Kieron
So, over the last couple of weeks as the campaign has got fiercer and the attacks more barbed, it was inevitable that the candidates would be dragged through the mud by the opposition campaign, the press and the blog-a-tron.
Obama is being linked to an organisation called ACORN who register new voters...except they register dead people apparently, and sometimes the same person 72 times. There are a number of claims against them at the moment, and Obama's campaign has given $800,000 to the group.
It goes further back to 1992 though, when Obama headed up a group called ProjectVote in Chicago. 150,000 new voters were registered and Obama was praised for his efforts. The problem is that they might have links to ACORN. Obama's Fight the Smears website has denied that he ever worked for the group but this might run for a while. McCain's already picked up on the line, and it'll pop up in the debate too I reckon.
In McCain land, he's trying hard to formulate a rival economic package ahead of next week's final debate showdown, to jump-start his faltering bid for President. And, he's promised he'll bring up Ayers... which I think is frankly stupid. It'll just give Obama the opportunity to reassure voters and make McCain look scrappy rather than assured.
A crazy article in Rolling Stone suggests that McCain is a spoilt brat and a terrible pilot is good for a laugh, but don't expect Obama to bring a copy to the debate.
One possible line of attack for the Republicans, that doesn't seem to get a mention is Obama's rise in Chicago politics. The Sunday Times did a piece on this - it suggests that Obama played the seedy game of politics to get to where he is today. There's nothing not written about before, but nicely put together.
I guess it doesn't get a mention because, playing seedy political games isn't really news is it... it's just real politics.
This is for laughs from The Times. I give you a clip from The Bugle...
So, over the last couple of weeks as the campaign has got fiercer and the attacks more barbed, it was inevitable that the candidates would be dragged through the mud by the opposition campaign, the press and the blog-a-tron.
Obama is being linked to an organisation called ACORN who register new voters...except they register dead people apparently, and sometimes the same person 72 times. There are a number of claims against them at the moment, and Obama's campaign has given $800,000 to the group.
It goes further back to 1992 though, when Obama headed up a group called ProjectVote in Chicago. 150,000 new voters were registered and Obama was praised for his efforts. The problem is that they might have links to ACORN. Obama's Fight the Smears website has denied that he ever worked for the group but this might run for a while. McCain's already picked up on the line, and it'll pop up in the debate too I reckon.
In McCain land, he's trying hard to formulate a rival economic package ahead of next week's final debate showdown, to jump-start his faltering bid for President. And, he's promised he'll bring up Ayers... which I think is frankly stupid. It'll just give Obama the opportunity to reassure voters and make McCain look scrappy rather than assured.
A crazy article in Rolling Stone suggests that McCain is a spoilt brat and a terrible pilot is good for a laugh, but don't expect Obama to bring a copy to the debate.
One possible line of attack for the Republicans, that doesn't seem to get a mention is Obama's rise in Chicago politics. The Sunday Times did a piece on this - it suggests that Obama played the seedy game of politics to get to where he is today. There's nothing not written about before, but nicely put together.
I guess it doesn't get a mention because, playing seedy political games isn't really news is it... it's just real politics.
This is for laughs from The Times. I give you a clip from The Bugle...
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