The Note: Long Island Sounds  "Obama has built leads nationally
and in key states as the turmoil has returned the nation's focus
to the unpopular Bush's policies. Now, the burden is on McCain
to try to reverse his slide," per the AP's Liz Sidoti.  Forget
Ayers -- what about Hillary? "She's the most important political
figure not on the stage Wednesday in the final presidential
debate, yet Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been mentioned just
once in the first three presidential and vice-presidential
debates," Stephen Dinan writes in the Washington Times. "That
could change with increasingly desperate Republican presidential
nominee Sen. John McCain still looking for voters and with Mrs.
Clinton in attendance as Mr. McCain and his Democratic opponent,
Sen. Barack Obama, face off in Hempstead, N.Y."  (Speaking of
Hillary: "What are the chances of Hillary Clinton running for
President again? It depends on what the definition of 'close to
zero' is," per the New York Dailiy News' Michael Saul. "Those
are the odds Cl