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Palin's Trajectory to National Prominence Powered by her Anti-Environmentalism By Carl Pope, Huffington Post Her campaign was born because of her defiance of the Clean Water Act. Read more »   With the electoral map looking increasingly like the 2008 election is Obama's to lose, the McCain camp, not surprisingly, is going through the usual recriminations. The Guardian reports that morale has tanked among campaign staffers ... Staff at his headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia, are already speaking about his campaign in the past tense and some, with hopes of a White House job diminishing, have sent out job resumes. Mark McKinnon, who had been a key member of McCain's team during the nomination battles but then left, told the Politico website: "If you really want to see what 'going negative' is in politics, just watch the back-stabbing and blame game that we're starting to see." Of course, the race isn't over until it's over, and given that Democrats smelled victory in both 2000 and 2004, the Obama camp is reportedly taking nothing for granted.     Twelve Ways You Can Safeguard the Vote By Fran Korten Yes! Magazine's offers good suggestions for voters to ensure they will get to vote in 2008. Read more »   Is John McCain Stupid, or Does He Think We Are? By David Sirota, AlterNet That's the question, as he slams Obama for his plan to lower taxes on the middle class and raise them on the super-rich. Read more »   How Safe Is This Election? By Andrew Gumbel, The Nation The GOP attack machine isn't dead yet, but the wheels have started coming off. Read more »   Project Vote Says NY Times Report on ACORN Erred By Project Vote Project Vote responds to a New York Times report suggesting ACORN's voter registration errors were much bigger than anyone believed. Read more »   Krauthammer Bashes Wishy-Washy Conservatives Defecting from McCain By Joshua Holland, AlterNet It's all about more war for Dr. Strangelove. Read more »   McCain Aides Aggressively Pushed Mutilation Hoax By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly The "Todd the Fraud" story thickens. Read more »   Bush Casts His Ballot for a Third Term By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress Apparently W. and Laura are fans of early voting. Read more »   Lake County Indiana's Early Voting Upheld By Steven Rosenfeld The Indiana Supreme Court rejected an appeal to close early voting centers in a populous northern county. Read more »   McCain Staffer Threatens to Arrest Journalist for Exposing Paid 'Volunteers' By Staff, The Uptake Video the McCain campaign doesn't want you to see. Read more »

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