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As Democratic Landslide Looms, Big Media Try to Peddle More 'Right-Wing Nation' B.S. By Paul Waldman, Media Matters for America When Democrats win we're told that they need to move to the center. What a joke. Read more »   Polls show that Barack Obama continues to expand his lead over John McCain in several conservative states, despite -- or perhaps because of -- the McCain campaign's increasingly vicious attacks against the Democratic candidate. As Time Magazine reports: Obama gained the most ground in North Carolina, where he now leads John McCain among likely voters by 51% to 47%, up four percentage points from earlier this month when a similar poll showed the two tied at 49%. In Nevada, Obama expanded his lead to 51% to 46%, up a percentage point from September. Similarly, in the crucial swing state of Ohio, Obama leads the Arizona senator by a 50% to 46% margin, an increase of one percentage point from his lead earlier this month. In Virginia, a state that increasingly looks to be solidly in Obama's corner, the Illinois senator remains 10 percentage points ahead 54% to 44%. Will McCain's dirty campaign get even worse as he becomes increasingly desperate in the final days before the election?     Campaign Finance Reform Is More Important Than Ever By Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group It's time to restore some common sense to the presidential campaign finance system -- before we don't have any system at all. Read more »   The Battle for a Progressive Congress By Norman Solomon, AlterNet Moving a progressive agenda on Capitol Hill will take more than defeating Republicans. It will also require electing strong progressives. Read more »   Matthews Rips Palin: Somebody Needs to 'Give Her a Copy of the Constitution to Read' By Staff, Think Progress "Where does she get her civics?" Read more »   McCain Tells Imus that Palin is the 'Most Qualified' for VP in Recent History By Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog Dick Cheney, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Joe Biden, Lloyd Bentsen, and George H.W. Bush? No, Sarah Palin is "the most qualified." Read more »   Giuliani's Nasty Robocall for McCain By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Lies and distortion from NYC's former mayor left on answering machines in battleground states. Read more »   Ellen Slams Palin on Gay Marriage By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress "People are going to be who they're going to be and we need to love them for who they are, and let them love who they want to love." Read more »   Palin Tells Dobson That 'Prayer Warriors' Should Ask God to Intervene in U.S. Election for GOP By Blue Texan, Firedoglake Does this mean that Sarah Palin believes that without God's intervention the McCain-Palin ticket will lose? Read more »

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