Stories for Oct. 3, 2008

Sausage Links, pork barrel edition

Fri, Oct 3, 5:29 p.m.

By Clark Fredricksen

What's the most important news of the day? It's not the passage of the Wall Street bailout bill. It's not the pundits' reactions to last night's vice-presidential debate. No. The most important news item of the day is that Saturday, Oct. 4, is the last day to register to vote. So if you haven't already, do it. ...

Puzzling bailout votes by the Washington delegation

Fri, Oct 3, 3 p.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

The House finally passes a porkier version of the measure. Meanwhile, we head into a recession.

The morning after poll

Fri, Oct 3, 1 p.m.

By Clark Fredricksen

While everyone surmises how Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's "comeback" during the vice-presidential debate will affect the race — is it a comeback if expectations were rock bottom? — let's not get ahead of ourselves.