Campaign Momentum Shifts To Obama As McCain Falters in Polls

Under fire for his assertion that the American economy is fundamentally sound, John McCain moved Tuesday to assure voters of his empathy and accused Barack Obama of attempting to take political advantage of the roiling Wall Street crisis.

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Humor: Push Polls for bigots - How to convince racists to vote Barack

It's time to target the bigots, people. Since the GOP is using push-polls to scare Jews away from Obama, we've designed our own push-poll to convince the country's bigots that Obama isn't so bad (for a black). Call up your racist friend and read him the following questions:

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Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell speaks out on "White Privilege"

"White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay."
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Obama supporters say get tougher, more passionate (AP)

Worried Democrats want Barack Obama to get tougher, show more passion. Why is he so calm, supporters ask, so close to an election that looks so tight.

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Who the hell IS the middle class, anyway?

Roland S. Martin, CNN commentator: "If you listen to the candidates and their campaigns, those in the middle class could make upward of $200,000 a year, while some suggest middle class means earning as little as $20,000. ... Please, can we just stop with lofty talk and plain-spoken and simplistic solutions and be as specific as possible?"

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Ryan O' Neal, son, arrested in drug sweep at home (AP)

Authorities say they have arrested actor Ryan O'Neal and his son on suspicion of having drugs in their Malibu home.

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Motown legend Whitfield dies at 67

Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67.

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