Colbert King of the Washington Post today opens his column  citing a "report" by Dana Milbank alleging that a man yelled "kill him" in a recent GOP meeting in  Clearview, FL.

I hear too many cautioning against complacency, against declaring victory too early , blah blah blah.

 

But think about it. Obama simply needs to flip states whose electoral votes add up 1o 18 in order to obtain a minimal victory, while keeping McCain from flipping any blue states.

 

Let's begin by stating that McCain will not flip any blue states. He trails Michigan and PA by double-digit-or-more margins according to the latest polls.

On the other hands, Obama has a good chance of flipping: Missouri, Virginia,  CO, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, and a reasonable chance of flipping OH, FL, WV and NC. He could also win ND.

How in the world can Obama lose?

Remember James Tague, the man struck by a bullet fragment aimed at John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?

He's still alive, and told an audience last week:

"Kennedy was murdered by our own government," 

The news report goes on:

"Tague admits that nobody will ever know the exact truth about what happened. There are a number of details that he said he isn't sure about -- how many shooters there were, for instance. But he is positive of at least one thing: "This is a complete cover-up of a coup d'etat."

The Scranton reporter that first brought up the allegation that someone yelled "kill him" in reference to Barack Obama at a recent Sarah Palin rally stands alone in his claim.

The Secret Service was unable to find any other person able to corroborate the accusation.

I'm a bit confused though. To this day, I thought Dana Milbank broke the story. Am I wrong?
Was Dana Milbank present during the rally? Did he have direct knowledge of the incident? Or was his report hearsay?

http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html

I quote:

The Enquirer exclusively reports a "sex pervert" was Sen. Barack Obama's longtime mentor and "father figure".

For seven years, the presidential candidate had a "father-son" relationship with Frank Marshall Davis, who has confessed to having sex with children, sadomasochism, bondage and practicing a wide array of deviant sexual activities.

In his 1995 memoir Dreams from My Father, Obama identifies his childhood mentor only as "Frank," but Obama insiders later confirmed he was referring to Davis, a journalist and poet who was a pal of Obama's maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham.

Frank Marshall Davis admitted in his private papers that he had secretly authored a hard-core pornographic autobiography called Sex Rebel: Black, published in 1968. The author of the book - a copy of which was been obtained by The ENQUIRER - is listed as "Bob Greene."  Davis later confessed to its authorship after a reader noticed similarities in style and phraseology between that book and Davis' poetry.

Link.

An exasperated Bob Somerby is asking for Josh Marshall to "go", following last weekend's developments.

The Hill:

A senior adviser to Barack Obama said Sunday that the Illinois Democrat does not agree with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who drew parallels between John McCain and former segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace. 

In the past week, stepped up rhetoric by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and, to a lesser degree, from Sen. McCain (Ariz.) has overlapped with seemingly more aggressive crowds at their rallies.