As the LA Times reports, at the center of the issue is whether ACORN padded election rolls with thousands of suspicious voters, including Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and Epcot resident Mickey Mouse. Meanwhile, Obama continues to answer questions about his ties to ACORN, a lefty community organizing group that has registered scores of new voters during this election cycle. Allen writes that Sarah Palin and several top campaign officials are in favor of bringing up Wright, but McCain, concerned about the blowback, is against the strategy. But he writes this morning that McCain and his advisors have been at odds over whether to use Wright as a new - and perhaps the final - line of attack against Obama. Jeremiah Wright be on deck? Probably not, says Politico's Mike Allen. The numbers also indicate that Obama's relationship with 1960's radical William Ayers - a connection that McCain has hammered in recent weeks - is not a significant concern among a majority of voters. 60 percent of those surveyed in the New York Times/CBS News poll feel that McCain is spending more time attacking his opponent than discussing the issues. But the news hardly gets better for McCain: more voters - 43 to 25 - believe he has closer ties than Obama to the financial institutions at the center of the Wall Street implosion.ДЄnother poll published last night finds that McCain's steady attacks of Obama in the last few weeks are not sitting well with voters.

60 percent support Obama's economic plan, but only about 40 percent back McCain's plan. Almost half of all voters trust Obama to make sound economic decisions in contrast, a little over a third trust McCain to do the same. An LA Times/Bloomberg poll released late yesterday shows that Obama remains the beneficiary of the economic debacle. The volatility in the markets continues to play out in the political arena. Stocks fell 76 points, further proof that skittish investors still rule the roost. After an eye-popping resurgence on Monday (900-point jump), the Dow followed up with a somewhat lackluster performance yesterday. The Morning Roundup would appear downright naked if we failed to mention the state of the economy. Evie is headed to Hempstead, NY today to help out with NPR's debate coverage.

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