It seems every four years, the New York Times pays a lot of attention to our strange state and its strange makeup — septuagenarian Jews and Cuban exiles, Nascar dads and Hillary moms. Check out their new video dissecting the state's chances of (surprisingly) going for Obama this time around.
Raising the Barr? Politico talks about the chances dark horse Libertarian candiadate Bob Barr might shake the election up in unforseen ways. -Seems he's getting some love in our presidential poll.
White support for Obama at an historic high? Recent polls from Gallup and Pew Research say so.
Best campaign video of the year? Waaassssuuuuuppp! Eight years later:
Finally, happy birthday to the Smurfs, who turned 50 last week.
Oh, and if you want to be scarred for life, do a Google image search for "old smurf" without filters. Yikes.
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2008.