Staff Picks - October 29, 2008; 7:51 AM ET

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Boo Slate | John Dickerson, one of the cycle's wittiest observers, has a nicely barbed look on McCain's closing message.

Early Results U.S. Election Project | From Michael McDonald of George Mason University, a stats-heavy but fascinating look at the flood of early votes that have already been cast. Polls are so October.

Arguing the Meltdown Prospect Magazine | From the best British magazine you've never read, a nifty symposium on the financial crisis that ate the election, including the woeful tale of a guy who lost his savings in Iceland.

The World Is Flattened The Onion | Or, for a less sober take...

Your Next Democracy Fix Haaretz | Sure, the U.S. election is almost over--but if you need another exercise in democracy to obsess over, try Israel's February humdinger, featuring two failed prime ministers on both the right and left (Netanyahu and Barak) against Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who's trying to follow Golda Meir as Israel's second female premier. Is Sen. Clinton watching?

By Ben Pershing | October 29, 2008; 7:51 AM ET
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