Enjoy, "My Fiends."

• "Not Numbers."  Todd Hoffman has the Exclusive: The Radio (and TV) Ad That Will Win Ohio.
• Sarah Lane discusses What You Don't Know About OR-Sen Candidate Merkley.  Don't worry, it's all good.  And speaking of Oregon, skywaker9 is riding a Blue Wave Rising: Oregon Election Update.
• Bob Sackamento: Bell Tolls For Thee, Hateful Pig w/Lipstick - This Fri.
• Vetting the "Maverick" in NeciVelez's McNasty in the Rolling Stone.
• QualityCounts questions Intellect and Temperament on the Road to Health Care Reform.
• Obama draws 28,000 to Asheville, NC - My Experience. (fsugrad2005)
• Project Vote & ACORN Complete Historic 1.3 Million Card Voter Registration Drive, and they're not even done counting!  Are you registered?  Check your registration here.
• Mole333 weighs the pros and cons of Biodiesel: A Book Review.
• Bailout perspective via Milo Millipede: 300 Semi-Trucks Full of $100 Bills.

Something for everybody in today's rescue.  Enjoy.

• Robert Harding spots a story hard to hear amidst the noise in Congress Approves Nuclear Deal With India (Pakistan's Neighbor And Rival).
• Veterans for America's National Guard Program heads north to find needs still unmet in Alaska National Guard: Better Understanding Their Sacrifice. (Jason Forrester - Veterans for America)
• First time homeowner, wasder, brings the economy "home" and has A Lot on the Line.  This is what it's all about, people.
• Satyr9us spotlights Walmart's Public Relations Coup.
• Think beyond your 401k says fairleft in Worst Theft in U.S. History, Notes & Quotes.
• Iran resolution shelved, says MainStreet in AIPAC Gets It's Comeuppance.
• Fighting a network of misinformation, Casting A Ballot Proves Daunting For Former Felons. (Project Vote)
• Fight those who fight progress with snolan and Congressional Elections: Virginia.
• Chino Blanco has Updated Yes on 8 Plans and Personnel.
• In a Fun Story from a Young Organizer at the VP Debate, ProgressiveReb welcomes you to "John & Sarah's Diner", where the stale old fare of the Bush Administration is still on the menu.
• This month we lost 159,000 jobs.  Sarah Lane asks When will Americans say enough is enough?
• Bob Sackamento: First Michigan, now Pennsylvania?!
• At WashU, GOP Bullies and Bribes Students for Lofty Goal of "Holding Up Signs." (ashriver)

What else are you reading?

Thanks are due, again, to those diligent members of the community always with an eye out for the extraordinary.  Enjoy.

• College Democrats v. College Republican National Committee in Mike Connery's College Republicans: A $4.7M Direct Mail Scam.
• Atdleft is on the ground in Nevada: Up Close & Personal.
• A powerful rundown of bad behavior in USArmyParatrooper's Addressing McCain on Veteran's Issues.
• Dreorg offers up a very clear explanation of deposit insurance for those asking Is My Money Safe?
• Progressives, Stand FIRM: Remember the Patriot Act and Warrant-less Wire Tapping. (Yalin)
• The ugly details of Republican policy are hitting home in Todd Hoffman's ODP Report: 1,087 Ohio Companies Shut Down or Had Mass Layoffs under George W. Bush.
• Civil Rights Workers Wary in Wisconsin, says MAL Contends, and when it comes to fighting voter suppression, the stakes are high.
• Washingtoncritic uproots conservative ideology in How This Crisis Spells the End for the Reagan Revolution.
• Project Vote has the TIMELINE: Mich. Vote Caging Scheme Exemplifies Mounting Dirty Tricks Operations.
• Republicans just couldn't find time, says Texas Nate in Second Stimulus Package: Dead on Arrival.
• Tom Udall: Why I Voted Against the Bailout.

Late, but no worse for wear.  Enjoy.

• Let Ohio Troops and Vets Vote!  Sign the petition with Jason Forrester and Veterans for America.
• Ken Boyd ... Baghdad Boyd? (Another Prop 8 Diary) from Chino Blanco.
• Chrisblask learns McCain policy is dangerous at a Foreign Policy Discussion with Richard Clarke and Major General Scott Gration (Ret'd).
• A seriously frightening report from Project Vote: Battleground States See Pervasive Systemic Efforts to Block the Vote.)
• KY-01: Whitfield Voted For and Profited From Wall St. De-Regulation.  (RDemocrat)
• BFuentes wants to see some Bail Out Common Sense?
• Amid the explosion of sources, says jamesboyce, in The Best Progressive Media Rises to the Top.
• NJ-04: Josh Zeitz on Chris Smith's Two Decades of Debate Dodging. (Zeitz for Congress)

I'm noticing an Economics 101 theme here.  Congress, read and learn.

