I did a search for articles discussing the column by Leonard Pitts, Jr. on the "Gannon"/Guckert story in The Miami Herald today, and did not find anything on it, although there were some links to the article.  If it has already been discussed somewhere here, I apologize for bringing it up again.  But I thought Pitts eloquently made some points that most other mainstream media seem to ignore - that the media itself has remained silent, willfully choosing easy ignorance over responsible, aggressive journalism.

(More below.)

I think the issue of poverty in America is gaining steam, especially among progressive religious folks.  John Edwards consistently spoke about poverty in his campaign - he was the only candidate to do so.  And now it looks like he will be spending much more of his time working on poverty issues.  See below for a recent email from John Edwards . . .

Looks like the GOTV efforts in South Florida are working.

From the Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale):

Huge Democratic turnout in early voting in Broward

By Scott Wyman
Staff writer
Posted October 29 2004

Overwhelming numbers of Broward County Democrats have turned out to vote early in next week's election in what analysts say could be a bad sign for President Bush's chances to win the state.

Sen. John Kerry's campaign has pressed hard to get voters to the polls early in Broward's Democratic strongholds, knowing it must run up huge numbers here to offset Republican areas in Northern and Central Florida. As of Thursday morning, more than twice as many Democrats as Republicans had either voted at early voting sites or returned absentee ballots in the county.

Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/sfl-cvoting29oct29,0,2036490.story?coll=sfla-news-electio n

We have to keep pushing hard through 7 pm Tuesday.

Olbermann may have the best understanding of how to read the polls of any of the TV/Cable media hosts:

From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

"The polls continue to bounce around like Rubber Man on a pogo stick during a hurricane, but here in Los Angeles this week I finally got some professional guidance on how to read them. Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's senior political analyst and the man in charge of political verisimilitude for "The West Wing," guested on Countdown Monday and finally divulged the secret code.