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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
S.C. Dem chair: Palin primary qualification is she hasn't had an abortion — South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “ whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn't had an abortion.”
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Jason Szep / Tales from the Trail:
McCain finds it tough without Palin — PHILADELPHIA - Republican presidential candidate John McCain cut short his first public appearance without running-mate Sarah Palin after chanting supporters of Democratic rival Barack Obama interrupted his speech. — After lunching with a roundtable …
Mosheh Oinounou / FOX Embeds:
McCain embraces the staged rally — PHILADELPHIA, PA — For a candidate who once railed against “stale soundbites, staged rallies and over-managed messages,” John McCain seems to have turned over a new leaf. — Today marks the four-week anniversary since McCain held his last press conference …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Sex, Drug Use and Graft Cited in Interior Department — WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal …
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Gov't Officials Probed About Illicit Sex, Gifts — WASHINGTON — Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
Brooks Jackson / Newsweek:
McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding — Those attacks on Palin that we debunked didn't come from Obama. — FACTCHECK.ORG — A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama's attacks on Palin “absolutely false” and “misleading.” That's what we said, but it wasn't about Obama.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
CBS takes down McCain webad, suggests it's ‘misleading’ — YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad. — “One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role …
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.
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Apology Not Accepted — Back in 2000, after John McCain lost …
Apology Not Accepted — Back in 2000, after John McCain lost …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
UNFIT.... John McCain was presented with a choice: lose the election or lose his honor.
UNFIT.... John McCain was presented with a choice: lose the election or lose his honor.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Letterman: Palin is lipstick, McCain policies are pig — Amie Parnes reports that Obama just taped this evening's show with David Letterman, which touched at length on the McCain campaign's accusations that he'd spoken disrespectfully about Sarah Palin.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama knocks press on ‘made-up controversy’
Obama knocks press on ‘made-up controversy’
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Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
The American Idol candidate — I think I might be able to explain some of Sara Palin's appeal. She's the “American Idol” candidate. Consider. What defines an “American Idol” finalist? They're good-looking, work well on television, have a sunny personality, are fierce competitors …
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Dirty Harry / Dirty Harry's Place:
Palin Derangement Syndrome Hits Poor Roger Ebert — Nice glasses. Ass kicked on the playground much? — Liberal Hollywood: The Gift That Never Stops a-Giving: … Newflash, Nerd Boy, never once in the existence of this fine Republic were your glasses found on anyone …
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Satyam / Think Progress:
On 7th Anniversary Of Attacks, White House Claims Bin Laden Was Not The ‘Mastermind’ of Sept. 11 — Tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In a press conference today, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the administration's ongoing efforts …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin's earmarks: Not just for the halibut — Senator John McCain recently told reporters that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has “learned that earmarks are bad.” — But not that bad, apparently. According to a “summary of requests for federal appropriations” posted to her budget office's website earlier …
Natalie Gewargis / Political Radar:
Biden: Hillary a Better Pick Than Me — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Wednesday said that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., might have been a better pick for the position than him.
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Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
Payback: GOP points to Biden daughter — Call it Palin Payback. — After Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, her teenage pregnancy, and her high school boyfriend were run through the media wringer last week, Republicans are now pointing to Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, to make the case …
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New York Times:
Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan — WASHINGTON — President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials.
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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: New Mexico Presidential Election — McCain Gains Ground in New Mexico — For the first time all year, John McCain has topped Barack Obama in a New Mexico poll. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows McCain attracting 49% of the vote while Obama earns 47%.
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CNN:
CNN battleground polls: Race a dead heat in key states — WASHINGTON (CNN) - New state polls indicate that the race for the White House remains a dead heat in four crucial battleground states that could determine the outcome of the election. — CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation polls …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
HRC defends Obama on ‘lipstick’ — From NBC's Ken Strickland — At a Capitol Hill news conference today, Hillary Clinton defended Obama's “lipstick on a pig” comment, accusing McCain of using the controversy to distract from substantive issues in the campaign.