The Globe turns its Spotlight on Rep. Thomas Petrolati, the patronage king who has "a history of acting as if ordinary rules do not apply to him." Also, a Democrat.

Also in the Globe, a poll shows Patrick opening a slim lead, but with caveats. Will tomorrow night's debate make a difference?

Look for the Dems to crow that the state's unemployment rate is down and the Republicans to thunder about how the number of jobless increased. The Globe attempts to explain how that could happen; the Herald gleefully predicts the crushing job-loss news will crush Deval Patrick's chances.

You're an editor for a metropolitan daily. Which story do you put on the front page: Jeff Perry and the strip search or Barney Frank lending his campaign some money? If you're the Herald, you go with the latter (don't forget to throw in some stuff about how Frank is "panic stricken") and ignore the former (save for a Margery Egan column declaring Perry is a cretin).

Election tomorrow! Well, for city council in District 6 (West Roxbury, JP and pieces of Roslindale and Mission Hill), at any rate. Will turnout get into double digits?

Would they be slim or none?

Taylor, of course, appears at a Hynes rally today with Patrick and Obama. Red Mass. Group hopefully asks: Is Barack about to do the same for Deval as he did for Martha?

Sam Obar is not happy with his man's camapaign:

We are now less than three weeks away, and I know for a fact many people, including many I have spoken to, still have no idea who Baker is. He has not gotten his message out to voters, he has not highlighted his record at Harvard Pilgrim, and he has not promptly and properly responded to accusations against him about his work on the Big Dig. He has also done a shoddy job indeed of utilizing the media to reach out to voters.

The Suffolk Journal posts excerpts from a statement by KyQuan Phong, who staked out 10th District hopeful William Keating's old house, in the hopes of finding evidence the Democrat doesn't actually live in the district:

"My friends and I were out to find the truth and now we are being ridiculed and labeled as stalkers, undercover party operatives, etc.," he said in a statement.

Jamaica Plain Progressives have posted videos of the five candidates in the Oct. 19 preliminary to replace John Tobin in West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain (and parts of Mission Hill and Roslindale).

Firefighters in West Springfield are pissed at Charlie Baker for putting some video of Baker meeting with firefighters in an ad.

The Globe reports Democrats are worried about Republican "fervor," even in Massachusetts.

Charlie Baker goes after welfare queens.

Wicked Local West Roxbury reports on a debate among candidates for the District 6 (West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and parts of Roslindale and Mission Hill) city-council seat.