Tina Fey, the best known impersonator of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), hopes she doesn't have to play the role of Palin after the election.
"I want to be done playing this lady November 5th," Fey told Reuters' Fan Fare blog at the Emmy Awards when asked about the election. "So, if anyone can help me be done playing her on November 5th..."
The election pitting John McCain and Palin against Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) is Nov. 4.
Fey also told Reuters that she was reluctant to admit Palin resembled her.
A new Ohio poll shows Republican John McCain leading Democrat Barack Obama in the key swing state of Ohio.
The poll, conducted September 12-16, shows McCain with 48 percent and Obama with 42 percent, although the poll was conducted before significant developments in the American financial industry. The Ohio Newspaper Poll, commissioned by the Buckeye state
John McCain over the weekend defended the $42 million received by one of his top economic advisers, Carly Fiorina, when she was fired as CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2005."I think she did a good job as CEO in many respects," McCain told "The Today Show's" Meredith Vieira shen she pressed him on the matter in light of McCain's recent accusations of greed on Wall Street.
"I know that she was a very successful businesswoman. Started out as a part-time secretary and made her way to the top of the corporate ladder as one of the biggest CEOs in the United States of America," McCain said after noting that he was unaware of the specifics of her compensation package.
Fiorina received $21 million in severance pay when she was fired as CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2005. She received an additional $21 million when Hewlett Packard's board bought out her company stock options and pension benefits. Her compensation package sparked a lawsuit from shareholders.
McCain has railed recently against what he calls "unbridled greed" on Wall Street, blaming corruption among the U.S. financial elite for the nation's current economic turmoil. He has long called for CEO compensation packages to be approved by shareholders, and has blasted CEOs of late.
"When their companies collapse, only their CEOs seem to escape the consequences," McCain said in a speech last week.
Former Rep. Tony Hall (D-Ohio) is backing Barack Obama in a radio ad that will air on Christian radio stations in the Buckeye State.
In the ad for the Matthew 25 political action committee, Hall talks about his support for Obama and links the group's cause of providing for the poor to the effect of the weakened economy, reports the Dayton Daily News.
The ad will begin running Monday in Dayton, which Hall represented in Congress. He served in the House from 1979 until 2002, when he became the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' food and agriculture agencies.
President Bush this morning urged congressional leaders not to add "unrelated provisions" to the financial rescue bill that he and lawmakers worked to hammer out over the weekend.
"Obviously, there will be differences over some details, and we will have to work through them.
A new ad by John McCain's campaign tries to tie Barack Obama to Chicago politicians enmeshed in ethics controversies.
The ad features a clip of Obama saying that he hails from Chicago, followed by photos of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (D) and convicted felon and fundraiser Antoin Rezko.
"Barack Obama, born of the corrupt Chicago political machine," a narrator intones.
McCain's campaign said the ad will run nationally, but it didn't say how much it would spend to air it and whether it would run on broadcast or cable channels.
Obama's campaign has called the spot "false" and highlighted a report that McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, was paid to lobby on behalf of embattled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"It's no coincidence that on the very day newspapers reported that John McCain's campaign manager was paid $2 million to lobby against tighter regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the McCain campaign would launch this false, gratuitous attack," said Obama spokesman Bill Burton in a statement. "Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate as an independent Democrat. He took on the Chicago Democratic organization in a primary to win a seat in the US Senate. And in both Illinois and Washington, he has challenged the Old Guard for landmark ethics reforms."
Read the ad's transcript and watch the ad below.
Script For "Chicago Machine" (TV :30)
ANNCR: Barack Obama.
Born of the corrupt Chicago political machine.
BARACK OBAMA: In terms of my toughness, look first of all, I come from Chicago.
ANNCR: His economic adviser, William Daley. Lobbyist. Mayor's brother.
His money man, Tony Rezko. Client. Patron. Convicted Felon.
His "political godfather." Emil Jones. Under ethical cloud.
His governor, Rod Blagojevich. A legacy of federal and state investigations.
With friends like that, Obama is not ready to lead.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) called Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) "disabled" in a recent interview with a New York CBS TV affiliate, WCBSTV.
"You've got to be kind to the disabled," Rangel said when asked about Palin's popularity.
Rangel went on to say that Palin is politically disabled because she lacks foreign policy experience.
"There's no question about it politically. It's a nightmare to think that a person's foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live," Rangel said when WCBSTV's reporter asked him to explain the "disabled" comment.
Rangel later issued a statement that "disabled" was not the word he meant to use, and that the comment was in no way a reference to Palin's son Trig, who has Down syndrome.
Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) suspended his communications director without pay today, his Senate campaign announced, after she used a false name to try to join his opponent's e-mail press release list, presumably to keep tabs on her opposition.
Communications Director Ana Gamonal tried to join former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's (D) press list from her home computer using a personal e-mail account, she said in a statement, apologizing for the decision.
"Without the knowledge or consent from the Jim Gilmore for Senate Campaign, I sent an email message from my home email account using a name other than my own requesting the Mark Warner for Senate campaign add me to their press list. I apologize for my lack of judgment, and I also apologize to both former Gov. Warner and Gov. Gilmore for my inappropriate email," Gamonal said.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" last night, telling host Jon Stewart that he likes President Bush personally.
"I like him," Blair said of Bush.
Bush has a job approval rating of 32 percent among U.S. citizens, but as far as personal feelings go, Blair said Bush's likability depends on whether one agrees with him on national security issues.
"It depends whether you agree with him or not on the security threat, which I happen to do, but if you don't then obviously you are less inclined to like him," Blair said.
Blair went on to explain his views on the invasion of Iraq, telling the audience he came to his support for it of his own accord and that that he did not take the decision lightly.
"I don't disrespect people who take a different point of view, but it's what I believed then and what I believe now," Blair said.
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