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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The War Against the Press — I've talked to many political professionals over the years who were mad at the media, or me in particular. — But I've never quite had a conversation like the one Tuesday night with Steve Schmidt. — He was absolutely furious as he unloaded on the journalistic community …
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Another Controversy for Sarah Palin — Former Police Chief Says He Was Fired for Challenging Palin's Campaign Contributors — Gov. Sarah Palin is already facing ethical questions over her firing of the Alaska public safety commissioner, and now she faces questions over the firing of a longtime local police chief.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain: Palin more qualified than Obama — Mounting a ferocious defense of his embattled running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he is buying a TV ad arguing that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has more experience than the Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
McCain Strategist Blasts Media — Top Aide Says News Organizations Are ‘on a Mission to Destroy’ Palin — Sen. John McCain's top campaign strategist accused the news media Tuesday of being “on a mission to destroy” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by displaying “a level of viciousness and scurrilousness” …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PALIN REFUSES TO TESTIFY — It didn't take long. We've already brought you news of the official investigation into Gov. Palin's firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Steve Branchflower, the lead investigator, began trying to arrange a deposition of the governor days before her veep selection.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: AMERICA, MEET SARAH PALIN — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — ST. PAUL, MN — And we thought Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton would give the most highly anticipated convention speech. Well, that was before McCain selected the first-term governor …
Los Angeles Times:
McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin — Three times in recent years, the Arizona senator's lists of ‘objectionable’ pork spending have included earmarks requested by his new running mate. — WASILLA, ALASKA — For much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts …
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Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Palin's Handling of Other People's Pregnant Teens — Obviously, from the perspective of a progressive, there is much to dislike about Sarah Palin's politics. But this tidbit in today's WaPo strikes me as particularly offensive: … I'm sorry, but a politician who opposes abortion …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FINELY AGED WHINE — There's quite a tear-jerking piece in the Post by Howard Kurtz today about the McCain campaign's wailing about the media treatment of their botched veep roll-out ... Schmidt, by the way, is one of the most hard-boiled GOP operatives and Rove proteges around.
Washington Post:
Before Speech, Running Mate Gets Some Coaching — Since Sunday night, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been holed up in her suite in the Hilton Minneapolis while a parade of Sen. John McCain's top advisers have briefed her on the nuances of his policy positions, national politics and, above all …
Marc Ambinder:The Palin Pick: What We Know, Don't Know And Just Assume
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Autumn Brewington / Washington Post:Putting Words in Palin's Mouth
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Welcome To The PalinDrome
Wall Street Journal:The Beltway Boys — Even as the Obama camp ponders how best …
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Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:McCain, Palin families greet candidate
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Hope Ditto / Political Radar:
Dems Call Palin Experience Ad ‘Ridiculous’ — ABC News' Teddy Davis and Hope Ditto report: A McCain ad contrasting Sarah Palin's experience with that of Barack Obama was called “borderline ridiculous” on Wednesday by a top adviser to the Democratic presidential nominee.
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Byron York / The Corner:
What Palin Will Do Tonight — I've been talking to a member of the McCain/Palin team this morning about what to expect from Palin's speech to the convention tonight. These speeches often feature a lot of biographical material, introducing an unknown candidate to the world.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Angry Left — I don't have the credentials necessary to go to the actual convention, but according to folks I've talked to it's been low energy in the Xcel Energy Center and a not-exactly-packed house. Indeed, President George W. Bush didn't even bother to show up in person to deliver …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Obama Met With Fox News Executives — At a secret meeting with Barack Obama three months ago, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes says, he tried to clear the air with the Democratic senator by saying that his organization was determined to be fair but would not be “in the tank” for Obama's campaign.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
An Ideology for White People — I was only able to attend this morning's Politico event with Rich Lowry, Rick Santorum, and Tom DeLay very briefly, but Lowry started out with a joke about how it was incongruous to be the editor of a conservative magazine located in “very liberal New York City.”
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AndrewHalcro.com:
The real politics of the Bridge to Nowhere.... With all the debate surrounding the Bridge to Nowhere earmark, I offer you a campaign photo from 2006 when the Bridge to Nowhere was considered the Bridge to Somewhere by one candidate seeking votes from the people of Ketchikan.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Michael Moore responds to Lieberman. — Yesterday in his address to the Republican National Convention, Sen. Joe Lieberman (R-CT) tried to demonstrate the “maverick” appeal of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by invoking filmmaker Michael Moore. He said that “if John McCain is just another partisan Republican …
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
MCCAIN CREATES A DISASTER STORY FOR THE NEWS-STARVED PRESS. — The news abhors a vacuum. Politicians, public-relations disinformers, media consultants, and other spin artists may think it's wise to suppress the elemental force that is the news. But when the news breaches the container it's been stuffed into, mayhem results.
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Megan McArdle:
More turnabout is fair play — John McCain made unkind remarks about Chelsea Clinton. My opinion of the kind of man who makes jokes about a young girl unfortunate enough to go through puberty on the public stage is unprintable. That, and his appalling treatment of his first wife …
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