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5:25 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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
$10 Million Woman: Palin a Hit with GOP Donors  —  McCain Campaign Raises Over $10 Million Since Palin Tapped as Running Mate  —  The McCain campaign raised more than $10 million in the two and a half days after Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was named as the vice presidential running mate …
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.
Gerard Baker / Real Clear Politics:
Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Dana Bash / CNN:
Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant
Kate Barrett / Political Punch:
Obama to Media, Politicos on Palin Pregnancy Story: ‘Back Off!’
Discussion: Balloon Juice
The Red Pen / Daily Kos:   Sarah Palin Baby Story Ender
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Laura Bush warns Dems away from anti-Palin sexism
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rebuttal  —  A reader points out what is left implicit in the Palins' statement:
Discussion: Marginal Revolution
Michelle Malkin:
Bristol Palin chooses life. Now leave her alone.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Bristol Is Pregnant  —  So that explains the wedding ring I spotted.
Nathan Thornburgh / Time:
In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret
Discussion: TIME.com
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
Discussion: TalkLeft
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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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
McCain raises $47 million in August
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Pulled From Republican Convention Coverage
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
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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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Palin  —  Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports …
Discussion: neo-neocon and TalkLeft
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE METAPHYSICS OF POST HEADLINES.
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ANNALS OF VETTING (SPECIAL ‘MAYBE NOT SO MUCH’ EDITION)
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