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9:45 PM ET, September 2, 2008

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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.
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.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms  —  ST. PAUL — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee who revealed Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, earlier this year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live.
Discussion: Lonewacko, Slog, Truthdig and The Raw Story
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.
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 …
Chris Orr / The New Republic:
The Case Against the Case Against Palin
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:   Plouffe: Palin Choice a ‘Transparent Moment’
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:   Sarah Palin a no-show at antiabortion event, sparking some ire
Laura McGann / The Washington Independent:
Palin: The Iron-Fist Mayor?
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Salon
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Bristol Palin boyfriend convention-bound
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:   Kristol on Sarah Palin, Hockey Mom
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:
Lindsay Lohan Blogs About Sarah Palin's Daughter's Baby Drama
Discussion: marbury
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Palins' Privacy  —  Here's a post that reads like it was …
Discussion: Upturned Earth
Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
A Photo Safari of Wasilla, Alaska - Home of Sarah Palin.
Discussion: Wonkette
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Speech, Lieberman to Call McCain ‘Best Choice’
Discussion: The Swamp, The Caucus and TIME.com
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Blogger, a Baby, a Cry of Concern
Discussion: Political Punch
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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.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Founder Of Group Palin Courted Professed “Hatred For The American Government”; Cursed “Damn Flag”  —  The founder of the Alaska Independence Party — a group that has been courted over the years by Sarah Palin, and one her husband was a member of for roughly seven years — once professed his …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Slog
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
Key Source for Palin's Connection to Alaskan Independence Party Backs Off Account  —  In the past few days, during Sarah Palin's rough introduction to the American public, it has been reported (first by ABC News) that Palin, the governor of Alaska tapped by John McCain to be his running mate …
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
WE'RE OUTTA HERE  —  Todd Palin, husband of Sarah …
Discussion: My Left Wing
Nathan Thornburgh / Time:
Mayor Palin: A Rough Record
Marc Ambinder:
Defending McCain On The Vet
Discussion: marbury
Think Progress:
Infuriated About Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance  —  Yesterday, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds appeared on CNN for an interview with Campbell Brown.  Brown was tough on Bounds, refusing to let him spout typical campaign talking points.
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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.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
THE PALIN CHURCH VIDEO
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Macsmind
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
The “Eagleton Scenario”  —  Barring a dramatic reversal, Sarah Palin will formally become the Republican vice presidential nominee Wednesday night.  Since Friday, when the pick was announced, news surrounding Palin has been almost uniformly negative: the initial focus on her lack …
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Glenn W. Smith / Firedoglake:
McCain & McGovern: Why Palin (Probably) Won't Be Dumped
Discussion: Open Left and Democrats.com
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
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
Michael Wolff / Vanity Fair:
Tuesdays with Rupert  —  Since buying The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch has talked freely with the author about his business, his family, and the future.  (There was serious gossip, too.)  It's an unparalleled look at the 77-year-old mogul, transformed by his marriage to Wendi Deng, yet utterly, unapologetically himself.
Erick Erickson / www.redstate.com:
BREAKING: Democrats Release Sarah Palin's Social Security Number  —  The Politico has received an opposition research file from the Alaska Democrats.  You can read it in PDF here.  —  In the file, the Democrats have released Sarah Palin's social security number minus the last four digits.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Gramm: Unlike The Rest Of Americans, McCain Supporters Aren't ‘Economically Illiterate’ ‘Whiners’  —  In a July interview with the Washington Times, former senator Phil Gramm infamously decried the “constant whining” of the American people when it comes to the economy, saying it was nothing more than a “mental recession”:
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Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
Clooney's Obama fundraiser in Geneva a sellout
Allison R. Hayward / Weekly Standard:
Shut Up, They Explained  —  The Obama campaign tries to suppress an ad.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin's stopover  —  I wrote the other day that a Palin spokeswoman …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
It's About McCain  —  As the Palin pick starts dominating …
Rasmussen Reports:
52% Still Have Favorable View of Palin, But Partisan Gap Widens
Discussion: Hot Air
Holly Watt / Washington Post:
Donna Brazile Hit by Pepper Spray
 Earlier Items: 
TPMMuckraker:
Palin's Lobbyist Has Abramoff Ties
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Prominent Clinton supporter slams Palin, says she's not qualified
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Report: Gonzales Mishandled Classified Data
Discussion: TalkLeft
Laura McGann / The Washington Independent:
Vetting?  —  ANCHORAGE — I just got off the phone …
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We need Obama, not 4 more years of George Bush
 

 
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