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...TIME/CNN poll: OBAMA 53, MCCAIN...
...inherent goodness of Vladimir Putin--and after former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan confessed the irrelevance of truth to his p.r. strategy--his television appearances are now widely ignored, and his approval ratings have touched an all-time low of 23%, according to a new TIME poll. His Treasury Secretary, former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson Jr., wasn't a much more compelling pitchman for near absolute power to help his former Wall Street colleagues; his public warnings that disaster was imminent but that the evidence had to remain secret were reminiscent of antiterrorism officials who raised the threat level...
...candidates have traded leads in the Rocky Mountain state. In late August, McCain held a 49% to 44% advantage in the state, but in the latest TIME/CNN/Opinion Research poll, Obama is ahead, 51% to 47%. Both men need Colorado in their columns on Nov. 4. By carrying the state's nine electoral votes, Obama could build a winning combination of states that doesn't rely on, say, Ohio, while McCain needs to hold on to Colorado to offset what was almost unimaginable a few weeks ago: potential losses in Virginia, Missouri and Florida...
...middle of an economic crisis, such attacks may not pack their normal punch. In the TIME/CNN/Opinion Research poll, Obama led among independents, 55% to 42%, and had improved on John Kerry's 2004 showing among such key voting blocs as white men, white women and voters over 65. As for the voters of Arapahoe, the number that the Obama campaign might want to seal in amber is 21. That's the advantage Obama currently holds over McCain (59% to 38%) among voters making less than $50,000 a year. In 2004 lower-wage voters in Colorado split their votes evenly...
...light.On a miserable afternoon last Saturday, torrential downpours throughout the Northeast seemed to wash away the old guard of the Ancient Eight and create an opening for a new order.Harvard and Yale–the two Ivy giants that tied for first in the preseason Ivy League media poll and seemed poise to cruise through conference play en route to another battle of the titans at The Game in Week 10–were toppled by a pair of league upstarts that refused to be overlooked.The Crimson met its demise at the hands of Brown in Providence by a score...