Today's edition of quick hits:
* The good news is the Dow finished up about 144 points for the day. The bad news is the Dow lost 14% of its value for the month, making October 2008 among the worst on record.
* Al Gore returns to the scene of the crime.
* If you missed it, Rachel Maddow's interview with Obama was excellent, and went beyond the predictable questions that dominate typical candidate interviews. Take a look.
* When Liddy Dole falls in a ditch, she keeps digging.
* According to House Minority Leader John Boehner, Bush's Justice Department is biased ... against Republicans. (One day, at some point in the distant future, congressional Republicans will find and choose sensible leaders. I'm genuinely looking forward to it.)
* For those Americans making under $100,000, and most do, Obama's tax cut is clearly bigger than McCain's.
* Even now, Palin won't say if she'll vote for convicted felon Ted Stevens.
* Under the circumstances, I think it's fair to describe Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) as "scandal-plagued."
* Bill O'Reilly is a legend in his own mind.
* Fivethirtyeight has an interesting photo montage of McCain campaign field offices.
* Depending on how things go next week, we're likely to hear a lot more from a guy named Josh Segall, who's running in Alabama's 3rd congressional district.
* Drudge's influence really has waned.
* Bill Kristol bites the hand that feeds, blasting his employer, the New York Times.
* Obama is drawing a lot of support from newspaper editorial boards.
* Obama is drawing even more support from college newspaper editorial boards.
* And finally, it's with sadness that I note the death of the legendary Louis "Studs" Terkel, who passed away today at his Chicago home. He was 96.
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