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...while he has lost ground in West Virginia, according to the latest series of TIME/CNN battleground-state polls conducted by Opinion Research Corp. The polls suggest that the McCain campaign's recent attempts to link the Democratic nominee to former domestic terrorist William Ayers and the liberal organizing group ACORN (which the GOP accuses of perpetrating voter fraud) are not resonating with most voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Holds Lead in Key States | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

McCain's failure to move the needle in the four key states likely reflects, in part, the fact that his latest attacks on Obama are not having much impact. Although a majority of voters in Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina had heard of Ayers and ACORN, less than one-third of voters said such issues would affect their votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Holds Lead in Key States | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...guess I can now count on your revenge vote for Barack Obama, Mr. Sixpack? I’ll have to get going then, because ACORN pays me according to number of registrations. I’ll probably put in your name twice; it’s not like anyone reads these things anyway. But remember sir, now that Sarah’s winking at Joe the Plumber, we’re going to show her who is boss on November 4th, right...

Author: By Rajarshi Banerjee | Title: Don’t Forget the Other Joe! | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...America basher who "worked with terrorists." It has also started contacting voters with automated, so-called robo-calls identifying Obama along with former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Nor did it help last week when McCain, complaining about the admittedly boneheaded voter-registration tactics of left-leaning activist groups like ACORN, somewhat petulantly suggested that Democrat-engineered voter fraud could cost him Florida on Nov. 4. Crist later called that notion exaggerated, saying that in the closing days of a campaign "there are some who enjoy chaos." The McCain campaign, says Geyer, "is using Year 2000 political ideas and thinking they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Got McCain Down in Florida | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...Bushness of is announced by •Obama attack ads in TV football game ruin the viewing experience of •Obama is called "Senator Government" by •Palin is described as a "bresh of freth air" by •planetarium projector is astonishingly mentioned again by •potential of ACORN to destroy the very "fabric of democracy" is noted by •potential women voters are repelled by inopportune use of air quote marks by •pride in "the people who come to our rallies" - even, apparently, the loons who shout "Kill him!" in reference to Obama - is declared by •rejection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

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