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10:30 PM ET, September 3, 2008

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OY ... LIVE MICS ARE SUCH DANGEROUS THINGS — Just watch (the voices are Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan) ... And if you're interested, the transcript ...

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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:

A Clear and Present Danger To the American Left — Notes from the convention: — Drafts of John McCain's acceptance speech have been bopping around the inside of the campaign for at least a few days, and a question is whether or how much it will be changed to account for the hurricane in New Orleans and the Gulf coast.

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Ben Smith / The Politico:

Noonan, Murphy trash Palin on hot mic: 'It's over' — After a segment with NBC's Chuck Todd ended today, Republican consultant Mike Murphy and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan were caught on a live mike ridiculing the choice of Sarah Palin. — “It's over,” said Noonan …

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The Corner:

Excerpts from Palin's Speech — This just in...

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Awful: Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy caught on open mike about Palin — I wonder how this little interstitial made its way from MSNBC to TPM. Oh well. Fox nailed Jesse Jackson talking about Obama this way, so turnabout's fair play. — Simply awful, not only for Palin as a vote of no confidence …

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The Huffington Post:

Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy Caught On Tape Disparaging Palin Choice: “It's Over,” “Political Bulls**t,” “Gimmicky” — Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan and former John McCain adviser, Time columnist, and MSNBC contributor Mike Murphy were caught …

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Ross Douthat:
A Time For Polemic — First, Peggy Noonan: … Then, Kenneth Anderson:

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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Live-blogging night 3 — Sarah Palin alert! — of the Republican Convention.

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John Bentley / CBS News:

McCain Camp Knocks Down Enquirer's Palin Rumor — From CBS News' John Bentley: — (ST. PAUL, MINN.) - John McCain's campaign threatened legal action against the National Enquirer today for running a story about McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, allegedly having an affair with her husband's business partner.

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Washington Post:

Palin E-Mails Show Intense Interest in Trooper's Discipline — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the running mate for GOP presidential candidate John McCain, wrote e-mails that harshly criticized Alaska state troopers for failing to fire her former brother-in-law and ridiculed an internal affairs investigation into his conduct.

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Joe Klein / Swampland:

Angry Amateurs — The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate—and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past …

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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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Byron York / The Corner: “Another Incredible Allegation” — What The Enquirer Is Saying About Palin

Al Giordano / The Field on the Narcosphere:
Don't Blow It, Netroots Bloggers

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain's National Co-Chair: Media Coverage Of Palin Is “Completely Fair,” Not Sexist

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PALIN REFUSES TO TESTIFY

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Ann Althouse / Althouse:

“I'm the freaking Governor of Alaska. I didn't get there by just eating mooseburgers and popping out kids.” — This is brilliant. (You will hear “f**k”... once):

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The Politico:

Clinton aides: Palin treatment sexist — ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sarah Palin found some unlikely allies Wednesday as leading academics and even former top aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed the Republican charge that John McCain's running mate has been subject to a sexist double standard by the news media and Democrats.

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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Cindy McCain, Sarah Palin: Abortion rift

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The New Republic:
What Sarah Palin Needs to Accomplish Tonight

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Autumn Brewington / Washington Post:
Putting Words in Palin's Mouth

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CNN:

Palin set to slam Obama in speech — ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin directs a sharp jibe at Barack Obama in her speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, according to excerpts released by the campaign.

Discussion: The Debate Link

Washington Wire: Excerpts From Sarah Palin's Convention Speech

Marc Ambinder:
Palin Excerpts: I Lived In A Small Town

Discussion: Pajamas Media

Martina Stewart / CNN:
Richardson on Lieberman: 'It's a little bit sad'

Discussion: The Swamp

Ted Anthony / Associated Press:

Analysis: GOP contradicts self on Palin family — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — ST. PAUL, Minn. - People: Make up your minds. — For two days, the chorus from Republicans on TV news and in the halls of the convention has been resounding: Back off and let the Palin family be.

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Hindrocket / Power Line: AMERICA'S MOST NERVOUS TEENAGER

Byron York / The Corner:
What Palin Will Do Tonight

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and The Jed Report

Mike Lillis / The Washington Independent:

Palin on Earmarks: ‘We Did Well!!!’ — Digging through Wasilla's municipal records is a lesson in the very essence of tedium. You've got pages of proposals to rename streets, assess sewers, build skateboard parks, buy lawnmowers, rent “pop” machines, carve snowmobile trails …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Reason Magazine and Angry Bear

Los Angeles Times:
McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin

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Oliver Harvey / The Sun:
Why Sarah has X appeal — Beauty ... Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Palin's Pastor And The “Liberated Wailing Wall” — Yes, Google is an amazing thing. A reader finds this Jews For Jesus pamphlet (PDF) from 2004 that reveals more details about Palin's pastor: … You can download the PDF of the pamphlet here. It comes up as the first search result on Google …

Discussion: The New Republic

John Podhoretz / Commentary: Jews for Jesus and Sarah Palin

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Palin And The Jews

Discussion: Political Punch, Jeffrey Goldberg, Commentary and The Politico

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Video: Megyn Kelly destroys Us Weekly bottom-feeder over Palin story — “Babies, Lies, and Scandal” runs the front-cover headline over a photo of the Barracuda. What exactly are the “lies,” asks Kelly? Simply the lies that are being told about Palin, comes the reply from this galactic tool …

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Drlaura / Dr. Laura's Blog:

Sarah Palin and Motherhood — I am extremely disappointed in the choice of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican Party. I will still vote for Senator McCain, because I am very concerned about having a fundamental leftist, especially one who is a marvelous orator, as President.

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, ABCNEWS and Salon

George Bryson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Official: Palin's never issued an order to Alaska Guard — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — When presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate last Friday, the Arizona senator emphasized her role as the commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard.

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