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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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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.
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.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama ad slams McCain on abortion rights — ST. PAUL, Minn. — Barack Obama has launched a broadside against John McCain's opposition to abortion rights and moved one of the most divisive issues in modern American politics to the airwaves on a large scale for the first time in this presidential campaign.
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.
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.
Byron York / The Corner:She Is a Small-Town Mayor. She Is Not — Repeat, Not — the Governor of Alaska.
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:Sarah Palin a no-show at antiabortion event, sparking some ire
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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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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 …
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.
Matt Welch / Reason:The View on Palin from an Alaskan Anti-Real ID Activist and Democrat
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket: As the GOP turns: Sarah Palin's daughter's baby's father to attend convention
Jennifer Cady / E! Online:Lindsay Lohan Blogs About Sarah Palin's Daughter's Baby Drama
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Akmuckraker / Mudflats:A Photo Safari of Wasilla, Alaska - Home of Sarah Palin.
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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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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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
WE'RE OUTTA HERE — Todd Palin, husband of Sarah, was a member of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party from 1995 through 2002. That's the information we just got from the Alaska Division of elections. — Probably not coincidentally, 2002 was the first time Sarah Palin ran for statewide office in Alaska.
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:Key Source for Palin's Connection to Alaskan Independence Party Backs Off Account
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:Another AIP Official Says Palin Was at 1994 Convention*
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Ed Kilgore / Democratic Strategist:Palin, Trent Lott, and the Perils of Regional Politics
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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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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Cancels CNN Interview As Punishment For Criticizing Palin — It looks like the McCain camp is now actively taking steps to punish media outlets that give them bad coverage. — Wolf Blitzer just reported that the campaign has cancelled a scheduled interview with Larry King due …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:McCain loses temper, cancels Larry King interview after CNN asks …
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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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.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:Dept. of Counterprogramming: Obama to appear on O'Reilly Thursday
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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.
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Rasmussen Reports:
52% Still Have Favorable View of Palin, But Partisan Gap Widens — After a long weekend of Democratic criticism of John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, over half of voters (52%) still have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of the Alaska governor. Thirty-one percent (31%) view her very favorably.
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