Obama team says millions registered

WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said Tuesday its army of nationwide workers has registered millions of voters and Democrats now hold a 3.34 million voter edge in 13 battleground states.

With voter-registration deadlines past in most key states, Obama's aides said data show that in 13 swing states there are 1.49 million more Democrats and 61,438 fewer Republicans registered than there were at the time of the 2004 general election.

Obama's campaign said it's erased GOP advantages in Iowa and Nevada and dramatically increased its edges in Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Ben Porritt, a spokesman for Republican John McCain's campaign, didn't dispute the figures but said that "in 2004, Democrats also had a voter-registration advantage — and Republicans were successful."

Buckley quits journal his father founded

Christopher Buckley, the son of the late William Buckley, says he is leaving the National Review, the famed conservative journal founded by his father. Buckley says he decided to quit because of pressure from fellow Republicans furious that he has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama.

Buckley told NewYorkTimes.com that since his endorsement, he had "been effectively fatwahed by the conservative movement" and he's been inundated with hate mail. His resignation, he said, was "rather briskly accepted" by the journal's top brass.

Obama first candidate to buy ad in video game

WASHINGTON — Too busy playing video games to watch presidential ads on television? Barack Obama has found you, too, by becoming the first presidential candidate to buy ad space inside a game.

Eighteen video games, including the extremely popular "Guitar Hero" and "Madden 09," will feature in-game ads from the Obama campaign in the final weeks before the election. The ads — appearing on billboards and other signage — remind players that early voting has begun and plug a campaign Web site that encourages people to register for early voting.

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