Barack Obama aired his half-hour "Obama Infomercial" as the candidate called it on last night's Daily Show. (Time called it a "mini-convention six days before the election.") The production leaned heavily on tug-at-the-heartstrings profiles of "real Americans" and some very specific policy proposals. In case you missed it:
- Florida gets much love as the candidates crisscross the state.
- Millions vote early, immediately smash televisions.
- The worst part is that I had a ticket for game 6.
- There you go again, Sarah Palin.
- Can someone explain how the U.S. faces deflation after the Fed has created all this money?
- Trouble ahead for Facebook?
- 15 technologies that are about to change everything.
- God help us all: The Beatles go digital with their own edition of Rock Band.
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2008.