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5:05 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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
The Huffington Post:
Palin On Abortion: I'd Oppose Even If My Own Daughter Was Raped  —  In November 2006, then gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin declared that she would not support an abortion for her own daughter even if she had been raped.  —  Granting exceptions only if the mother's life was in danger …
Gerard Baker / Real Clear Politics:
Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama  —  Democrats, between sniggers of derision and snorts of disgust, contend that Sarah Palin, John McCain's vice-presidential pick is ridiculously unqualified to be president.  —  It's a reasonable objection on its face except for this small objection …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Dana Bash / CNN:
Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Laura Bush warns Dems away from anti-Palin sexism
The Red Pen / Daily Kos:   Sarah Palin Baby Story Ender
Ann Friedman / American Prospect:
PALIN AND THE MEANING OF CHOICE.
Hugh Hewitt / TownHall Blog:
The Descent of the Left and the MSM
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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.
Kate Barrett / Political Punch:   Obama to Media, Politicos on Palin Pregnancy Story: ‘Back Off!’
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
Discussion: TalkLeft
Fox News:
Palin's 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
McCain knew Palin's daughter pregnant
Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs and MSNBC
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
McCain raises $47 million in August  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised at least $47 million in August, his biggest haul of money so far and a sign that he is dispelling doubts about his campaign among conservative donors.
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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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
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ANNALS OF VETTING (SPECIAL ‘MAYBE NOT SO MUCH’ EDITION)  —  It seems like reporters are zeroing in on the fact that today's story about Gov. Palin's daughter is a significant tell suggested a very rushed vetting process.  McCain camp enforcer Steve Schmidt repeatedly dodged questions …
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Palins say teen daughter is pregnant
Discussion: The Daily Politics and Mudflats
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
 
 
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
“McCain: Bad for Israel”
Discussion: Commentary
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Palin  —  Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports …
Discussion: neo-neocon and TalkLeft
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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John, Don't Go  —  It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
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