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  • Out of Touch: Cindy McCain's Monday Outfit Cost $300,000 September 4, 2008
    One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans. But when Vanity Fair priced out Cindy McCain's Monday Night Convention outfit, the total price was staggering to say the least.... between $299,100 and $313,100
  • About Sarah Palin: an e-mail from Wasilla September 4, 2008
    An email from Anne Kilkenny, Wasilla resident, reprinted by Crosscut.com with her permission. This is the best, most comprehensive, objective writing on the history of Mayor Palin and her climb up the political career ladder.
  • Pollster.com: TIME/CNN: Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio (8/31-9/2) September 4, 2008
    Obama up 15 pts in Iowa
  • Oops! MIC's still on, commentators about Palin..... September 4, 2008
    2 conservative commentators forget the Mic is still on, and get caught saying what they REALLY think about Sarah Palin.....
  • Fringe Alaskan Independence Party: Palin was a Member September 2, 2008
    McCain's campaign likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which has been pushing for a legal vote on whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the U.S.
  • sbuffalo commented on CAPTCHAs flummox bots, but may be doomed by CAPTCHA farmers September 1, 2008
    so does this mean that someone solves a captcha and it goes in a database of "solved?" It seems like there's only so many manual solvings that can happen per person per day. It would be much easier to say this captcha equals "XYZ."
  • CAPTCHAs flummox bots, but may be doomed by CAPTCHA farmers September 1, 2008
    CAPTCHAs were once considered proof (or at least an excellent defense) against the likes of spammers and automated registration programs, but those days appear to be almost over. CAPTCHA-cracking is now big business in India, and a means of gainful (if not quite legitimate) employment.
  • PALIN-tology - 35+ Problems for McCain's VP in just 35 hours August 31, 2008
    We all know that she is under investigation for abuse of power and there are audio recordings to back it up. What you won't hear on the news is this list of other things you didn't know about the woman they call "Miss Baracuda."
  • The Myth of "Obama Fatigue" August 29, 2008
    "...We are treated to the fiction of "Obama fatigue" as a cause of a "tightening race" - a spurious explanation of a non-event."
  • DailyKos Election Day Scoreboard August 28, 2008
    Why follow results on TV when you can get them on the web? Flash-based map showing live poll results from across the country in all levels: House, Senate, Gubernatorial and the White House.