I'm doing some interviews and visiting old friends in Bergen from Friday until Monday evening. Let's hook up and have drinks. It'll be great.

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Devastating editorial in the NY Times attacking McCain's campaign. "Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin have been running one of the most appalling campaigns we can remember." And: "they have gone far beyond the usual fare of quotes taken out of context and distortions of an opponent’s record — into the dark territory of race-baiting and xenophobia." They also note that the negative campaigning is, not unsurprisingly, relighting the culture wars: "A recent Washington Post report said at a rally in Florida this week a man yelled “kill him!” [Jon Stewart has video in his Oct. 7 broadcast]as Ms. Palin delivered that line and others shouted epithets at an African-American member of a TV crew." So yeah, way to be lifting the public discourse, there, people.

(watch the Daily Show for a Palin rally crowd booing the NY Times, btw.)