EXCERPTS: Charlie Gibson Interviews Sarah Palin  —  Republican VP Candidate Speaks with ABC News' Charlie Gibson in Exclusive Interview … GIBSON: Governor, let me start by asking you a question that I asked John McCain about you, and it is really the central question.

LIKE I SAID, FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH WOULD BE VASTLY PREFERABLE  —  Wow, going to war with Russia might be necessary if Russia invades another one of the former states of the Soviet Union.  So says Sarah Palin.  War with Russia over Armenia?  If Russia and Georgia go at it again?

Is Sarah Palin Politicizing Son's Military Service?  —  Track Palin and Beau Biden Headed to Iraq Within Next Few Weeks  —  Gov. Sarah Palin is in Alaska today attending a deployment ceremony for her son, Private First Class Track Palin, whose Army infantry unit is heading to Iraq next week.

Critics: Under Palin, Wasilla charged rape victims for exam  —  Two state leaders lashed out at the public record of Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday as witnesses in a new “Alaska Mythbusters” forum coordinated by supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Hannity explodes on air, calls guest ‘fool’ and ‘idiot,’ tells him to get off set.  —  Yesterday on Fox News, Sean Hannity and The American Prospect's Robert Kuttner had a tense exchange about the election.  As Kuttner offered advice for Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Hannity interrupted …

Team Clinton Says Obama Intimidated By Palin Factor  —  Hillary: ‘We Will Do What We Are Asked’; Panetta: ‘They Are Totally Reactive’  —  Hillary Clinton.  —  The harshest thing Hillary Clinton could come up with about Sarah Palin at a Sept. 6 campaign event at Wagner College on Staten Island …

Palin's experience OK: Illinois's Dem guv  —  Gov. Rod Blagojevich.  Chicago Tribune photo by Michael Tercha.)  —  by Rick Pearson  —  Illinois' Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich admits he can't field dress a moose and his hunting targets tend to be more along the lines of state legislators in his own party who don't trust him.