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7:55 PM ET, September 2, 2008

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Kate Klonick / TPMMuckraker:
Todd Palin Was Registered Member of Alaska Independence Party Until 2002  —  The McCain camp today disputed rumors that presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was ever registered with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party by releasing years of voter registration history …
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Arnab Datta / Political Radar:
Schlafly Chides McCain Camp for Palin Cancellation  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is taking the McCain campaign to task for notifying her at the last minute that Sarah Palin will be a no-show on Tuesday when the Republican National Coalition for Life holds an event honoring the Alaska governor.
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Another AIP Official Says Palin Was at 1994 Convention*  —  An intense “she said"/"she said" has emerged over whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was ever a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, the third-largest political party in the 49th state.  The AIP wants Alaskans to get an opportunity …
Byron York / The Corner:
Team McCain Hits Back on Palin, Vetting  —  Had a long talk this morning with a senior strategist in the McCain campaign.  I think it's fair to say Team McCain is seriously unhappy with a New York Times story, “Palin Disclosures Raise Questions On Vetting,” which came out this morning and is driving much of the coverage of the issue.
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Palin's husband was member of third party  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, twice registered as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fierce states' rights group that wants to turn all federal lands in Alaska back to the state.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans Rush In  —  One of the great sights of American political life — a YouTube moment if ever there was one — was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice and a disaster movie if she moves up to the presidency …
Laura McGann / The Washington Independent:
Palin: The Iron-Fist Mayor?
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Salon
Chris Orr / The New Republic:
The Case Against the Case Against Palin
William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:   Kristol on Sarah Palin, Hockey Mom
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:   Sarah Palin a no-show at antiabortion event, sparking some ire
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Palins' Privacy  —  Here's a post that reads like it was …
Discussion: Upturned Earth
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Head for the High Road
Discussion: The Corner and Commentary
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Blogger, a Baby, a Cry of Concern
Discussion: Political Punch
Glenn W. Smith / Firedoglake:
McCain & McGovern: Why Palin (Probably) Won't Be Dumped
Discussion: Open Left and Democrats.com
Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
A Photo Safari of Wasilla, Alaska - Home of Sarah Palin.
Discussion: Wonkette
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Blogs About Sarah Palin's Daughter's Baby Drama
Discussion: marbury
Megan McArdle:   Sarah Palin: the importance of being earnest
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain Manager: ‘This Election is Not About Issues’  —  Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain's presidential bid, insisted that the presidential race will be decided more over personalities than issues during an interview with Post editors this morning.  —  “This election is not about issues,” said Davis.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Hits 50% for First Time  —  Leads McCain by eight percentage points, 50% to 42%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, finds Barack Obama leading the race for president with his highest share of support to date.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Palin lied about visiting Ireland as part of her foreign policy experience  —  She didn't visit Ireland, which is what the McCain-Palin campaign claimed to Politico's Ben Smith on Saturday.  She had a short refueling stopover, which means at best her extensive Irish diplomacy amounted to buying …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
Thompson Speech Hits Media on Palin, Obama on Abortion  —  Fred Thompson will forcefully defend the selection of Sarah Palin tonight in a speech Republicans are characterizing as “red meat.”  He will argue that the feeding frenzy over Palin's is the result of “panic” from the Democrat-friendly mainstream media.
Bloomberg:
Gramm Says Supporters of McCain Aren't ‘Whiners,’ Defends Palin
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Fred Thompson rips NYT on Palin coverage
Discussion: Don Surber
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:   Gramm Reiterates “Whiners” Argument
The Huffington Post:
Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview  —  Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.
Byron York / The Corner:
She Is a Small-Town Mayor.  She Is Not — Repeat, Not — the Governor of Alaska.  —  In an interview of Barack Obama last night, CNN's Anderson Cooper mentioned Sarah Palin's experience as a small-town mayor and as governor of Alaska.  Obama, hewing to his campaign's talking points, ignored the governor part:
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE GAFFE MACHINE ROLLS ON
Discussion: Fox News and Don Surber
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama's answer on experience: But I'm such a great campaigner!
Discussion: TIME.com and Commentary
The Huffington Post:
McCain Spokesman Stumped Trying To Explain Why Palin Is Ready To Be Commander-In-Chief (VIDEO)  —  So, I know that one of the reasons John McCain hastily chose Sarah Palin as his running-and-soul mate was because he thought that Palin would exude some general appeal to female voters …
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Sara Kugler / Associated Press:
Giuliani out, Thompson and Lieberman in for GOP  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republicans revamped their convention plans for a second day, dropping former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as keynote speaker Tuesday night while trying to determine President Bush's role in the political pageantry …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Bush Speech to Praise McCain for ‘Courage and Vision’
Discussion: The Swamp and TIME.com
The Politico:
Documents detail Palin's political life  —  Sarah Palin may be new to most Americans, but she's not entirely new to the national Democratic Party.  —  Democrat Tony Knowles, her opponent in the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial race, put together a detailed, 63-page research document …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Laura McGann / The Washington Independent:
Vetting?  —  ANCHORAGE — I just got off the phone with the very helpful city clerk at the Wasilla City Clerk's office, Kristie Smithers, who is pulling some documents for me from when Gov. Sarah Palin was mayor.  —  I told her I appreciated her help, since I'm sure she's been bombarded with requests these last few weeks.
Discussion: Campaign Silo and Balloon Juice
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin's stopover  —  I wrote the other day that a Palin spokeswoman said trips to Germany, Kuwait and Ireland made up her foreign travel.  —  Two details worth clarifying:  —  The Ireland trip was a refueling stop on her trip to military installations in Germany and Kuwait, spokeswoman Maria Comella said.
Discussion: Whiskey Fire, Daily Kos and Emptywheel
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
‘You Are a Pathetic Human Being, and You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself’  —  No, not Chris Matthews to Keith Olbermann.  That media odd couple have already begun to kiss and make up.  Instead, it was Joe Scarborough who authored the line this morning, directing it at Obama spokesman Mark Bubriski.
Discussion: QandO
 
 
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Palin's party  —  The McCain campaign posts Palin's voter …
Discussion: Hot Air and Ace of Spades HQ
Allison R. Hayward / Weekly Standard:
Shut Up, They Explained  —  The Obama campaign tries to suppress an ad.
Michael Wolff / Vanity Fair:
Tuesdays with Rupert  —  Since buying The Wall Street Journal …
Rasmussen Reports:
52% Still Have Favorable View of Palin, But Partisan Gap Widens
Discussion: Hot Air
Randyj / TIME.com:
Biden, Giuliani: Lay Off Bristol Palin
Holly Watt / Washington Post:
Donna Brazile Hit by Pepper Spray
TPMMuckraker:
Palin's Lobbyist Has Abramoff Ties
 Earlier Items: 
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Prominent Clinton supporter slams Palin, says she's not qualified
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Report: Gonzales Mishandled Classified Data
Discussion: TalkLeft
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MORE PALIN EXTREMISM.  —  Turns out that the Alaskan Independence Party …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Profiles In Poignancy  —  “I wish that the news about Palin's daughter …
Discussion: Eunomia
Fatimah Ali / Philly.com:
We need Obama, not 4 more years of George Bush
William Saletan / Slate:
THE INVISIBLE PREGNANCIES OF PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS.
Discussion: pandagon.net