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Attention Voters: Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure You Get to Vote By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Voters should verify their voter registrations are current and then vote early to avoid Election Day delays at polling places. Read more »   John McCain's path to the White House narrowed considerably today, with reports that the campaign was downgrading efforts in Colorado, Iowa and New Mexico. All three states were won by Bush in 2004. As the Guardian reports: With McCain's limited resources against the fundraising juggernaut of the Obama campaign, the Republican has had to make tough decisions on which battlefields to defend. Obama's lead in Colorado is a more modest 5 points, according to the RealClearPolitics poll average. But he has a huge advantage over the Republican in organization, with 51 field offices in Colorado, compared with a dozen for McCain. Obama's superior field organizing gives him an edge in several other battleground states. It remains to be seen how the McCain campaign will try to combat Obama's clear advantage when it comes to the ground game.     Your Salary in 2016 -- The Big Difference Between a McCain or Obama Administration By Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly Middle-class families will earn about $13,000 more in eight years if Obama wins and $5,000 if McCain wins. Read more »   Conservatives' Dangerous Plan for Health Care By Roger Hickey, Campaign for America's Future Instead of working to guarantee health care for everyone, conservatives are pushing for a policy that will deprive people of coverage. Read more »   Women Could Reach 'Critical Mass' in Congress By Allison Stevens, Women's eNews Women could pick up as many as 13 seats on Election Day. Read more »   Palin's War on Wildlife Takes to the Sea By AKMuckraker, Huffington Post It's not just the demise polar bears and wolves that Palin is gunning for if it means profits for oil and gas. Read more »   Californians Have a Chance to Make the Lives of the Animals They Use a Little More Humane By Shaun Monson, AlterNet The director of Earthlings, a powerful documentary on how human beings depend on other animals, discusses the potential of Prop 2. Read more »   What Would You Ask John McCain? By Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films Enter the contest for a chance to win a free REAL McCain shirt. Read more »   BIG MISTAKE: McCain Says Western Pennsylvania Is Racist By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Oh, man, what a gaffe. This will certainly go down as one of the more awkward moments of this campaign cycle. Read more »   Biden on Ellen: Prop 8 Unfair, Would Vote Against It, Discusses Obama, Economy By Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake While visiting Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Biden called California's same sex marriage ban Proposition 8 "regressive" and "unfair." Read more »   Jon Stewart Clarifies Palin Remarks, Expands To 'F%ck All Y'All' By Jason Linkins, Huffington Post Apparently the 'f%ck you' just wasn't enough. Read more »

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