Morning Buzz: Friday 9.26.08

Yeah, John McCain will attend tonight's debate in Mississippi after all. Politico
Also: Sarah Palin rally at the Home Depot Center in Carson Oct. 4. Breeze
Gov. Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will let Los Angeles County voters decide on a sales tax hike for transit. The new state budget, however, cuts the county by $129 million. LAT, DN
State legislators get free gasoline credit cards and spent $220,000 of taxpayer money the first seven months of this year. AP
Jim Hahn and Ron Kaye clash at L.A. Chamber event. LAT, Ron Kaye
Patrick Goldstein opines that "film critics, like TV and theater critics, are especially well equipped to analyze today's politics...since our campaigns are -- as has surely been obvious for some time -- far more about theater and image creation than politics." LAT
Former Times reporter and blogger Jesus Sanchez has launched The Eastsider LA, a blog about "scenes, sightings & stories from Echo Park and beyond."
USC loses to Oregon State? LAT, DN
Sun Yue, the Lakers' rookie from China, became ill after his first press conference, has mononucleosis and will miss the start of training camp. LAT
Thomas "Bud" McDonald, who played "Buddy" in some of the Our Gang movies in the 30s, died at age 85. LAT