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"Barack Obama Political Message"

The "Barack Obama Political Message," as it is being called, will air tomorrow night at 8 pm et on CBS, NBC, FOX and MSNBC.

The 30-minute advertisement was paid for by Obama's campaign.

ABC will be showing a new episode of Pushing Daises... whatever that is.

I guess McCain feels no need to follow suit. I wonder what the ratings on this will be...?

Update: Won't FOX being showing the World Series game? As well, for those interested, BET and Univision will also air the "political message," or as CBS.com calls it: BARACK OBAMA PAID POLITICAL MESSAGE (tentative title) ... yes the tentative title part is actually in there...

Update Update: Reuters: "Obama's television broadside may also force a 15-minute delay in the Fox network's broadcast of the fifth game of the World Series -- the fiercely-followed championship of U.S. Major League Baseball -- coincidentally between teams from Pennsylvania and Florida, states that are both major battlegrounds in the November 4 election."

As well, the report says tomorrow is also the anniversary of "Black Tuesday, " the infamous day in which the stock market crashed in 1929.

The Election Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think

Especially as an East student with next Tuesday and Wednesday's mock election.

Social study teachers will be taking their students to cast their votes next week on one of the two days. The Leadership class, which is organizing the election, tell us the results will be available a short time after the polls close.

Will East lean blue like the rest of the state? We'll find out next week. We'll be sure to post the results once we have them.

TheMatadorOnline.com Launches Elect '08

With less than two weeks until Election Day, www.TheMatadorOnline.com has launched Elect '08. The page houses all the latest political and election news from Reuters, CNN and from The Matador Online newsroom.

www.SmithtownRadio.com will have live Election Night coverage on November 4th.

Live from Hofstra... maybe not the smarest idea

Maybe not the smartest but we loved it...

For those of you who tuned in for the live pre-date show than you know the night's excitement.

To make a long story short, a group of anti-war Iraq vets rallied up about 250 protesters and stormed toward a police barricade. The vets were demanding access to the debate and supporting them was the crowd, chanting "Let them in!"

The protesters marched across four lanes of traffic on Hempstead Turnpike to meet face to face... or maybe more nose to nose... with police horseback and tactical officers. They were eventually pushed back across the street... where they then chanted "Shame on you!"

The AP is reporting 15 protesters were arrested and at least one injured.

We've compiled some of our materia together to bring you inside the action:

>RAW Protest footage (by Dean Laurence)
>Edited Protest Footage (by Dean Laurence)
>Our Apperance on CNN.com Live (about 2:30 in)
>Photo gallery of protest (by Dean Laurence)
>Man on the Street: Speaking with protesters (by Megan Russ, James Brierton, Dean Laurence, Amanda Boitano)
>Podcast: Pre-Debate Show w\ James Brierton, Amanda Boitano, Dean Laurence and Megan Russ

*NEW: iReports Witness Protests at Prsidential Debate (by James Brierton / iReport.com blog)

PS: I still have no idea who won Project Runway... oh well

Debate the Debate!

With the presidential candidates meeting for one last time on Long Island - history could be made in our own backyards.

SmithtownRadio.com will be broadcasting live from Hofstra this evening with a special Pre-Debate show airing at 8:30 p.m. et. We'd like to use some of your comments on air so feel free to start debating early.

To join the debate click "Comments" below...

Debate the Debate is BACK!

SmithtownRadio.com and TheMatadorOnline.com's Political Blog will again host Debate the Debate for Wednesday's debate at Hofstra.

Comments will be shared throughout on the night on SmithtownRadio.com. Coverage begins LIVE at 8:30 p.m. from outside the debate hall!

A fresh thread will be posted Wednesday afternoon to begin the dicussion.

LIVE from Hofstra

James Brierton, Dean Laurence and Megan Russ will have LIVE coverage of this Wednesday's third and final presidential debate live from Hofstra University.

Be sure to join them on the live stream for live coverage and be sure to join the rest of our political staff here on the blog to 'Debate the Debate!'

Palin Abused Her Power

An Alaskan legislative panel has found Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in the firing of a state official but she did not violate the law.

Thoughts?

Forget Green… Nassau Goes Blue

from walkradio.com...
Nassau County has now joined much of the rest of the state in terms of its political stance.

Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans in Nassau County, once one of the country’s foremost Republican strongholds.

The historic shift in voter registration “marks a watershed event in the national political landscape,” said Party Chairman Jay Jacobs on Wednesday.

The county’s move comes just a week for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain will debate in Nassau for the third and final presidential debate. The debate will be held next Wednesday at Hofstra University.

For decades the county had been such a Republican stronghold that President Ronald Reagan once said, “When a Republican dies and goes to heaven it looks a lot like Nassau County.”

The county’s shift can be traced back to 2001 when County Executive Tom Suozzi took office.

As of Tuesday, Democrats outnumbered registered Republican voters by 118 votes. In 2002, the Republican had the stronghold by more than 66,000 votes.-The AP contributed to this report

Ask and You Shall Recieve

Our Political Blog exploded last night when we asked you to debate the debate with us.

Comments flowed into the joint venture from SmithtownRadio.com and TheMatadorOnline.com throughout the debate.

"Obama doesn't approve of the idea of helping the upper class make jobs for the middle class? Booooo," said a reader by the name of Andrew.

"Agreed. He seems to belive it's the federal governments job to create jobs. Funny i don't see anything about government getting involved in the market anywhere in the constitution," said Steve, another reader responding to Andrew's comment. "Alot of talk about Energy tonight. Seems interesting."

SmithtownRadio.com's Scott Springer was not so sure, "I personally don't agree with the whole trickle-down theory Andrew and Steve seem to be supporting. It appears to me that the lack of government intervention and moderation in the private sector is what has driven our economy to the shambles it is in now," said Springer, co-host of SmithtownRadio.com's Sports Talk. "Regardless, I'm enjoying the setup of the town meeting style debate as well as the presence of a competent moderator."

Another SmithtownRadio.com personality also chimed in, "Overall, I think Obama is making a better impression," said co-political director Amanda Boitano. "He's not fumbling around for words and he's speaking in a more booming, forceful voice. He's showing much more confidence, and that is reassuring."

Tonight's most prolific blogger was a reader by the name of Jonathan: "Sorry McCain...you propose storing nuclear spent fuel rods in Nevada but refuse to allow it to pass through your home state of Arizona and you want me to think that you believe it's still safe?"

Smithtown alumni even joined in on last night's debate. Former editor-in-chief of The Matador and 2006 graduate Laruen Weiss wrote in: "Ok, they need to stop bringing up Achmadinejad and the whole 'no pre-conditions' thing because they continuously misinterpret what Obama said. This has to be the fourth time McCain or Palin has brought this up in debate! Ridiculous."

Readers are still invited to chime in by clicking the Political Blog button on our homepage. The blog, launched earlier in the election season, brings readers the latest dirt and discussion from the political front.

Presidential Debate 2.0

Tonight at 9 pm et on www.SmithtownRadio.com the presidential candidates will meet again for the 2nd Presidential Debate.

During and after the debate be sure to leave your comments here on the Political Blog and be a part of the [heated] discussion!!!

Bush Signs Bailout Bill

enough said...

Second time's a charm... the House passed the $700 billion bailout bill earlier today.

The Senate passed it in one try earlier this week after making some amendments and adding some "sweetners." I'm sooo happy those children will be getting those wooden arrows to play with now :)

VP Debate

Have thoughts after tonight's one and only VP debate? Click comment and share your thougts...

LIVE: Sentate to Vote on Bailout

SmithtownRadio.com is working hard to bring you all the latest on the Economic Crisis as news continues to development.

On Monday night, SmithtownRadio.com Co-Political Director Amanda Boitano and Kevin Perry, former Editor-in-Chief of The Matador and now a Special Correspondent for SmithtownRadio.com, joined me for a special broadcast following the crash on Wall Street and the rejection of the bailout bill in the House. With the Senate voting tonight on a newly revised bailout bill, Kevin and I will again take to the mic to bring you all the latest.

The Senate (which is never very specific with their schedules on these things) is set to vote on the bill tonight. We suspect at some point during the 8 pm et hour to begin our coverage. We'll bring you live audio from the Senate floor, as well as the latest analysis of the bill.

I hope you'll join Kevin and I later tonight on www.SmithtownRadio.com.