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8:05 PM ET, September 1, 2008

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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter 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 down rumors …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Palin's Teen Daughter Is Pregnant; New G.O.P. Tumult  —  ST. PAUL — The 17-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, is five months pregnant, Ms. Palin announced today, adding a new element of tumult to a Republican convention that had already been disrupted by Hurricane Gustav.
Nathan Thornburgh / Time:
In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret  —  So his name is Levi.  —  That's about the only thing that I didn't know about Bristol Palin's pregnancy.  The rest of the details I picked up almost without trying, while talking about other things with townsfolk — some who know the governor and her family well, some who don't.
Discussion: TIME.com and Weekly Standard Blog
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.
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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rebuttal  —  A reader points out what is left implicit in the Palins' statement: … This seems persuasive to me.  But it's based entirely on a vague verbal statement.  Why not kill this rumor with Palin's medical records?  A 43 year old woman's pregnancy with a Downs Syndrome child …
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 …
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Sarah Palin's Children
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oy: Palin's daughter is pregnant; Update: Althouse on Palin vs …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Palin  —  Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports …
Discussion: neo-neocon
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:   Jewish Republicans try to read Palin tea leaves
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
We have walked in the Palins' shoes
Kate Barrett / Political Punch:
Dobson on Bristol Palin's Pregnancy
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Just Askin'...  What would the response be if Sen. Barack Obama …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
New York Times:
With Focus on Storm, Scaled-Back Convention Opens
Discussion: Shakesville
Gerard Baker / Real Clear Politics:
Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama
Discussion: Betsy's Page
CBS News:
Post-Democratic Convention Poll  —  The eight-point lead for the Democratic ticket is up from Obama's three-point lead before the convention.  But there are still a significant number of voters who have yet to firmly make up their minds.  —  Before the Democratic convention …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Obama gets ‘convention bounce’  —  ST. PAUL — The Democratic National Convention significantly boosted Americans' views of Barack Obama as a strong leader who “shares your values” and can manage the economy and Iraq, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday and Sunday finds.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Reason Magazine
Jessica Alaimo / Politicker ME:
Rove: Obama's inexperienced; Biden's a ‘big, blowhard doofus’  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Maine's Republican delegation got a surprise visit from former White House political operative Karl Rove at its convention breakfast this morning.  —  During his speech, he talked up John McCain's Republican presidential bid …
Discussion: TIME.com and Top of the Ticket
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Marc Ambinder:
Palin Politics: High Risk, High Reward
Discussion: Washington Post
Frank James / The Swamp:
Laura Bush, Cindy McCain call for Gulf aid  —  Cindy McCain and First Lady Laura at the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center, in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday September 1, 2008.  Chicago Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo  —  by Frank James
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Right Wing News:
Blackballed From The Republican National Convention
Discussion: Little Miss Attila
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Pulled From Republican Convention Coverage
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin opposed sex-ed  —  Sarah Palin's personal story, and her views on personal morality, are at the core of her politics and of why she was nominated, and why she'd energized the conservative base.  —  Now, her daughter's pregnancy has cast her views on teenagers and sex directly into the spotlight.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OUT OF ORDER?  —  We had heard hints of this.  But just moments ago, Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC said that Republican lawyers are currently doing a vet of Sarah Palin up in Alaska.  We'll get you the video shortly.  But it seems that the really deep vet of Palin started after her selection was announced.
Discussion: RADAMISTO
 
 
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Steve Quinn / Associated Press:
Palin hires attorney for public safety controversy
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
DESPITE POLITICAL RESPITE, BIDEN HITS MCCAIN
Discussion: Think Progress
Amy Forliti / Associated Press:
Some turn violent in march to GOP convention
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Biden Camp Calls Israeli Army Radio Report a ‘Lie’
Discussion: Haaretz, Jerusalem Post and Hot Air
Andrew Vanacore / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Plaquemines Parish levee overtopped, subdivision threatened
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Press Is Asking Questions
Discussion: Boston Globe
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Party On  —  I hadn't realized the right was even pretending …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Liberal Values
Tammy Haddad / Newsweek Blogs:
A Leading Hillary Supporter Defects to McCain
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Hot Air
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
AP issues talking points over Fournier
 

 
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