McCain

mccain said in an interview that he may not support a Palin 2012 bid, even though during his campaign he said she was the next-best candidate for president.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/14/mccain.senate/index.html

...unsurprising that he feels that way.  surprising that he said so.

mccain now has to go back to being in the senate without a leadership position

will he be a centrist unifier who works with obama or will he fade bitterly into the background?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/18/mccain.future/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/17/transition.wrap/index.html

obama and mccain talked today about how they could cooperate to do the best for america

obama has talked to a lot of his rivals in his search for cabinet members

Two weeks to election day--time to start placing bets.  How many electoral votes will each candidate get?  As an incentive, I'll give BabelPoints to anyone who gets it exactly right.  The number of BabelPoints given will be equivalent to the percent of the popular vote that the winner receives.  This is a chance for those of you who've been eyeing those top 5 spots to jump ahead!

McCain has done "robo-calls" recently - automated calls with (misleading) information about Obama's connection to Ayers.

McCain is, understandably, getting worried.  His attacks on Obama are largely backfiring because they tend to only resonate with voters who have already decided in favor of McCain.  And his economic plan irritates small-government conservatives.  In BabelUp's

A bipartisan legislative council found yesterday that Sarah Palin violated an ethics statute of Alaskan law.  Palin denies it, of course.  But the council has no actual authority and in fact recommends there be no criminal charges,

What did everyone think?  Frankly I thought Biden did a great job of promoting his ticket and not criticizing Palin.  Palin didn't screw up like she did with Couric but she hardly answered any of the questions and was never specific.  Instead she tried to relate to the audience but my reaction was "we've heard it before, tell me something new."

This is the first major concession of a battleground state, brought about because Michigan is very hard-hit by the economic crisis.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/mccain

This is unsurprising, really; McCain is falling in the polls, and he wants to focus his money elsewhere.

Today, Paulson's bailout plan was shot down in the House.  The stock market immediately plummeted, losing over $1.2 trillion - including the largest ever drop in the Dow.