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6:50 PM ET, September 11, 2008

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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Defends Experience, Takes Hard Line Approach on National Security  —  Republican VP Candidate Speaks with ABC News' Charles Gibson in Exclusive Interview  —  On the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, Gov. Sarah Palin took a hard-line approach on national security …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
McCain on Palin  —  A tough interview with a Maine reporter yesterday, in which McCain speaks on Palin's national security experience.  Uncharacteristically, he's much more at home on the domestic policy side.  —  At one point, he says that Palin “was right” on Russia and on Iran.
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
McCain finally answers some questions — or tries to answer some questions.  He's terrible.  —  NOTE FROM JOHN: Watch McCain about a minute and a half into the tape, when he's asked what National Security credentials Sarah Palin has.  He replies “energy.”  The reporter goes, no, I asked you about national security.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain says Palin to do “numerous” interviews  —  John McCain told a local TV station yesterday that Sarah Palin would be “coming out in the next couple of days with interviews with numerous people.”  —  In a interview with the NBC affiliate in Portland, Maine, McCain was asked why his running mate …
Discussion: American Footprints and TIME.com
Lauren Sher / The World Newser:
The Palin Interview  —  Charlie Gibson has just finished …
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USA Today:
Palin's town used to bill victims for rape kits  —  WASILLA, Alaska — In 2000, Alaska lawmakers learned that rural police agencies had been billing rape victims or their insurance companies $500 to $1,200 for the costs of the forensic medical examinations used to gather evidence.
Frank James / The Swamp:
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.
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
MCCAIN: DO AMERICANS REALLY WANT TO WORK?  —  In 2006.  John McCain addressed the national conference of the AFL-CIO's Building & Construction Trades Department, where he took a question about paying American workers a decent wage and answered thus:  —  Apparently, he believes …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Eschaton
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Kagan: Knowledge Is Elitist  —  Robert Kagan says it's elitist to expect a President of the United States to be knowledgeable about national security issues: … Based on the structure of the situation, it's plausible that Kagan is just being opportunistically dishonest here and trying to say something useful to the Republican ticket.
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Nate Silver / The New Republic:
What's the Matter with Michigan?  —  Why Obama is faltering in a state that should go blue.  —  Democrats have grown accustomed to winning Michigan by relatively comfortable margins.  Bill Clinton flipped the state in 1992, bringing home the Reagan Democrats and giving the party its first win in the state since 1968.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What Is The Matter With Michigan?
Joe Klein / Time:
Sarah Palin's Myth of America  —  Sarah Palin has arrived in our midst with the force of a rocket-propelled grenade.  She has boosted John McCain's candidacy and overwhelmed the presidential process in a way that no vice-presidential pick has since Thomas Eagleton did the precise opposite …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain 48%, Obama 44%  —  McCain has held significant lead for last four days  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters continue to express a slight preference for John McCain (48%) over Barack Obama (44%) in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking presidential trial heat.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
McCain's Health Care Tax Increase  —  A new rule here: Rather than do the McCain campaign's bidding by wasting space on Senator Honor's daily lies and bilge—his constant attempts to divert attention from substantive issues—I'm going to assume that others will spend more than enough …
TPM Election Central:
Petraeus: I Don't Know That I Will Ever Use The Word “Victory” For Iraq  —  One of the McCain campaign's chief assaults on Barack Obama is that McCain is insisting that the troops return only after “victory” in Iraq, while Obama refuses to use that word — a position the McCain forces describe as tantamount to wanting to lose.
Washington Post:
U.S. Government Assisting in Sale of Lehman Brothers  —  The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are helping Lehman Brothers put itself up for sale.  The details are not finalized, but sources familiar with the matter say the purchase is expected to be completed and announced …
Discussion: The Corner
Clive Crook:
Lipstick on a pig  —  One wonders how much lower this election can sink.  The furore over “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig” sets a new benchmark.  The idea that Barack Obama seriously intended to call Sarah Palin a pig is surely absurd.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and QandO
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Obama's woes have nothing to do with ‘lipstick’  —  Howard Fineman on the candidate's pride, strategy and stump speak  —  Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. gestures as he speaks during a town hall meeting in the library of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2008.
 
 
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Andy Barr / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Palin Sought Guidance from Rick Warren
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Associated Press:
Former GOP senator calls Palin a ‘cocky wacko’
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