Definition of “middle class” keeps getting redefined by Team Obama

The dollar figure they’re putting on it has been dropping almost as fast as the stock market did a couple of weeks ago. Will it be down to $100K by election day?

Obama: Opposition to socialism equals “selfishness”

Wow. Just wow (h/t: GP):
On the stump this week, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has pushed back against Sen. John McCain’s description of his tax policies.
“The reason that we want to do this, change our tax code, is not because I have anything against the rich,” Obama said in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday. “I love [...]

Is the Obama campaign “leashing” Joe Biden?

Via Brit Hume’s Political Grapevine:
Average Joe
Time Magazine writes that one of the few things that could derail the Barack Obama campaign is his running mate, so it says the campaign is “hidin’ Biden.”
Karen Tumulty compares traveling with Joe Biden to “reporting on a politician packaged in shrink-wrap” and that he is “leashed to a teleprompter [...]

Obama seeking more O campaign-friendly reporters for the final stretch?

This is an intriguing report (via Memeo):
Journalists from three major newspapers that endorsed John McCain have reportedly been booted from Barack Obama’s campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential race.
The Washington Times reported Friday that it was notified of the Obama campaign’s decision Thursday evening — even though the paper has covered [...]

Happy Halloween (FRIDAY OPEN THREAD)

Trick or treat!

(Via NRO’s Media blog)
Having a busy morning – be back later.
TGIF!

Thanks again, Bill :)

After reading this, I see another RNC/McCain ad with Bill Clinton featured prominently coming soon (via ST reader NC Cop):
Barack Obama cultivated the image of a cool and collected leader during the height of the economic crisis last month, when lawmakers on Capitol Hill scrambled to draft a workable bailout package after a meltdown on [...]

Time for another round of “you might be a racist if”

You might be a racist if … you vote for Obama, or don’t vote for Obama.
Yeah, I know – that one’s a headscratcher, but the Open Market link explains it well.
Oh, and the guy who said it? He could be in line to be the DOJ’s Asst. Attorney General on Civil Rights under an Obama [...]

Prostitutes for Obama-Biden

Here’s some Thursday afternoon humor for you:
They’re convicted streetwalkers, escorts and brothel babes collared in 2000 and from 2003-2006, uncovered during a Trib special report on local prostitution that will be published after the election.
Based on the prostitutes’ voter registration cards, they’re destined to become Obama girls in November. That’s because 78 percent of them [...]

It ain’t over: Encouraging early voter/poll numbers

Jim Geraghty’s got several posts up this morning on early vote numbers coming out of Nevada and Florida that look promising for Mc so far – especially related to they “youth vote” turnout, new polling information showing that it looks like Mc is closing the gap PA, and he also reports that Obama will be [...]

Joe the plumber’s privacy invaded by Obama-supporting government worker

… in Ohio. Where’s the outrage from The Usual Suspects?
Where’s the condemnation from Obama? You know had this been a McCain supporter using their government position to access the private records of an Obama supporter for political purposes, there would be an immediate demand for McCain to condemn the abuse of power – not [...]