tax break while everybody else suffers.”

Obama Ad: McCain “Out Of Ideas, Out Of Touch, And Running Out Of Time”
The Obama campaign goes up with a new 30-second ad designed to pre-emptively frame McCain’s expected fusillade of closing attacks as the last gasps of a losing campaign: The ad revives a line he used against Hillary in the closing…

Obama In Berlin
The speech: Late Update: TPM Election Central analyzes the speech here….

Joe Klein: Why Obama is winning
General David Petraeus deployed overwhelming force when he briefed Barack Obama and two other Senators in Baghdad last July. He knew Obama favored a 16-month timetable for the withdrawal of most U.S. troops from Iraq, and he wanted to make the strongest possible case against it. And so, after he had presented an array of maps and charts and PowerPoint slides describing the current situation on the ground in great detail, Petraeus closed with a vigorous plea for “maximum flexibility” going forward…

Many Kentucky voters misinformed about Obama?s faith.
A poll of likely Kentucky voters finds that, “despite heavy national media attention about Obama’s faith, more than half of likely Republican voters — 54 percent — and one of every four Democrats in the state do not know that the Democratic presidential nominee is a Christian.” The poll indicated that “14 percent of likely […]

A poll of likely Kentucky voters finds that, “despite heavy national media attention about Obama’s faith, more than half of likely Republican voters — 54 percent — and one of every four Democrats in the state do not know that the Democratic presidential nominee is a Christian.” The poll indicated that “14 percent of likely Kentucky voters — 28 percent of Republicans, 4 percent of Democrats and 11 percent of independents — think Obama adheres to the Muslim faith.” Mahmoud Shalash, imam of the Islamic Center of Lexington, argued that the poll numbers are the result of a deliberate fear-mongering campaign:

“I am concerned that some people are spreading this rumor for political purposes, trying to exploit the anti-Islamic sentiment in this country that ties Muslims with terrorists,” Shalash said. “I don’t blame the ignorant bigots as much as the educated people who try to perpetrate this.

Iraq Aside, Nominees Have Like Views on Use of Force
The well-advertised differences between John McCain and Barack Obama on the war in Iraq may obscure a consequential similarity between their hawkish views on the use of American military force in other places.