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9:30 AM ET, September 1, 2008

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Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
Biden: Palin's good-looking  —  TOLEDO, Ohio (CNN) - Joe Biden says there are obvious differences between himself and fellow vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, but they're not just on policy.  She's good-looking.  —  “There's a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack …
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William Kristol / New York Times:
A Star Is Born?  —  Thursday night, after Barack Obama's well-orchestrated, well-conceived and well-delivered acceptance speech in Denver, Republicans were demoralized.  Twenty-four hours later, they were energized — even exuberant.  It's amazing what a bold vice-presidential pick who gives …
The Huffington Post:
McCain Camp Didn't Search Palin's Hometown Paper Archives  —  The McCain campaign has gone to great lengths to present the selection of Sarah Palin as one made after a careful, meticulous vetting process.  But evidence continues to suggest that the Arizona Republican made his VP choice with surprising haste.
Times of London:
Sarah Palin hit by internet rumours over fifth child  —  Teams of Democratic operatives and investigative journalists descended on Alaska yesterday to delve into the private and public life of Sarah Palin, the new and little-known Republican vice-presidential nominee, as fresh questions arose …
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Experience? Never Mind
Discussion: TalkLeft
Arnab Datta / Political Punch:
Oh, That Joe! …
Discussion: Commentary, TownHall Blog and Hot Air
Washington Wire:
Obama's First Shot at Palin Focuses on Equal Pay
Discussion: www.redstate.com
Sidney Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:   Why Palin? McCain v. Rove
Mosheh Oinounou / FOX Embeds:
McCain talks Palin on Fox News Sunday
Discussion: PrestoPundit
Pam Spaulding / Pam's House Blend:   Cindy McCain on Palin: she's qualified because ‘Alaska is close to Russia’
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The National Security Defense
Discussion: The Corner
Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
Borderline
Discussion: Daily Kos and The RBC
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Stop prying into other people's vaginas, even if you happen to oppose them politically.  What is wrong with you people?"  —  The insane obsession with Sarah Palin's pregnancy rages on.  —  This will all go down in the annals of feminism, people.  So think before you write.  —  Andrew?  —  AND
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Things That Make You Go Hmmm  —  Questions for the McCain-Palin campaign: … It strikes me as likely that there are reasonable answers to these questions - more reasonable than the only one given so far - … and the rumors buzzing across the Internets and the press corps are unfounded and unseemly.
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Trig Paxson Van Palin
CNN:
Hurricane Gustav begins to pound Louisiana  —  (CNN) — Hurricane Gustav began to lash the southern Louisiana coastline early Monday as it moved closer to an expected midday landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.  —  The U.S. Geological Survey says Gustav …
Discussion: Time and TIME.com
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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.
The Times-Picayune / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
4 a.m. advisory: Gustav, still with 115 mph winds, now 65 miles from La. coast
Discussion: American Street
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain chief hits Obama for playing politics as Gustav looms  —  John McCain's campaign manager today accused Barack Obama of practicing politics as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast.  —  Rick Davis, in a brief interview following a pep talk he gave to convention volunteers in St. Paul …
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New York Times:
Party's Plans Are Unsettled; McCain Visits Gulf  —  ST. PAUL — Senator John McCain and his advisers decided on Sunday to halt all but the most essential activities for the Republican National Convention on Monday, sacrificing a major televised platform for his political message as Mr. McCain seeks …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
GOP, citing Gustav, makes case for McCain
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Police raids enrage activists, alarm others  —  St. Paul police officers attempted to enter a house on Iglehart Ave.  Saturday.  Sara Coffey of the National Lawyers Guild was stopped outside the house, handcuffed and detained.  She helped police negotiate with those inside.
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Scott W. Johnson / National Review:
Welcome to the Twin Cities!
Discussion: Power Line and Atlas Shrugs
John Emerson / Seeing the Forest:   Police at Republican National Convention: links
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SADLY NUTS  —  When asked about criticisms of Sarah Palin's readiness to serve as president, McCain responded: “If they want to go down that route, in all candor, she has far, far more experience than Senator Obama does.”  —  Set aside the bravado.  Can McCain possibly believe that?
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CNN:
Dem apologizes for joking about hurricane  —  From CNN's Alexander Mooney and Alan Silverleib, Extra  —  (CNN) — Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler apologized Sunday for recently joking Hurricane Gustav's expected landfall on the same day as the opening …
 
 
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Robert Kagan / Wall Street Journal:
Power Play  —  The nature of nations, like people, never changes.
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Palin and Her Pastors: “Those that die without Christ have a …
Discussion: TalkLeft
New York Post:
TRICKY CHARLIE'S CARIB ‘HIDEAWAY’
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David Carr / New York Times:
In Denver, a Thousand Little Pieces
Washington Post:
With Palin On the Ticket, Evangelicals Are Energized
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Rallies in Support of McCain, Poll Shows
Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard Blog:
What Gustav Does  —  (1) Gets Bush out of St. Paul …
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