RWNJ Conservative Views from Cincinnati

With the polls narrowing and momentum appearing to shift towards McCain, now is not the time to start having fundraising problems for Obama.  According to the Associated Press, Obama only raised $36 million in the first two weeks of October.  That’s drastically slower than the $150 he raised in September.  In that same two week October period, he spent $105 million, double the spending pace he had in September.

According to The Patriot Room, McCain is only trailing Obama by about $10 million in funds.  That could tighten up the advertising exposure, a key for changing the minds of undecided voters this late in the race.

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Many have questioned Obama’s “spread the wealth” answer to Joe the plumber’s question.  He has been getting hammered by the McCain campaign and even appears to be losing some ground in the polls.  Obama’s tax plan is being evaluated as bad for business since two-thirds of businesses would face a tax increase on their profits.  Still, Obama continues to stand by his comments that spreading the wealth is a good strategy.  This video seems a bit edited, if someone has a link to a more complete one, please post it in the comments and I’ll update this post.

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A 20-year-old woman was robbed outside an ATM last night in Pittsburgh.  The woman, a McCain volunteer from Texas, says she had just withdrawn money from an ATM.  The robber, reported as a dark-skinned black male, 6′ 4″ and 200 pounds, approached the woman with a knife and took $60 from her.

She retreated to her car, which has McCain stickers on it and the man became agitated.  He punched her in the back of the head, kicked her, pushed her to the ground, and carved the letter ’B’ into her face.  Unfortunately, the attack happened outside of the view of the ATM camera.

Sources available here and here.

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Pittsburgh Live reports that Murtha is in a statistical tie with opponent Bill Russell.  Russell trails by 4 points, within the poll’s margin of error of 4.9 points.

It appears that many in Pennsylvania were put off by Murtha’s reference to his constituents being racist.  Later he clarified his statement and called them rednecks.  He put his foot in his mouth before saying that Marines were killing Iraqi civilians in cold blood (apparently a big reason Russell chose to run against him).

54% of those polled said that they are ready for a change and 35% said Murtha deserved to be re-elected.  Murtha won by 20 points in 2006.  This election looks to be quite a change with a serious challenge in Russell (a veteran himself).

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58-year-old Janine Boneparth, an anti-war protester in San Francisco pulled out handcuffs and attempted to arrest Karl Rove for treason at a debate today.  Her name may sound familiar as she’s been involved in the anti-war movement for some time (this topless protest in DC is an example).

She apparently walked onto stage and complained there was no woman on the panel.  Then she pulled out the handcuffs and was quickly pulled off the stage.  Five Code Pink protesters were removed from the hall during the appearance, but apparently none will be charged.

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