The Morning Report
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In the Headlines
"In Ohio, McCain is Everywhere Even If Joe the Plumber Isn't" (Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times) - In case anyone was wondering if Ohio was a combat zone for Senator John McCain's presidential campaign, consider that five days before the election the candidate took a 220-mile, six-stop, 12-hour bus tour across the northern breadth of the state. Along the way, he deployed his unofficial running mate, a disappearing and reappearing Joe the Plumber, to try to drive his points home.
"In Final Stretch, McCain to Pour Money into TV Ads" (Matthew Mosk, Washington Post) - Sen. John McCain and the Republican National Committee will unleash a barrage of spending on television advertising that will allow him to keep pace with Sen. Barack Obama's ad blitz during the campaign's final days, but the expenditures will impact McCain's get-out-the-vote efforts, according to Republican strategists.
"Poll: Dead heat in 2 key swing states" (Alexander Burns, The Politico) - Barack Obama and John McCain are evenly matched in the swing states of North Carolina and Missouri, though Obama is strongly outpacing McCain in two of those states' crucial battleground counties, according to new Politico/InsiderAdvantage polls.
"Obama approaches lawmaker about White House Post" (Mike Glover, AP) - Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt.
On the Morning Shows
Good Morning America - John McCain from Ohio: “No one has been elected since Jack Kennedy without carrying Ohio. I've been in a lot of campaigns and the enthusiasm level is very high. I'm enthusiastic. Senator Biden says Obama would invite a crisis. I've been tested. Senator Obama's policies have been to the far left in the United States Senate. He wants to raise taxes.”
CBS Early Show - Mike Huckabee: “Joe the Plumber hit the reset button on this entire election. ‘Spread the wealth' people see that as ‘spread my paycheck'. Voters are just to frustrated with the economy, they see politicians say one thing and do another, that's why the Republican Party got into trouble.”
(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Report.)
