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Countdown Tuesday: T-Minus Two Weeks

Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Running Weight:  Maybe -- just maybe -- McCain campaign manager Rick Davis was right when he said, seven weeks ago, that "This election is not about the issues"...  Maybe this election will be decided more on the candidates' personalities after all. But in our fifth story on the Countdown:  Poor Mr. Davis could have had no idea that the personality polling says tonight voters are embracing in still-growing numbers is Barack Obama... And the personality they are rejecting... is Sarah Palin.

Diminishing Returns:  David Byrne's geography in "Life During Wartime" is a little out of sync but the message is the same. Heard about Houston? Heard about Dee-troit? Heard about Pittsburgh P-A? Swap in Denver, Des Moines, and Albuquerque and you'll understand the McCain campaign's internal anxiety. One top strategist, and a second campaign source reportedly saying their hopes in Colorado, Iowa and New Mexico are quote... "Gone." Our fourth story on the Countdown: This ain't no Mudd club, or C-B-G-B... I ain't got time for that now.

ODDBALL: The Beer Party and an old lady won't give a ball back.

McCain's Acorns:  It was less than one week ago that Senator John McCain, on national television, warned the nation about a grave threat to democracy... maybe even, quote, "destroying the fabric of democracy." So, in our third story tonight... why have McCain and Sarah Palin... stopped sounding the trumpet on this grave threat in the last few days? No - he didn't just forget.

Worsties...see below.


WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Dana Perino, Sean Hannity and Rupert Murdoch

Special Comment...see post.

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