Ever Closer

As we come around to the next few wonderful weeks of this election, of course there are more and more little issues that pop up from different parties or media sources to try and swing certain voters either which way. Some of the top articles this week were about the debate which took place on Tuesday evening of this week in which, yet again, it was felt that there was no clear winner from most angles. However, the Washington Post did declare that Obama did a better job of explaining his plans but not enough to woo any unexpected swing voters to change. One of the main news stories on the Post this week was that Obama had risen in the polls in Ohio and that McCain decided to pull out of Michigan completely, a state that could have easily gone to him not too long ago. Recently, the Post has had many articles featuring Gov. Palin's expereince and the dealings with the scandal that was recently cleared. Mostly, the paper has criticized Palin for her actions and judgements with a few complementary reports here and there. Whereas, everything that has centered around Obama has been built up in a positive light, proving that the Post is a liberal leaning paper by all means. Today's top story on the page is about Palin being cleared of the scandal at hand, however it highlights many of the skeptical angles of the story and is less clear about the actual case itself and the inner workings. Another top story today, which actually ran on the front page, was about race "finally" creeping into the race. The race of the candidates as well as the sex has been a topic of discussion with everyone since the candidates have secured their nominations. However, the candidates themselves do everything possible to avoid the subject. The article in the Post highlights the fact that Obama is, in fact, an African-American as well criticizing the people who aren't McCain spokespeople, but have rallies at which Obama is referred to as Barack Hussein Obama in order to highlight his middle name. However, the article never really says anything about McCain being a victim nor Palin. This is an obvious attempt to make Obama look as though he is the victim in such an arguement and that McCain and company are simply pointing fingers and being childish in their arguments and campaign in general. With only a few more weeks left to go, we can only hope that in the coming weeks that the campaigns don't get any more degrading and annoying than they already are.

Top 5
1. Palin Cleared of Scandal
2. Debate on Tuesday
3. Obama Ohio
4. Race Issues
5. McCain Pulls Out of Michigan