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4:15 PM ET, September 1, 2008

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Steve Holland / Reuters:
To rebut rumors, Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock …
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cbn.com:
Exclusive: Todd Palin's 1986 DUI Arrest Called “Lesson Learned”  —  Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence of alcohol back in 1986.  He was 22 years old at the time.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
JUST REALLY ODD  —  We haven't touched it.  But you probably know there have been internet-based rumors claiming that Sarah Palin's newborn son Trig is actually the son of her 17 year old daughter, Bristol.  In an effort to knock down these rumors, Palin and the McCain camp have now put …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oy: Palin's daughter is pregnant; Update: Althouse on Palin vs. Edwards; Update: Obama tells media to lay off Palin's daughter; Update: Media knew  —  Supposedly McCain knew.  Did he? … And here's the statement, via Team McCain, from Palin and her husband: … Gathering my thoughts.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
What McCain Didn't Know About Sarah Palin  —  A few days before John Kerry introduced John Edwards as his running mate, a select few members of Kerry's research staff were given five names, told to adopt the mindset of Republican opposition research, and to prepare a political dossier.
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Stevens's 527 Group  —  ST. PAUL — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began building clout in her state's political circles in part by serving as a director of an independent political group organized by the now embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin's unmarried daughter is pregnant  —  Besieged by blog rumors about her 17-year-old daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — named Friday as running mate of John McCain — released a statement Monday saying her daughter is pregnant and plans to marry the father.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Laura Bush warns Dems away from anti-Palin sexism  —  First lady Laura Bush said today that sexism aimed at Sarah Palin was a very real prospect and suggested Democrats watch what they say about the Alaska governor and John McCain's ticketmate.  —  “The other side will have to be particularly careful …
The Red Pen / Daily Kos:
Sarah Palin Baby Story Ender  —  Here it is:  —  OK, there is a visibly-pregnant Sarah Palin talking with a CBS 11 ( Juneau) reporter at the end of the Alaska legislative session.  She clearly appears to be pregnant.  —  Unless someone has counter evidence, we can drop this crap now.
Discussion: TownHall Blog and freerepublic.com
Gerard Baker / Real Clear Politics:
Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Palin's 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Pregnant
Discussion: The New Republic and BAGnewsNotes
Dana Bash / CNN:
Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org and HazZzMat
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Basic Incompetence From McCain
Ann Friedman / American Prospect:
PALIN AND THE MEANING OF CHOICE.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
McCain knew Palin's daughter pregnant
Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs and MSNBC
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   ANNALS OF VETTING (SPECIAL ‘MAYBE NOT SO MUCH’ EDITION)
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Palins say teen daughter is pregnant
Discussion: Mudflats
Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
Biden: Palin's good-looking
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:   Palin Ran Ted Stevens' 527
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Bristol Is Pregnant  —  So that explains the wedding ring I spotted.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   The Rebuttal  —  A reader points out what is left implicit in the Palins' statement:
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Experience? Never Mind
Fox News:
Palin's 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant
Right Wing News:
Blackballed From The Republican National Convention  —  This week, the Republican National Convention is kicking off and there are going to be almost 200 bloggers attending.  However, I'm not going to be one of them.  That's not because I didn't put in an application, it's because they didn't want me there.
Discussion: Little Miss Attila
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Pulled From Republican Convention Coverage
Discussion: Associated Press and Flopping Aces
James Gerstenzang / The LA Times President Bush Blog:
President Bush bails on the convention. Is anyone complaining?
Discussion: The Swamp
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
John, Don't Go  —  It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.  Three years after Hurricane Katrina, another storm is heading for the Gulf Coast — and this has given Republicans a reason to cancel President Bush's scheduled appearance at their national convention.
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Tammy Haddad / Newsweek Blogs:
A Leading Hillary Supporter Defects to McCain  —  Newsweek Exclusive: Top Clinton Supporter John Coale Endorses McCain  —  John Coale, a prominent Washington lawyer, husband of Fox TV host Greta Van Susteren and a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, announced today that he was supporting John McCain for president.
Discussion: Hot Air and NO QUARTER
Howard Wolfson / Washington Post:
A Clintonite in Denver  —  For many of us who were part of the Clinton campaign, Sen. Barack Obama's appeal was something we understood only in the abstract — data in polls, faces at a televised rally.  —  Most of us never heard him speak in person.  At work 14 hours a day in the war room …
 
 
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David Hammer / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
State: Some outside media feed false rumor mill
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
AP issues talking points over Fournier
CBS News:
Obama Explains His Choice, Reacts To Palin
Discussion: The Swamp
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