Sunday Edition

Protect the VoteThe ACLU of Mississippi is announcing a new non-partisan coalition called Protect the Vote 2008, launched to educate and protect voters in the state.
Grisham in JacksonAuthor John Grisham will be in town tomorrow night at a catfish dinner honoring former-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove.
Hilarious: Texas Man Thwarts the Obama Sign-StealersStealing Obama signs has become high sport in recent weeks. One Texas man found a way around it, though: He just painted his damn lawn.
AP: Feds Disrupt Plot to Assassinate ObamaJust in from the Associated Press:
Which Is Worse: the Race-Baiting or the Red-Baiting?OK, you don't have to pick. Every trick-o'-the-hour the Republican Party is coming up with to try to turn the election is sleazy at this point. For instance, here's race-baiting in Wisconsin and here's more red-baiting nationally. American to McCain: …
NASCAR's Junior Johnson Endorses Obama (!)The support of Junior Johnson may be Obama's biggest endorsement, yet. Here it is, as posted on Sean Hannity's forum. (Tee, hee.)
Why Republican Chuck Hagel Doesn't Support Friend McCainThe New Yorker has a good piece on why Sen. Chuck Hagel isn't supporting John McCain, one of his closest friends:
Prayers for Jennifer HudsonJennifer Hudson, former American Idol contestant and "Dreamgirls" star, is dealing with the murders of her mother and brother as well as the abduction of her 7-year-old nephew. I wouldn't wish what she is going through on my worst enemy. …
CNN: Palin-the-‘Diva' Is ‘Going Rogue' on McCainI don't want to say "I told you so," but Sarah Palin had drama queenor small-town "diva"written all over her since the day she was appointed. (The tanning bed in the governor's mansion was a very good clue.) But don't …
TV Anchor Dies From Injuries After AttackAnne Pressly was only 26. From CNN:
Anchorage Daily News Endorses ObamaUp in Alaska, the Anchorage Daily News published a ringing endorsement of Barack Obama today, says neither John McCain or Sarah Palin are ready to be president:
Palin's Pipeline ProblemThe Associated Press just published a long investigative piece on Sarah Palin's vaunted pipeline successand the parts she's not talking about. It starts:
Update II: McCain Camp, Young Republicans Pushed Mutilation StoryKDKA in Pittsburgh is reporting that Ashley Toddthe Susan Smith of 2008?made up the story that she was attacked by a large black man at an ATM because she was a McCain supporter:
L.A. Times: Palin's Patronage ProblemA Los Angeles Times investigation found:
McCain's $500-Welfare Rumor Is FalseThe Associated Press allowed Sen. John McCain to start a false rumor asserting "welfare" based on flatly false information, and that rumor is swirling. Per Media Matters: