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4:50 PM ET, September 2, 2008

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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 …
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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 …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Blogger, a Baby, a Cry of Concern
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Chris Orr / The New Republic:
The Case Against the Case Against Palin
Discussion: Althouse and Hot Air
Ben Smith / The Politico:   Palin's party  —  The McCain campaign posts Palin's voter …
Robert Farley / American Prospect:
WELL, NOW WE KNOW MORE ABOUT SARAH PALIN'S FOREIGN POLICY PREFERENCES...
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Political Machine
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Fred Thompson rips NYT on Palin coverage  —  ST. PAUL - Former Sen. Fred Thompson lambasted The New York Times for its coverage of Sarah Palin on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper is “trying their best to drag her down.”  —  Thompson told Fox News that the Times has focused on Palin's children, saying, “I don't think they get it.”
Discussion: Don Surber
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Regroup for Compressed Convention
Discussion: The Swamp and TIME.com
Sidney Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:   The Battle Between McCain and Bush: The Cancelled First Night …
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Byron York / National Review:
Why the Palin Baby Story Matters  —  St. Paul — At 6:30 Monday morning, at a hotel here in St. Paul, a team of senior McCain staffers got word from even more senior staffers that there was news about vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin.  Everybody had heard the rumors, spread on The Atlantic …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:
Kristol on Sarah Palin, Hockey Mom  —  McCain aides whose judgment I trust are impressed by Sarah Palin.  One was particularly amused by this exchange: A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she'd …
Laura McGann / The Washington Independent:
Palin: The Iron-Fist Mayor?  —  WASILLA, Alaska — Earlier today, First Lady Laura Bush urged us to remember Gov. Sarah Palin's record as mayor of her hometown from 1996-2002 when assessing her experience.  I agree.  —  Driving around this city today, I decided it looks more or less …
Discussion: The Daily Dish, Salon and MyDD
Megan McArdle:   Sarah Palin: the importance of being earnest
David Brooks / New York Times:
What the Palin Pick Says  —  John McCain is not a normal conservative.  He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government.  He's a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda.  As Rush Limbaugh understands, but the Democrats apparently do not …
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TPMMuckraker:
Palin's Lobbyist Has Abramoff Ties
Discussion: Salon
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds
Chris Ayres / Times of London:
Sarah Palin: she came from nowhere
Discussion: Democrats.com, TigerHawk and Guardian
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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Martina Stewart / CNN:
Prominent Clinton supporter slams Palin, says she's not qualified  —  (CNN) - James Carville, one of Sen. Hillary Clinton's most ardent supporters, wanted to see a woman in the White House — but not just any woman will do.  —  On CNN's Larry King Live Monday night, the Democratic strategist …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' ...
Discussion: Lean Left
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
GOP Plays Gender Card Against Palin Foes
Discussion: MyDD
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Gramm Reiterates “Whiners” Argument  —  Phil Gramm, who fake stepped down as a McCain adviser while continuing to advise McCain after it became embarrassing for the candidate to be associated with a man who thinks America is a “nation of whiners,” is back at it:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Palins' Privacy  —  Here's a post that reads like it was from a few years ago, but was actually posted last Saturday.  It's Tyler Cowen: … Yes, I deemed it irrelevant to start with, if a wonderful and beautiful aspect of her life.  I should say again that her decision to bring …
Discussion: Upturned Earth
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.
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Report: Gonzales Mishandled Classified Data  —  Former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales told investigators he did not remember whether he took home notes regarding the government's most sensitive national security programs and did not know they contained classified information despite notations …
Discussion: TalkLeft
 
 
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MORE PALIN EXTREMISM.  —  Turns out that the Alaskan Independence Party …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Eunomia
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Profiles In Poignancy  —  “I wish that the news about Palin's daughter …
Discussion: Eunomia
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Ali / Think Progress:
Scarborough rips Bush for using Gustav to demand more offshore …
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Paul Is Here, and the RNC Isn't Happy
The Moderate Voice:
Look Long & Hard At This Photograph, America.  I Mean Really Long & Hard
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Gains Among Former Clinton Supporters
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