‘Dancing with the Pols’:
Candidates Spread their Magic to Dance Floor

Just in case things don’t go their respective way on Election Day, either Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama or his Republican opponents may have a promising future at Arthur Murray Dance Studios — if the well-crafted video manipulation here is any indication.

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When Looks, Charm & Winks Are No Substitute
for Wisdom, Judgment & Intellectual Curiosity

MavericksSen. John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin lately have begun offering a new refrain aimed at countering those who dare to question Palin’s readiness to serve as president, should the situation so require. It goes something like this: Those who question her readiness simply have never met her. Interesting argument, considering that Palin has never met Obama. Yet since the day she was tapped she has gone into full pit-bull mode in viciously attacking both his professional as well as personal qualifications. By her own logic, maybe she should just meet him and she would feel differently.

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Wasilla, Alaska: Fast Track to White House
or Next Superfund Cleanup Site?

Wasilla City HallLet’s hope the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency looks soon into the drinking water quality of Wasilla, Alaska, because apparently there’s something in it that causes residents to become suddenly dumb-founded when asked the most basic of questions.

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Colin Powell Diplomatically Throws
His Influential Weight Behind Obama

Colin Powell - World Economic Forum 2003 Annual Meeting, Davos SwitzerlandSen. Barack Obama added two prominent endorsements to his quiver over the weekend — both of which cited his opponent’s poor judgment in choosing a running mate and at least one of which should cause even earnest skeptics to pay the Democratic candidate a second look.

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