2,600 ‘grave dwellers’ cast ballots

New York — The new statewide database of registered voters contains as many as 77,000 dead people on its rolls, and as many as 2,600 of them have cast votes from the grave, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal computer-assisted analysis.
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Soldiers say Iraq pullout would be devastating

For the U.S. troops fighting in Iraq, the war is alternately violent and hopeful, sometimes very hot and sometimes very cold. It is dusty and muddy, calm and chaotic, deafeningly loud and eerily quiet. Leaving Iraq now would have devastating consequences, soldiers said.
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The Dems’ preemptive delegitimization plan

Michael Graham nails the Democrats’ strategy of undermining the election results before they’re tallied: “Either we win, or you cheated!”
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Video: The most shameless political ad you’ll ever see

This it isn’t the truth. Talent supports Stem Cell research. Not Embryonic Stem Cell Research (that has been proven ineffective). They leave that part out.
I wish Repubs would counter with an exact add of like people saying, “In a few years they would be going to high school, getting married, having grand kids, doing this [...]

Video: Close race for Foley’s seat

Nov. 4: Democrats thought winning disgraced Florida congressman Mark Foley
’s seat would be easy. Now the race is neck and neck. NBC’s Mark Potter reports. (Nightly News)
“Punch Foley for Joe!”
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Will Saddam verdict affect Tuesday’s vote?

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Nov. 5 – President Bush and politicians from both parties hailed the conviction of Saddam Hussein on Sunday but disagreed on its larger meaning as campaign strategists tried to gauge the political impact just 48 hours before hard-fought midterm elections.
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Exiting Lawmaker Won’t Endorse Successor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison is poised to make history by becoming the first Muslim in Congress. He will have to do so without the support of the longtime Democrat he hopes to replace in the Minneapolis-area district.
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Senator Obama Linked to Accused Fundraiser

“Antoin “Tony” Rezko, pleaded not guilty to charges that he plotted to squeeze millions of dollars in kickbacks out of investment firms seeking state business.” …
More Corrupt Democrat Land Deals!
“Obama acknowledged Saturday that he “misgauged” the implications suggested by his purchase of the additional land.”
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Parties Crank Up Voter Turnout Efforts

Amid the Last-Minute Blitz, Some Polls Hold Positive Signs for Republicans
Republicans seized on signs of movement in their direction yesterday as they unleashed a massive election-eve voter mobilization operation in an effort to stave off potentially substantial losses in the House and preserve at least a slender majority in the Senate.
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Republican Upswing in the Polls

Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the Democrat leading his party
’s effort to win control of the House, said, “It’s inevitable that there would be some tightening in the end. … This is making me nervous.”
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Saddam death sentence sparks dancing on streets of Baghdad

Thousands of Iraqis sang, danced and unleashed celebratory bursts of gunfire yesterday as Saddam Hussein finally faced the consequences of his tyrannical rule in a Baghdad courtroom.
Saddam Hussein is restrained as he gesticulates angrily during yesterday’s court appearance. On being sentenced to death he shouted at the judge: ‘You are a traitor. Long live Iraq’
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Republicans Cut Democratic Lead in Campaign’s Final Days

A nationwide Pew Research Center survey finds voting intentions shifting in the direction of Republican congressional candidates in the final days of the 2006 midterm campaign. The new survey finds a growing percentage of likely voters saying they will vote for GOP candidates. However, the Democrats still hold a 48% to 40% lead among registered [...]