End of day political round up - - UPDATE
An election eve end of day round up . . .
MORE PREDICTIONS: Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford picks Obama 338 - 200. Arkansas Business chief Jeff Hankins also predicts Obama.
TWEET. TWEET. Ark. Times editor and blogger in chief Max Brantley joins the rest of us on Twitter.
POLLS: MO (tied); FL (McCain +1); NC (McCain +1); VA (Obama +4); CO (Obama +4); GA (McCain +2); MN (Obama +3); NV (Obama +8)
GOTTA HAVE ‘EM: McCain campaign manager Rick Davis admits McCain must win these states: OH, VA, NC, FL, CO, and IN to have a chance at 270.
CAMPAIGNS GET MEAN: An Iraq war vet calls John Murtha a “fat little bastard.” Al Franken lobs this at Norm Coleman: “This is about Sen. Coleman’s political sugar daddy.”
ELECTION NIGHT COCKTAILS: Ark. Times hosts a party at Rumba. Sen. Mark Pryor and Rep. Vic Snyder’s supporters head to Cothams. The Obama campaign will be drinking at Sticky Fingerz. Republican Party of Arkansas and the Young Republicans will gather at the Holiday Inn Presidential.
UPDATE: Green Party will gather at Juanita’s.
COOL VIDEO FEATURE: NY Times writer and blogger Katherine Q. Seelye takes a look back at a two-year campaign.
NOW THAT’S A STREAK: NBC News and First Read blogger Dominic Montanaro: “Obama has now led in 111 straight national polls with methodologies we trust.”
OH NO THEY DIDN’T: Dick Cheney’s hometown newspaper the Casper Star-Tribune endorses Obama.
FAVORITE BOOKS: John McCain: “For Whom the Bell Tolls;” Barack Obama: “Song of Solomon;” Max Brantley: “North Towards Home;” Philip Martin: “The Great Gatsby;” Rep. Steve Harrelson: “A Pryor Committment.”
SOUTHERN DELICIOUS: John McCain’s enjoying friend chicken and peach cobbler with Joe Lieberman, Tom Ridge and Mel Martinez, and isn’t thinking about the speech he’ll have to give tomorrow night. Says McCain speechwriter Mark Salter: ” I don’t work until the day of.”
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: McCain and Obama will be interviewed by Chris Berman at halftime of the Steelers-Redskins game tonight.
DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YA: Philip Fulmer is out as Tennessee’s football coach at the end of the year. Think Tank early projection for his replacement: Butch Davis, Springdale, Arkansas native and current coach at North Carolina.
COMING SOON: My predictions.


November 3rd, 2008 at 6:51 pm