POLITOPICS

by Angela Winters

AP runs the Coretta Scott King story on her efforts to allow convicted criminals who have served their time the right to vote. In her praise of Vermont and Maine being the only two states that allow prison inmates to vote, she seems to be in favor of this as well. For someone who has been rehabilitated and served their time to vote is an argument people will listen to, but while still in prison? That's a harder point to make.

King's Widow Turns Focus on Voting Rights

This is an important issue to African Americans with so many of our men in the prison system. According to Scott King, because of this, one in four black men in six states are barred from voting because of their convictions.
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Patrick Tyler at The NY Times wrote today about the Presidential race taking on a new image on the international stage after the first debates.

Global Reaction: As the World Watched a Debate, Some Saw a New Race
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This AP story mentioned the little mess up at FOX News where one of their political correspondents let his Kerry barbs pass the door and onto the website. The network and the reporter apologized, but I'm sure the Dems will make sure this issue stays alive in their continued efforts to prove the network is campaign headquarters for the Bush Administration.

Fox News pulls reporter's item with fake Kerry quotes

Carl Cameron, the reporter in question here, is the guy on the Kerry campaign on the road. Not at all awkward.
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Chi Town Sun Times writer, Mark Steyn is not at all impressed with Kerry's first debate performance and he warns against anyone who thinks President Bush is out of the race.

Kerry's polished, but he can't make his case
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Molly Ivin's editorial in The Memphis Flyer gets on the Bush Administration for a lot of things, but most interestingly, the Republican's mass mailings to WV folks saying that the Dems will ban the bible if elected.

The Twilight Zone
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Chi Town Tribune Michael Tackett shakes a finger at the Dems for their post-debate email strategies.

Democrats don't fool anyone in post-debate e-mail punditry