Daily Polichicks - Monday

Mornin'!

After enjoying a reunion with our T.C. Williams High School classmates this weekend (Let's go Titans!), we are rested and ready to bring you the latest news.  So here goes...

Campaign 08:

General Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama Sunday on "Meet the Press."  Gen. Powell cited Obama's "steadiness, intellectual curiosity, a depth of knowledge" as reasons that he thinks Obama would be a good president.  Gen. Powell's concern that Sarah Palin, in his opinion, is not ready to be president of the United States played into his decision to for throw support behind Obama.  Gen. Powell also criticized the McCain campaign's focus on Obama's realtionship with Bill Ayers.  Gen. Powell is a Republican, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Bush's former Secretary od State. [The Washington Post]

Barack Obama raised a whole lot of dough.  His campaign raked in a record $150 million in September. [CNN]

Barack Obama made history when he scored two major newspaper endorsements Sunday.  The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune both endorsed Obama for president.  Neither paper had ever before endorsed a democratic presidential candidate. [The Los Angeles Times]

U.S. News:

As oil prices drop, Americans are showing less interest in finding fuel alternatives. [The Washington Post]

The recession goes to Hollywood: Paramount and other film studios are cutting staff and delaying movie releases to save money. [The New York Times].

World News:

North Korea has announced that it will make an "important announcement" on Monday.  Rumour has it that the annnouincement that Korean leader Kim Jong II has died or that there will be a leadership change.  [CNN]