Daytona Beach News-Journal Online: Elections "officials admit that delays caused by [a years-old problem in Diebold memory] cards may have deterred voters, that the problem adds to the cost of elections and that faulty cards caused egregious errors in some elections."

libretto: "Mackris v. O’Reilly Libretto"

UPDATE 1-Wall Street's fear gauge drops to near historic low | Reuters.com"Wall Street's fear gauge, is closing in on a low not seen in more than a decade"
Blue Horseshoe likes Democrats.

The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State: "As in many economic categories, Ohio is racing to the bottom."

MiamiHerald.com | 11/14/2006 | Sarasota vote recount begins with a lawsuit: "The computer expert" hired by the State of Florida to analyze the glitches in the 13th District congressional race "told the Tallahassee Democrat on Dec. 3, 2000, while wearing a ''Bush Won'' sign on the steps of the Florida Supreme Court: ''I'll never be a passive political participant again.''"

Democracy Now! | Out of Iraq or More Troops? A Debate on Withdrawal with Fmr. Senator George McGovern, Congressman Dennis Kucinich and AEI's Joshua Muravchik: Kucinich: "there's one solution here, and it's not to engage in a debate with the President, who has taken us down a path of disaster in Iraq, but it's for Congress to assume the full power that it has under the Constitution to cut off funds. We don't need to keep indulging in this debate about what to do, because as long as we keep temporizing, the situation gets worse in Iraq."

- toledoblade.com - Toledo Blade compares Tom Noe to murder suspect.

First Coast News - Florida State News - Abramoff to Report to Prison Wednesday

'Arrows for the War'

- toledoblade.com - Noe guilty of 29 felony counts

AlterNet: The Terrorists Who Aren't in the News

Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Chapter 16 Robert M. Gates

WorkingForChange-This Modern World: The truth revealed

Vote scan begins; final tally days away: "Last week, Blackwell decided to end the practice of letting parties finalize their observer list the day before the election. He said the lists had to be final 11 days before the election. [In an 11 a.m. Monday ruling, Common Pleas Judge Timothy McMonagle ordered Blackwell to allow the party to change polling place observers through 4 p.m. Monday.] Blackwell did not send out a directive until 4 p.m., leading McMonagle to extend his order until 6 p.m. Monday."

Another Outing? Sinclair TV's Bush Propagandist Mark Hyman Suddenly Quits - Wonkette

Cheney Going Hunting on Election Day - washingtonpost.com

Think Progress » 109 Reasons To Dump The 109th Congress

The Baker Report, Leaked!

- toledoblade.com -: "a reminder that Ms. Montgomery’s ties to a flashy GOP businessman, big contributor, and fund-raiser — and eventual convicted felon — did not start with Tom Noe"

Biotech Rice Saga Yields Bushel of Questions for Feds - washingtonpost.com: "Federal officials are still investigating how the experimental 'LLRICE601' escaped from Bayer's test plots after the company dropped the project in 2001. When they announced 10 weeks ago that the unapproved variety had become widespread in the nation's long-grain-rice supply, countries around the world blocked imports from the United States, rice futures plummeted and hundreds of farmers sued Bayer."