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11:15 AM ET, August 29, 2008

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John Harwood / CNBC.com:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick: Source  —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-styled “hockey mom” who has only been governor for a little over a year, is GOP Presidential candidate John McCain's choice for Vice President, CNBC has learned.  —  According to a Republican strategist …
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
McCain VP Contender Palin in Alaska, Not Ohio  —  ABC News' Kate McCarthy Reports: As vice presidential speculation swirls, Gov. Sarah Palin is watching the fireworks from her home in Wasilla, Alaska.  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is in Dayton, Ohio, awaiting a high noon event at which the campaign …
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
John McCain picks Alaska Gov: Source  —  A Republican source confirms that John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate.  Campaign officials, however, remain mum this morning.  —  McCain is expected to announce his choice at a rally in Dayton later.
Discussion: The Shotgun and Donklephant
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
BREAKING: Pawlenty won't be in Dayton today, says “was honored to be considered”  —  Gov. Tim Pawlenty said this morning that he will he not be in Dayton, Ohio, today and strongly suggested that he won't be John McCain's running mate.  —  “I'm going to be at the [Minnesota] state fair,” Pawlenty said on WCCO just minutes ago.
Marc Ambinder:
Romney Expected To Appear In Dayton Tomorrow  —  So — two senior McCain campaign officials confirm that John McCain will appear with his vice presidential pick in Dayton, Ohio tomorrow at noon ET.  —  And Gov. Mitt Romney expects to be in Dayton, Ohio tomorrow, having been asked …
Jill Zuckman / Chicago Tribune:
Source: Sarah Palin is John McCain's pick for vice president  —  Campaign officials refuse to confirm or deny report  —  A Republican source confirms that John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate.  Campaign officials, however, remain mum this morning.
Randyj / TIME.com:
Who Is Sarah Palin?  —  McCain's reported veep choice a total newcomer to national life.  —Anchorage Daily News on her rebel status.  —The Associated Press on how she balances her personal and professional lives.  —The Atlantic has bio details.  —Official bio.
Fox News:
Alaska Gov. Palin Tops Speculation About McCain Veep Pick  —  DENVER — Speculation about who John McCain would name as his running mate focused on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin after reports circulated early Friday that two short-listers — Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty — were out of the running.
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Wiki Breaks It?  —  On Friday, August 29, Fox & Friends reported that Palin's family departed hastily from Anchorage, Alaska aboard a Gulfstream jet that landed near Dayton, Ohio, site of McCain's planned vice presidential announcement.  They cited the website Change&Experience.com …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
McCain said to choose Alaska gov as running mate.  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  DENVER - John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
Marc Ambinder:
Fun With FlightAware, McCain Edition
Washington Post:
McCain Chooses Ala. Governor Palin as Running Mate
Discussion: Althouse
CNN:
McCain passes over Pawlenty for VP
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Donklephant
Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
McCain V.P.: Who Can It Be Now?
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Pawlenty says he's going to State Fair, not McCain rally
New York Times:
Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech  —  The following is the text, as prepared for delivery, of Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as provided by the Obama campaign.  —  To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Speech to the Delegates  —  My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history.  We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year's “American Idol.”
Bob Burnett / The Huffington Post:
Obama Takes Off the Gloves
Megan McArdle:
Barack Obama: please end our dependence on cheap platitudes about foreign oil
Discussion: Ross Douthat and PoliBlog (TM)
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
MSNBC Host Rips AP Reporter's Analysis of Obama Speech  —  NEW YORK In an unusually heated attack on a veteran political reporter by a cable news host, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann laced into the Associated Press's Charles Babington an hour after Barack Obama had concluded his speech in Denver on Thursday night.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Oprah so moved by Obama speech she cries her eyelashes off
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
THE AUDACITY OF THE ANTI-McCAIN STRATEGY
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Kevin Drum
Washington Post:
GOP Considers Delaying Convention  —  Tropical Storm Gustav Is Forecast to Hit U.S. Next Week as Hurricane  —  Republican officials said yesterday that they are considering delaying the start of the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Hope We Confess  —  It was a deeply substantive speech, full of policy detail, full of people other than the candidate, centered overwhelmingly on domestic economic anxiety.  It was a liberal speech, more unabashedly, unashamedly liberal than any Democratic acceptance speech since the great era of American liberalism.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Gets Serious  —  The famous Greek amphitheatre didn't look all Alexander the Great if you were there.  It looked instead like the big front display window at Macy's during Presidents Day Sales Weekend.  You expected to see “Sofas 40% off!” in a running line on the bottom of the screen.
Discussion: Ross Douthat
David L. Stern / New York Times:
Security Group Refuses to Back Russia's Actions  —  DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Russia suffered a significant setback here on Thursday, as members of a regional security group in which the Kremlin plays an important role offered little support for Moscow's military action in Georgia.
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Associated Press:
Georgia to sever diplomatic ties with Russia
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
Vanity Fair:
Run Silent, Run Veep: The McCain Counterregnum
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Jay Nordlinger / The Corner:
Quick Pointlets About the Obama Speech
Robert Gordon / The New Republic:
Impossible to Pigeonhole  —  Barack Obama's speech tonight …
Wall Street Journal:
A Shooting Liberal Star
Discussion: what if? and TalkLeft
Andy Barr / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Media Cheers Obama Speech