• Maryscott O'Connor contrasts The Bail Out Proposals: Sanders v Bush.
• Architek makes quick work of the right-wing financial crisis: Too Big To Fail = Too Big To Exist?
• John McCain, Deregulation and The Economy: The Bottom Line. (campaignmonitor)
• Chrisblask wonders how low expectations can go for the VP Debates - McCain Campaign Pre-emptively Admits Defeat.
• Coonbug, with a foreboding sense of deja vu, asks Shouldn't They Study and Learn -- Before Deciding?
• Vox Populi needs $200 to Change Indiana.
• Asherrem needs help in WI-10: Get This Picture Off My Fridge!
• Follow notedgeways in Becoming an Election Judge/Poll Worker.
• Bobswern crunches Paulson's numbers in If Their Lips Are Moving, They're Lying, and asks Is It Time for Another Tea Party?
• Fairleft explains another agenda in Bailout - Social Security = Happy Rich People.
• Skywaker9 brings us up to date in the Northwest with More Oregon Political News: Dems Surge Ahead and More!
• $700 Billion advice from thereisnospoon in DON'T TAKE THE BAIT: How to Lose an Election in 10 Easy Steps.
• From the candidates: Joe Garcia heads upward with Downward, and Jim Esch has had Enough.

Enjoy.

• Edna Howard has information you need in The Motherlode of All Voter Registration Diaries.
• 421 House Races Filled for 2008 - Election Day Here We Come. (Benawu)
• Atdleft continues a diary series On Winning the West: Part 2.
• Imagine if we had taken the Republican Party's advice, says Manic Lawyer in Still Wanna "WallStreetize" Social Security?
• The Opportunity Agenda is Announcing "New Progressive Voices," a collection of essays on a long term vision.
• OR-Sen: It's a Dead Heat, Why You Should Get Involved! (Sarah Lane)
• In dealing with economic crisis, says souvarine, Thank God for Barney Frank.
• Chicago225 asks Where is the CEO Accountability in the Bailout Packages?
• Veterans Advocates Skeptical Of New V.A. Registration Policies. (Project Vote)

Made possible (again) by those diligent readers who make sure nothing flies under my radar.  Thanks.

• An important one many of us missed: Jorge Ramos Pins Down McCain on Univision. (NeciVelez)
• Markg8 spots a possible sea change in IL-13: Big News From Scott Harper.
• Projecting the 111th Congress with LeftistAddiction and Senate Rankings: Democrats Have Their 9th Target.
• Joe Garcia is focusing on contrasts in "Bush is Right."
• V.A. Caves To Pressure To Allow Voter Registration Drives On-Site. (Project Vote)
• Shaun Appleby presents the biggest fraud perpetrated on the American public: The McCain Economy.
• Useful messaging from an unexpected source in ryeland's Pat Buchanan Sounds Alarm: Neocons Are Abducting Palin.
• A running theme this week: zenful6219 and canadian gal both ask a very simple question (and receive many complicated answers): Why Do People Vote for Republicans?
• Deaniac83 is Exposing the Bullshit of iProtectmarriage.com.
• First time diarist Bettina Duval holds a match to California's Proposition 4 in Parental Notification, From Juno to Juneau.
• Between Bail Outs and Wall Street Woes, Congress Considers a Second Stimulus. (Marc Abanto)
• Ink up your letter to the editor pen with a siegel and Vote Grand Oil Party! Multi-Layered Deception Coming to a Street Corner Near You.
• And finally, a timely reminder from andrewalker08: Absentee Voting Made Easy - Go Vote Absentee.org.

What else are you reading?

If this week's diaries are any indicator, the GOP voter suppression campaign is new and improved, fully geared up, and something to keep a close eye on.  Two of the most infuriating tales are included.  Enjoy?

• Zeitz for Congress drops a NJ-04 BOMBSHELL: Smith's Segregationism & Homophobia EXPOSED.
• Mydailydrunk says it simply: McCain = Energy, Not!
• WI Elect Board Hits WI DOJ/GOP Voter Suppression. (MAL Contends)
• California Nurses Shum spotlights Andrea Miller, VA-04: Healthcare Hero.
• In New and Improved, Forgiven asks: "Just how gullible are we?"
• Ragekage wants to see a fight for the working middle class in Ending the Goode Life in VA-05- An Interview with Tom Periello.
• BruinKid takes A Look at the 2008 Senate Races, September Edition.
• Mich. GOP Targets Foreclosure Victims for Election Day Dirty Tricks, says Project Vote, and Steve M asks How Is This Not the Story of the Year?