Democratic candidate has advice for husbands

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Sen. and Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama

Democratic candidate has advice for husbands

GEORGETOWN, Ohio — Domestic issues — policy and bliss — were on Barack Obama’s mind Thursday as he campaigned in Ohio.

The Democratic presidential nominee delivered speeches on the economy in Dayton, Cincinnati and Portsmouth. In between, he visited the Fireside Restaurant in Georgetown, where Don and Pat McElroy were dining out because Pat had requested it.

“Let me tell you, I do the same thing with my wife,” Obama said. “Whatever she tells me to do, that’s what I do. That’s why we’ve been married 15 years.”

Actually, Obama and his wife, Michelle, celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary Oct. 3.

Obama congratulated the McElroys on reaching their 48th anniversary, saying “nothing is better than a good marriage.”

Thousands disenfranchised

NEW YORK — A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states. Election officials lined up to defend their registration procedures and said they had done nothing wrong.

The New York Times based its findings on reviews of state records and Social Security data, and said it had identified apparent problems in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina.

The Times said voters appear to have been purged by mistake and not because of any intentional violations by election officials or coordinated efforts by any party. It says that some states are improperly using Social Security data to verify new voters’ registration applications, and that others might have broken rules that govern removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election.

Dems to run 30-minute ad

WASHINGTON — Already advertising at record levels, Barack Obama has scheduled a half-hour commercial for prime time Oct. 29, six days before Election Day.

Obama campaign officials said the campaign had secured a 30-minute block of time at 8 p.m. on CBS and NBC. CBS already was juggling its lineup to accommodate the Democratic presidential candidate, moving back an episode of “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”

Such a vast purchase of commercial time is a multimillion-dollar expense, but Obama has been spending dramatically on ads, overshadowing rival John McCain and the Republican National Committee.

Associated Press