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Elsewhere: Voting Problems, Robo-Calls, Last-Minute Endorsements


John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona.
 says his critics Senator Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (born December 7, 1937) is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi. He is a Republican. Early life
He was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi to William Holmes Cochran and Emma Grace (nee Berry),[1]
 and former Senator Rick Santorum “Santorum” redirects here. For other uses, see Santorum (disambiguation).
Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 “are not the most respected members of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  Senate.”

Barack Obama wins 75 of 100 votes from expatriate Americans living in Indonesia.

"It was close, but in the end I went for Obama," said Barack Obama after voting in Chicago.

Jim Tedisco gets two pro-Hillary Clinton robo-calls.

The Westchester Election Commissioner says of today, “It is not smooth sailing.”

The Gowanus Lounge has a reader report of voting problems in Park Slope.

James Dobson James Clayton "Jim" Dobson, Ph.D. (born April 21, 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is the chairman of the board of Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1977.  criticizes McCain, again.

Voting machine problems in New Jersey delayed Jon Corzine’s vote.

And one machine in Hoboken wasn’t recording votes.

50 Cent endorses Clinton.

Obama’s grandmother, in Kenya, waits for returns.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says of his wife’s party affiliation, “That’s her sickness."

Jonathan Alter's unscientific unscientific Unproven, see there  door-to-door survey finds people in one California suburb often breaking with their ethnic and gender identities.

American Apparel’s political endorsements may not be totally in compliance with campaign finance law.

Mike Huckabee attacks Barack Obama in an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post.

Colin Delany at techPresident takes a look at what the campaigns' websites are doing today.

Liz writes, "Spitzer's own political ambitions - back before Troopergate he was widely viewed as harboring a not-so-well-hidden desire to run for president himself - will be severely curtailed by having a fellow Democrat in the White House."

And pictured above is a polling station in West Hollywood, California West Hollywood, an incorporated city in Los Angeles County, California, was founded on 29 November 1984. The total residential population is just over 37,000; however, the nighttime and weekend population swells to between 80,000 and 100,000, with a high of up to 500,000 during , empty at about 10 a.m. According to reader and native New Yorker Rowan Riley, who sent the picture, the L.A. voting scene is "very laid back and dog-friendly."
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Author:Katharine Jose
Publication:The New York Observer
Date:Feb 5, 2008
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