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WASHINGTON — 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. The disclosure came as Republican John McCain, in need of a comeback, focused on pocketbook issues amid fresh signs of a recession. ‘‘Ohio is hurting now, people in Ohio are having trouble staying in their homes, keeping their jobs,’’ he said as he set out on a two-day bus tour of the state.

Borders!!! Language!!! Culture!!!

Dear Mr. President, Please defend our borders! Ask Congress to make English the solitary official language, and then sign the bill! Help us to maintain the distinctive American culture! Legal immigration: yes! Say "No!" to open borders, illegal aliens, globalism and the America-Mexico-Canada-NannyState!

For the past few days, the die-hard internet conspiracy theorists, desperate to cling to some thread of reasoning that will reassure them that Kerry actually won - that Bush stole the 2004 election - have been touting a “study” released by some sociology students at the University of California at Berkeley. The paper, titled The Effect of Electronic Voting Machines on Change in Support for Bush in the 2004 Florida Election, suggests that Bush received a surprisingly large number of votes in three heavily-Democratic counties in Southeast Florida that used electronic voting machines in this election. The implication is that...