Posted October 31, 2008 6:00 AM
Happy Halloween
Good morning.
Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, October 31, Halloween.
It's the final weekend of the race for the White House. Republican John McCain is making four stops in the battleground state of Ohio, in Hanoverton, Steubenville, New Philadelphia and Columbus, while Democrat Barack Obama is campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa and later in Highland, Ind.
Back in Washington, President Masoud Barzani of Kurdistan is speaking on the Kurdistan region and the future of Iraq.
Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaka is giving his outlook on the future of U.S.-Japanese relations.
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The story (one of many) The Swamp won't cover today:
Left wing (55 to 1 for Obama) Slate online magazine suggests that Obama is
once gain lying, this time about his inability to identify his small donors:
"Barack Obama refuses to release the names of the 2 million-plus people who have given his campaign less than $200. According to campaign officials, it would be too difficult and time-consuming to extract this information from its database.
So how come we were able to do it in a couple hours? Not literally—we don't have access to the campaign's list of donors—but we created a database of similar size and format in a Web-ready file and posted it online . . . But before we get into the technical details (though, if you're with the Obama campaign and want to skip ahead, please do), it's worth dwelling on the reasons for the Obama campaign's reluctance to disclose this information. It can't be legal: No law prevents Obama from releasing these names."
Uncharitable people might think the Obama campaign is hiding something.
Posted by: Disgusted | October 31, 2008 1:43 PM