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3:30 PM ET, September 10, 2008

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
New heights of stupidity  —  We're fighting multiple wars; our oldest and most established financial institutions are on the verge of collapse; we've fundamentally transformed and then dismantled our constitutional framework over the last eight years, etc. etc.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
55 days - Lipstick wars - Chuck Todd: McCain and Palin could continue joint campaigning  —  Good Wednesday morning.  Gov. Palin heads to Alaska, where Nicolle Wallace and others will join her for 9/11 remarks, her son's Army deployment and the Charlie Gibson interviews.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Washington Post:
McCain Camp Sees An Insult in a Saying  —  Obama Called Policies ‘Lipstick on a Pig’  —  Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday that Sen. John McCain's claim that he will shake up Washington after agreeing with President Bush for so long is like “putting lipstick on a pig” …
Washington Wire:
Obama on Lipstick Fight: ‘Enough Is Enough’
Discussion: The Stump
James Gerstenzang / The LA Times President Bush Blog:
Lipstick? Palin? Obama? Did someone say Dick Cheney?
Discussion: The Swamp
David Weigel / Reason:
Lipstick Traces  —  Barack Obama, on his week-long tear …
Discussion: I Am TRex
Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
Did Obama Steal his ‘Lip Stick on a Pig’ Speech from a Political Cartoon?
Discussion: The Corner, NO QUARTER and CANNONFIRE
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Apology Not Accepted  —  Back in 2000, after John McCain lost his mostly honorable campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, he went about apologizing to journalists—including me—for his most obvious mis-step: his support for keeping the confederate flag on the state house.
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Out of bounds!  McCain misstates Obama sex-ed record  —  WASHINGTON — Throw the flag against: The McCain-Palin campaign.  —  Call: Unsportsmanlike conduct.  —  What happened: A new 30-second TV ad attacks Barack Obama's record on education, saying that Obama backed legislation to teach …
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Does the Truth Matter Anymore?  —  This is not false naivete: I am genuinely surprised that John McCain and his campaign keep throwing out false charges and making false claims without any qualms.  They keep talking about Sarah Palin's opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere without any embarrassment …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
New McCain Ad: Obama Favors Sex-Ed For Kindergartners
National Enquirer:
PALIN FAMILY SHOCKERS: WHAT SARAH'S REALLY HIDING!  —  The NATIONAL ENQUIRER'S exclusive ongoing investigation of GOP VP Nom Sarah ‘Barracuda’ Palin's goes far beyond a mere teen pregnancy crisis this week!  —  The Enquirer's team of reporters has combed the Alaskan wilderness to discover …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Roger Ailes
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama knocks press on ‘made-up controversy’  —  Speaking at a high school in Norfolk, Obama took a few moments to address what he calls “the made-up controversy” of the day, Amie Parnes reports.  —  Obama said the McCain campaign moved to “seize an innocent remark and take it out of context …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
McCain's Integrity  —  For me, this surreal moment - like the entire surrealism of the past ten days - is not really about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama or pigs or fish or lipstick.  It's about John McCain.  The one thing I always thought I knew about him is that he is a decent and honest person.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain 48%, Obama 43%  —  Nine percent undecided in latest average  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds John McCain continuing to lead Barack Obama, 48% to 43% among registered voters.  —  The Sept. 7-9 average — spanning interviewing conducted Sunday …
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Paul says he turned down appeal to endorse McCain  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas lawmaker who attracted a devoted following in the GOP primaries, said Wednesday he rejected an appeal to endorse John McCain's presidential bid.
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CNN:   Ron Paul urges voters to skip McCain, Obama
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
My Fair Veep  —  The rain in Spain stays mainly in the Arctic plain ...  I hope John McCain doesn't throw his slippers at Sarah Palin's head or get as acerbic as Henry Higgins did with Eliza Doolittle when she did not learn quickly enough.  McCain's Pygmalion has to be careful …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
UNFIT FOR HIGH OFFICE  —  One of the interesting aspects of this campaign is watching the scales fall from the eyes of many of John McCain's closest admirers among the veteran DC press corps.  I'm not talking about the freaks on Fox News or any of the sycophants at the AP.
Kevin Carey / The Quick and the Ed:
The Obama Education Speech  —  Barack Obama delivered what his campaign billed as a “major policy address” on education today in Dayton, Ohio.  Excerpts from the prepared remarks and comments below: … This is an odd criticism.  An awful lot of people would probably argue that Bush …
Discussion: Kevin Drum and National Review
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Obama's Education Speech
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They're Undone  —  From the moment Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared that she had opposed the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” critics, the news media and nonpartisan fact checkers have called it a fabrication or, at best, a half-truth.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Shaken Dems fear Obama on downslide  —  Democrats in Congress are rattled over the momentum Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has brought to John McCain's presidential campaign and disagree about how their candidate should respond.  —  Some Democrats say that Democratic nominee Barack Obama's campaign must …
Marc Ambinder:
“Astonishingly Inured...” Truth, Lies, The Media And Politics  —  I'm not prepared to answer Glenn Greenwald, in part because doing so would require a book's worth of prep, but a bit of introspection into one of the finer points of the debate won't hurt anyone, right?  —  So why are some voters inured to charges of deceit?
James Fallows:
A controlled experiment: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin  —  Twice in the last six months we've had the spectacle of a candidate clinging to a provably false personal narrative.  Each tale was meant to show something admirable and significant about the candidate's character.
Discussion: American Street
 
 
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Kyle Hopkins / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin received per diem at Wasilla home
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
In Hunt for Bin Laden, a New Approach
TPM Election Central:
New McCain Ad Portrays Palin As Obama's Prey
John Bentley / CBS News:
McCain Supporter Fred Thompson Brings Rev. Wright Back Into Campaign
Discussion: TIME.com
Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Obama Banks on the Ground Game
Beth Miller / delawareonline:
Markell stuns Carney; Lee crushes Protack
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Denise Dennis / The Huffington Post:
Right-Wing Terror Film Delivered To Swing-State NYTimes Readers
Discussion: Riehl World View
Michael J. Totten:
From Baku to Russian-Occupied Georgia
 Earlier Items: 
Eartha Jane Melzer / Michigan Messenger:
Lose your house, lose your vote
Discussion: Corrente
Thomas Frank / WSJ.com:
The GOP Loves the Heartland To Death
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Times Discovers The Chicago Annenberg Challenge
Michelle Malkin:
Sisterhood of the Protected Female Liberal Journalists
Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain Adviser Tells CNN: McCain Refuses To Talk About Bush's …
Discussion: ABC News and New York Times
Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
Russell Brand pulled Sarah Palin electric chair jokes at VMA
Los Angeles Times:
Palin bounce has Democrats off balance
Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:
Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge
 

 
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