Tie: Brown and stripey
Music: Weird Al - “Lasagna”
Worst Person: Nikki Tinker, I’ve been in your churches, and I haven’t yet used my scary Jew-horns to frighten good Christian children, or been struck down by the Almighty or anything! Plus, that guy already got elected once. You’re not insinuating anything the people of your district don’t already know, you’re just doing it in an uglier fashion. Maybe chill out with that business, k?

John McCain wants to make it clear: he totally thinks we should all drive around on inflated tires! Because grinding down your rims on the pavement … that’s not change we can believe in.

But man, what’s he gonna’ do with all those tire gauges? Obama’s not worried about it, as the Republican candidate’s clarification today gave him the chance to get a laugh.

By the way, the Straight Talk Express (with its no doubt impeccably inflated tires), was seen sporting some interesting bumper flash Tuesday night.

Hey, so the new graphic, with the extra big “Countdown to November 4″ banner? Is less a lower third, and more a lower half. Just saying. Leave me some Gene Robinson to look at, MSNBC-folk.

And Keith, sit on the back of your suit jacket a little more. You’re getting a bit of a hump tonight (obligatory: “what hump?”). Don’t make me send William Hurt circa 1987 over there. I’ll do it.

Chuck Todd’s there to break down some map magic, and we’re officially talking about electoral votes! I did a tiny happy fist pump when Keith mentioned New Jersey moving from leaning towards Obama to “probable” for him, which quickly morphed into a Simpsons style fist shake of “Don’t f it up, everyone.”

The government is now positive that the late Dr. Bruce Ivins, and he alone, was guilty of the anthrax attacks of seven years ago.

Oddball: In Northwood, Ohio … a “two-faced kitty“! Aw. It’s kinda’ cute. ** And in Mayfield, Kentucky, thieves tried to steal a riding mower, and then a tractor, aaaaaand failed at both.

Neil Katyal was there tonight, because his client, former driver for Osama Bin Laden Salim Hamdan, was today found guilty today of “supporting terrorism” by … having been Bin Laden’s driver. Hamdan was found not guilty on the more serious terrorism charges. And it only took seven years. That’s one down …

Maria Milito is there, even though it’s a wholly non musical story! That’s ok, I kind of adore her. Anyway! McCain & his campaign apparently liked the Paris Hilton spoof ad. Keith can’t seem to wrap his head around this fact, and wants us to believe that McCain liked it because he didn’t get it. Because … people aren’t capable of understanding and enjoying fun being poked in their general direction? Come on, KO. You might find the funny if someone were to - in a humorous way - call you a square craniumed blowhard whose smug is perma-turned to eleven, right? Right? Oh. Right. Never mind.

That’s it for me tonight. I’ll see you next time.