Daily Polichicks - Monday

Mornin' Polichicks!

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Now that's out of the way, here's your Daily Polichicks:

Campaign 08: 

If the election were held today, Barack Obama would take the cake, says Republican strategist and former Bush advisor Karl Rove.  [The Los Angeles Times]

The heels are on and the gloves are off! Sarah Palin said that Obama is the kind of guy who would "pal around with terrorists."   Palin was referencing Obama's acquaintance with Illinois college professor William Ayers, who participated in a radical group in the 60s when Obama was a child. The Obama campaign responded that Palin's remark was "offensive" but "not surprising."  [The Los Angeles Times]

Sad news.  Jill Biden, wife of veep candidate Joe, lost her mom, Bonny Jean Jacobs, on Sunday.  Joe has cancelled all campaign events Monday and Tuesday. We send our condolences to the Biden family. [The Washington Post]

Barack Obama is expected to benefit from a huge increase in new voter registrations. Democrats outnumber Republicans in new voter registrations 2 to 1 in Florida, 4 to 1 in Colorado and Nevada and a whopping 6 to 1 in North Carolina. [The Washington Post]

Barack Obama is a big baller, shot caller. [The Los Angeles Times]

U.S. News:

The House gave a thumbs up to the $700 billion economic bailout Friday, passing the revised bill 263 to 171. Nonetheless, the Dow fell 157 points in response to beak economic reports, including news that 159,000 jobs were lost in September. [The New York Times]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he will run for a third term.  One little snaffu: New York City's term limits forbid a third term.  No sweat, says Bloomberg.  He'll just get city council to change that. [The New York Times]

Book writers are designing video games to attract young readers to their books.  Some experts believe that these video games will increase kids' interest in reading, while others fear kids will skip the book and just play the game. (Uh, ya think?) [The New York Times]

World News:

The European economy is not so hot either. Financial markets plummet as banking fears spread. [Times Online (UK)]