CBS News has learned that two donors to the Obama campaign that gave a total of $7,722 appear to have made their contributions under fake names that look like they were written by a mouse running across a keyboard: Dahsudhu Hdusahfd of Df, Hawaii with the following employer CZXVC/ZXVZXV and Uadhshgu Hduadh listed as living in Dhff, Florida listed their employer as DASADA/SAFASF.

"Of course, this being an election year, politics came up. Brooks, who started off the session by saying Bradley would be hit with a lawsuit for letting Goldberg write an advice column, called the election for Obama."

"I know you'll understand if I choose to ignore your question and talk about something completely unrelated. (Wink)"

"I haven't talked to any women who weren't deeply offended by her flirting for votes."

"I do not believe that Sarah Palin is stupid. Far from it. But I do think she is disingenuous."

San Diego: Prior to the debate you asked Gov. Palin to step down "for the good of the country." After the debate you seemed to disavow this request. Am I reading that correctly or do you still believe she is not competent to be vice president?

Kathleen Parker: The simple answer is, no, I haven't disavowed the request. However, it's pretty clear she isn't taking my advice. My column about the debate recognized that she did what she needed to do to reanimate the base, but the question that remains unanswered satisfactorily is whether she is prepared to serve as president should that become necessary. I think the answer is still no.

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Reno, Nev.: Why doesn't the McCain campaign just let Sarah Palin go on the news shows, and submit herself to the kind of questioning other officials face? That way we could be able to assess her on an even playing field. 

Kathleen Parker: I think the answer is obvious. We've witnessed how Gov. Palin does in a one-on-one interviews. That's far too risky. In the debate, she was able to ignore questions and riff about what she wanted to. An interviewer would never let her do that. A debate moderator could have reeled her back in, but Gwen Ifill let her go in part, I suspect, because she didn't want to seem to be partisan given the controversy around her book. For that reason, Ifill should have excused herself.

 I’m prepping for an appearance on CNN’s Headline News late this afternoon and a forthcoming post-debate wrap-up for CNN late night tomorrow night and thought I would share my thoughts on these items.

First, on the negative attacks. The McCain campaign is forming a broad attack on Obama’s associations, maybe his “otherness” so to speak, by hitting him on his connections with Ayers, Rezko and positing allegations about accepting donations online from foreign nationals.

Don’t look at each of the individual attacks. Look at them together. Palin is going after Ayers, the campaign is making ads about the slumlord and the RNC is asking the FEC to audit Obama’s contributions for foreign donations. Those three things pretty convincingly paint Obama as a shady, untrustworthy individual and play into each other quite well.

And, they don’t even have to mention Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Everybody remembers him.

As for Obama, the Keating Five attacks aren’t meant to raise questions about McCain’s associations per se. It’s meant to implicate the senator in a financial fraud scandal that rocked Capitol Hill and made Americans distrustful of government. (Um, sound familiar?) And, Obama might prod McCain to flash a bit of that infamous temper of his by bringing it up and attacking McCain's honor.

The Obama attacks have a better segue into the debate on Tuesday, since the economy is still the number one voting issue and everyone has the Dow and the bailout on their minds. It’ll be harder for McCain to easily work in his attacks on Obama’s associations, but he has three different ways to do it: Ayers, Rezko and funny foreign donations.  And, I believe McCain has a better way to answer the Keating/bailout attacks by saying he was cleared of all charges and highlighting the Democratic party's longtime support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and his own work to advance GSE reform.

I’ll be interested to see what sticks in the aftermath of the debate: economy issues or questions about Obama’s past. If it’s the economy, Obama will probably “win.” If it’s the latter, I’d say the “W” will go to McCain.

For delivery today:

“I don’t need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn’t seek advice from a Chicago politician.”

“My opponent’s touchiness every time he is questioned about his record should make us only more concerned… Where other candidates have to explain themselves and their records, Senator Obama seems to think he is above all that.”

Barack Obama is going after John McCain over the decades-old Keating Five scandal.  Here's the "documentary":



... But don't forget what that Democratic Counsel Robert Bennett had to say about John McCain's involvement.  From his book, "In The Ring, The Trials Of A Washington Lawyer," comes this quote:

"After reviewing my report, the committee voted on October 23, 1990, to hold a public adjudicatory fact-finding hearing in the matter as to all five senators. This was perhaps the first time the recommendation of a special counsel not to charge a senator was rejected. This was pure politics as the Democrats on the committee did not want to cut McCain loose so that only Democrats would remain in the proceedings. If Senator McCain was not going to be cut loose, in retaliation the Republicans were going to keep Senator Glenn in the proceedings. McCain was the victim of politics, and poor Glenn was held captive to the decision on McCain. So much for nonpartisanship."
 
-- Democratic Keating Investigation Counsel Robert Bennett

Script For "Dangerous" (TV :30)

ANNCR: Who is Barack Obama? He says our troops in Afghanistan are

BARACK OBAMA: "... just air-raiding villages and killing civilians."

ANNCR: How dishonorable.

Congressional liberals voted repeatedly to cut off funding to our active troops.

Increasing the risk on their lives.

How dangerous.

Obama and Congressional liberals.

Too risky for America.

JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.