Today's Links (10/12) -- The Republicans-Are-Scared-To-Death Edition

[Italicized comments are my own and not from the referenced article.]

Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12strategy.html

"Head for the lifeboats! Women and children first!"

Exclusive: McCain to unveil new economic plans
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14493.html

Hey, idiot -- you can't decrease every damn tax in the country at once. DESPERATION has led you to try everything you can think of to pander to the voters.

Undecided voters?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-klein12-2008oct12,0,6236237.story?track=ntothtml

There simply aren't many undecideds left ... and among those that are, many are breaking towards Obama.

McCain makes risky play for Pennsylvania
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14495.html

Desperate times are indeed calling for desperate measures ... :-)

Put Country First
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101521.html

Obama was perfectly content to make this campaign about the issues, but McCain and Palin felt the need to start slinging mud and making this about less important things (or things that aren't important at all).

Obama calls Ayers charges 'smears'
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14491.html

Of course they are. Duh. The people who believe they're true, however, probably weren't ever going to vote for you in the first place, unfortunately.

Obama Battles Block by Block to Get Voters to Polls
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12ground.html

Sounds like the Obama campaign has put a lot of thought and work into this -- thank goodness.

Obama rides a wave of bad economic news
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-wave12-2008oct12,0,3512211.story

I honestly believe that Obama would win this election even if the economy were good, but McCain's pathetic economic "plans" are even driving many Republican voters towards the Obama column.

Issue of Race Creeps Into Campaign
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101102216.html

This is the 21st Century ... right?!

Keating Connection: The Sequel
http://washingtonindependent.com/11806/cindy

Good grief. Shouldn't they know better?

Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, was a fixture at governor's office
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-todd12-2008oct12,0,1274033.story

C'mon, GOPers -- where's the outrage? You used to pitch regular fits over the notion of Hillary Clinton being involved in her husband's Little Rock and Washington administrations. Are you hypocrites, or does this bother you, too?!

Palin's Record On Church-State Separation
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/11/politics/main4515419.shtml

Hey, Sarah -- you should shouldn't be using taxpayer money to promote religious stuff. Just don't.