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To: JBTFD who wrote (134778)	9/6/2008 1:52:41 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Another crooked dem.... The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee 'flubbed' his taxes Ed Lasky The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, New York Congressman Charles Rangel has earned rental income from properties he owns in a luxury resort development in the Dominican Republic, and has failed for twenty years to report any of this income on his federal tax returns. Ironically, the House Ways and Means Committee is in charge of writing the federal tax code. He has sat on the Committee since 1975. The Chairman has also improperly taken advantage of rent-controlled apartments in New York City and has used them to house his campaign staff. These apartments in the Dominican Republic rent for $1100 or more per night during the high season. The New York Times reports: A lawyer for Mr. Rangel, Lanny Davis, said on Thursday that the congressman would most likely file amendments to his tax returns for the years in question. Mr. Davis said Mr. Rangel's accountant believed he would most likely owe back taxes to the state and New York City. americanthinker.com

To: JBTFD who wrote (134778)	9/6/2008 2:28:03 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 173976

Rasmussen: Women shifting to McCain posted at 10:10 am on September 6, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend \| printer-friendly Rasmussen's daily tracking poll shows little overall movement in the topline numbers today, with two-thirds of responses coming after Sarah Palin's blockbuster speech at the Republican convention. McCain trails now by one, and still by three when leaners are included. However, Rasmussen detects a movement in a key demographic that could spell disaster for Barack Obama: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama attracting 46% of the vote while McCain earns 45%. When "leaners" are included, it's Obama 49%, McCain 46%. … As McCain has begun to chip away as Obama's convention bounce, most of his gains have come among women voters. Obama still leads 51% to 44% among women, but that seven-point edge is just half the fourteen point lead he enjoyed last Tuesday. McCain leads by three among men, little changed in recent days. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Obama voters now say they are voting with enthusiasm for their candidate while 17% are primarily voting against the other candidate. For McCain, those numbers are 65% and 28% respectively. Before the Republican convention, just 54% of McCain voters were voting enthusiastically for him rather than simply voting against Obama. Two key shifts here are enthusiasm and women. The Democratic convention did not produce a significant enthusiasm bounce for Obama, but one appears to have developed for McCain, who needs it more. Women have apparently responded positively to the selection of Sarah Palin to the ticket, and McCain has halved the gender gap with a third of the respondents still having not heard her speech Wednesday. The overall numbers for Obama's bounce didn't develop until Tuesday of this week, four days after the end of the convention. Rasmussen warns against reading too much into the topline numbers until Tuesday or Wednesday. The hesitancy in the numbers could also be the result of the deluge of smears and innuendo that hit Palin earlier in the week, and which only got debunked at the end of the convention or later. McCain's foundational numbers have begun to sharply improve since the Palin selection, and especially since her speech. He appears ready to get a significant bounce coming out of the convention, but we'll have to wait a little longer to see if it arrives. hotair.com

To: JBTFD who wrote (134778)	9/6/2008 2:43:17 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	2 Recommendations Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 173976

virtually every poll says that Hillary voters are not supporting Palin, which means they are not supporting McCain. He might get more voters from the republican base with Palin, but not the swing voters, they are put off by Palin. When you listen to her speech without the visuals it was pretty bad and amateurish. Some interesting numbers in this article. The updated plan puts Ohio and its neighbors back at the top of the list. And for good reason. Lots of new voters registered for the state's March primary, and Democrats now enjoy a 900,000-person advantage on state voter rolls. Pennsylvania favors Obama by a million registered Democrats. Michigan doesn't register by political party. Yet Democrats who supported Hillary Rodham Clinton during the primaries haven't completely swung over to Obama, according to his campaign's internal polling. Aides are optimistic they will get there before November, aided by events such as Obama's discussion Wednesday about women and the economy in eastern Ohio. Even Friday, Obama borrowed pieces of Clinton's stump speech during a stop at a glass factory near Scranton, employing the same rhetoric that helped Clinton win in Pennsylvania. "I have to say to you: I'm not perfect, but the one thing people can't deny is that for my entire public life, I've been fighting for folks like you, ordinary, middle-class families and working families, helping them getting ahead," Obama said. ap.google.com