ABC News Edited Out Key Parts of Sarah Palin Interview  —  A transcript of the unedited interview of Sarah Palin by Charles Gibson clearly shows that ABC News edited out crucial portions of the interview that showed Palin as knowledgeable or presented her answers out of context.

Palin camp clarifies extent of Iraq trip  —  Says she never ventured beyond Kuwait border  —  Private Christopher T. Grammer/Department of Defense via Associated Press/fileLieutenant Colonel David Cogdell helped Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska test out training equipment at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on July 24, 2007.

McCain-Palin Crowd-Size Estimates Not Backed by Officials  —  Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — Senator John McCain has drawn some of the biggest crowds of his presidential campaign since adding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to his ticket on Aug. 29.  Now officials say they can't substantiate the figures McCain's aides are claiming.

Why McCain is going so negative, so often  —  It's hard to imagine a more unlikely perch for John McCain to be shamed for his increasingly hard-edged and truth-stretching campaign than the middle seat on “The View.”  —  Yet on Friday morning, there sat the Republican nominee …

Florida may be falling from Obama's grasp  —  Barack Obama could be on the verge of falling out of contention in Florida.  —  Despite spending an estimated $8-million on campaign ads in America's biggest battleground state and putting in place the largest Democratic campaign organization ever in Florida …

Panic sets in for Obama, Democrats  —  Barack Obama knows it.  The election he had in the bag is slipping away.  —  The selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate has so thrown him off stride, as it has most other Democrats, that all the momentum he had has vanished.

County judge urges caution as Ike weakens  —  Area goes dark as hurricane cuts power to millions  —  Comments Recommend  —  Harris County Judge Ed Emmett urged caution as Hurricane Ike continued to pummel the area with wind and rain this morning, asking residents to stay inside and conserve water.

The Triumph of Culture Over Politics  —  Liberals always think there's something broken in politics.  Conservatives always think there's something wrong with the culture.  Why that gives Sarah Palin and the Republicans the edge in November.  —  Culture war, culture war!

Tina Fey ‘likely’ to play Sarah Palin on ‘SNL’  —  NEW YORK - Tina Fey was “likely” to play Gov. Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show.  —  Fey is “likely” to return to her former show Saturday to play the Alaskan governor and Sen. John McCain's running mate …

‘RHETORICAL’ BOOK BANNING.... Charlie Gibson asked Sarah Palin yesterday about reports that she sought to ban books from the Wasilla public library.  Palin rejected this out of hand: “Never banned a book, never desired to ban a book.... It's an old wives' tale.”  —  There's ample reason to believe this isn't true at all.

Give 'em Hell, Sarah  —  Like Truman, a natural-born executive.  —  Lurking just below the surface of the second-guessing about Sarah Palin's fitness to be president is the serious question of whether we still believe in the American people's capacity for self-government …

Gallup Daily: McCain 47%, Obama 45%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results for Sept. 10-12 show the race now statistically tied, with John McCain at 47% and Barack Obama at 45% among registered voters.  —  These results, based on interviewing conducted Wednesday through Friday …