Quickies

• Adding to the long list of lies Republican tea bagger Christine O'Donnell has told in regards to her education background, TPM has discovered she listed that she attended and received a certificate from Oxford University, Oxford UK on her application for Claremont Institute.  As the world has later learned, unless you are a Fox News viewer, O'Donnell never attended Oxford and never received a certificate from the school.

• The Republican staffer who wrote "All Fags Must Die" on a pro-gay rights blog has been fired.

• After building her campaign largely around an anti-immigration platform, including explicitly calling for tougher fines for people who use illegal immigrant labor and encourage illegal immigration into the country, California Republican gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, has admitted that she may have known her maid was an illegal alien.  That's gotta be rough.

• The Dow had its best September since 1939!

• White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will leave his post today to run for mayor of Chicago.

• Illinois' Democratic governor closes the gap on his Republican opponent according to the newest Chicago Tribune poll.

• Just another day in the Republican-controlled media world.  Fox News' parent company gave $1 million to the Chamber of Commerce.  The Chamber is spending millions helping to elect Republicans all over the country.  It was reported last month Fox's parent company gave $1 million to the Republican Governor's Association, which, as you may have guessed, is spending millions to elect Republicans all over the country.