By: Suzanne Rosenberg In today's news from newspaper campaign blogs: McClellan comes out for change, and another local Republican activist resigns over racial insensitivity. Blog links are at bottom.
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Resigning over "racial insensitivity"On Politics
USA Today
By Mark Memmott
We've seen resignations in Virginia and elsewhere over racially "insensitive" remarks made in this presidential campaign. The latest is the president of the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated, club in San Bernardino California. According to Mark Memmott of the Swamp, Diane Fedele sent a letter of resignation to members of her conservative organization Wednesday apologizing and not wishing to be responsible for further negative publicity for the club. Fedele included a satiric political cartoon in the club newsletter that showed caricatures of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama next to pictures of fried chicken, ribs, watermelon and Kool-Aid.
Palin's MakeupThe Caucus
The New York Times
It turns out the highest paid staffer for McCain-Palin is the latter's makeup artist...to the tune of over $11,000 a week! That's some costly upkeep, even for a middle-aged woman!
Still another Obama RepublicanThe Swamp
Chicago Tribune
By Mark Silva
Scott McClellan, who once imagined that he would wile away his old age in a rocking chair on a porch in Texas with George Bush and who left his White House position as press secretary feeling betrayed over facts he was given on the war in Iraq, gave the premiere of D.L. Hughley the News a juicy tidbit. According to Mark Silva of The Swamp, McClellan "spills his Obama beans." on the debut of Hughley's CNN show, which is to air on Saturday at 10 pm. McLellan is voting for Obama, as he explains, because he is the most likely candidate to change the way Washington works.
GOP abandons effortsThe Washington Wire
The Wall Street Journal
By Amy Merrick
In several states, Republicans have attempted to scrutinize the voter registration rolls and to cast doubt on record success among the Democratic party in registering new voters. The GOP has criticized the effectiveness of The Help America Vote Act of 2002, which is intended to make registration and voting easier and more secure and to assist the match between voter registrations to computerized state and federal records. They raised concerns about "false positives" or discrepancies in those matches. On Friday, The US Supreme Court stayed a temporary restraining order sought by the GOP which would have required extra scrutiny through election board investigations of the mismatches. This has led the way for Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to tell county boards of elections on Wednesday that officials cannot reject absentee ballots and others because of a mismatch and they can't be used to challenge voters at the polls on Nov. 4. As a result, Merrick of The Washington Wire reports that the GOP has virtually abandoned its voter registration challenges in Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida. This is seen as a defeat for a major GOP election tactic in each of these states, which had been considered toss-up or ?battleground? states.
Chief cop looking to land a top spot with Obama?The Top of the Ticket
Los Angeles Times
By Joel Rubin
L.A. Police Chief William J. Bratton recorded a robo-call campaign message on behalf of the Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama. Bratton, who was originally a strong supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, is one of the country's leading law enforcement figures and his support of Obama is likely to fuel rumors that Bratton might be looking to land a top spot at the FBI or Homeland Security in a Democratic administration, although he has dismissed the idea, saying he will remain head of LAPD until his term ends in 2012.
If the world could vote ?The Caucus
The New York TImes
By Kate Phillips
Kate Phillips of the Caucus reports that according to the Gallup poll and the interactive chart that Foreign Policy magazine has published, results of 69 countries polled from May until September, if the world could vote on the U.S. elections, Obama would win in Europe, Canada and in large portions of Africa. Among the top 10 pro-Obama countries are, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Norway and Belgium. Among the top 10 pro-McCain countries are: Georgia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Lithuania, Pakistan, Latvia and El Salvador. Countries which believe that the U.S. election will make a difference include, South Korea, the UK, France, Ireland and Denmark and countries which believe that the elections are unlikely to make a difference are, Palestine, Estonia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Lebanon and Pakistan.
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