“‘I’m a little old-fashioned about these things,’ McCain added today with a laugh. ‘But I prefer to let the voters weigh in before presuming the outcome.’” Whatever, “Maverick.” Must you always be such a posturing nitpicker? Listen: History has a plan, old timer. I mean, for Chrissakes, read your Hegel and your Marx. And O!, it so happens, is the choice of history! So how dare you stand athwart progressive

1. Read my first two posts from this morning. 2. Then go here. 3. Connect the dots, as they say. 4. 5. 6. Despair… (h/t Bob Reed)

“Investigators trying to determine whether access was illegal.” From the Columbus Dispatch: State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about “Joe the Plumber.” Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama. The 34-year-old from

John Fund, WSJ: Barack Obama may be swimming in campaign cash, but he still wants to charge reporters for the privilege of covering his Election Night activities at Grant Park in Chicago. Crain’s Chicago Business reports that Mr. Obama’s campaign sent a memo saying the price for access to the media area, where electrical power will be available, will be between $715 and $1,815 depending on how many phone lines