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New York Times:
In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter — In one of the most extraordinary days in Wall Street's history, Merrill Lynch is near an 11th-hour deal with Bank of America to avert a deepening financial crisis while another storied securities firm, Lehman Brothers, hurtled toward liquidation, according to people briefed on the deal.
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Wall Street Journal:
Barclays Walks from Lehman Deal; Likelihood for Transaction Narrows — The fate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s darkened early Sunday afternoon after Barclays PLC, the sole remaining bidder for the 158-year-old Wall Street firm, told federal regulators that it is walking away from a transaction, people familiar with the matter say.
DealBook:
Lehman Expected to File for Bankruptcy Protection — According to people briefed on the matter, Lehman Brothers will file for bankruptcy protection on Sunday night, in the largest failure of an investment bank since the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert 18 years ago.
CNN:
Rove: McCain went ‘too far’ in ads — (CNN) — Former Bush adviser Karl Rove said Sunday that Sen. John McCain had gone “one step too far” in some of his recent ads attacking Sen. Barack Obama. — Rove has leveled similar criticism against Obama. — “McCain has gone in some of his ads …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ROVE SAYS MCCAIN HAS GONE ‘ONE STEP TOO FAR’.... Karl Rove was reluctant to say it, and he tried really hard not to say it, but he conceded on Fox News this morning that John McCain's ads aren't exactly accurate. — Here's the clip, by way of the Jed Report, of Rove pontificating on “Fox News Sunday” earlier today.
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
About that McCain Photo — Like others at the Atlantic, I was appalled to read about the actions of Jill Greenberg, the freelance photographer who took the cover portrait that illustrates my article about John McCain. Greenberg doctored photographs of McCain she took during her Atlantic-arranged shoot …
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Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post:
MAC HATER HAS A LOUSY ‘IMAGE’ — MAG FOTOG IN DIRTY TRICK TO TURN POL ‘EVIL’ — Controversial celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg, a self-professed “hard-core Dem,” deliberately took a series of unflattering shots of Republican nominee John McCain for the current cover of The Atlantic - and then bragged about it on a blog.
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
They've ruined SiteMeter — UPDATED & BUMPED: Wow! They listened: … That's amazing. Glad to hear it. — UPDATE: Also got the Ace-o-lanche while the Bad New SiteMeter was in effect. And Ace is right: If they want to add new stuff, OK, but keep the old stuff we like.
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John Griffin / Political Punch:
Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer? — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. introduced a new TV ad his week that paints Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as out of touch for being, when it comes to technology, shall we say a touch “old-school.” — “1982, John McCain goes to Washington,” the narrator says.
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The Huffington Post:
Tina Fey As Sarah Palin On SNL (VIDEO) — Read More: Palin On Snl, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Saturday Night Live Video, Sarah Palin Snl, Sarah Palin Snl Video, Sarah Palin Tina Fey, Snl Sarah Palin, Snl Sarah Palin Tina Fey, Snl Tina Fey As Sarah Palin, Snl Tina Fey Sarah Palin, Tina Fay Sarah Palin …
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Dean's World
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Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:Live From New York, It's Sarah (Tiny Fey) Palin!
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Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
‘Alaska Women Reject Palin’ Rally is HUGE! — I attended the Welcome Home rally for Sarah Palin this morning. Hooo. It was an experience. About a thousand (maybe) hard-core Palin supporters showed up to hear her speak at the new Dena'ina Convention Center in downtown Anchorage.
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Randall Kennedy / Washington Post:
The Big ‘What If’ — The hopes of black America ride on his shoulders. But the outcome's way up in the air. — I am a black man born in 1954, the year of Brown v. Board of Education. Fleeing the abuses of Jim Crow, my parents moved from South Carolina to Washington, D.C., later that decade.
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Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
How does President Palin sound? — For first time in modern history, a presidential race is actually going to be decided by the vice presidential pick. — Thanks to Sarah Palin, this is no longer a contest between Barack Obama and John McCain - it's between Brother Barack and Sistah Sarah.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain-Obama Contest Remains Tight — Registered voters show narrow margin in favor of McCain, 47% to 45% — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows 47% of registered voters preferring John McCain and 45% Barack Obama when asked whom they would vote …
Patrick Nielsen Hayden / Making Light:
Either a heart attack, or a Greek of the same name — Some kind of “burying the lede” prize has to go to Teresa Nielsen Hayden for using a comment in a downblog thread, rather than Making Light's front page, to tell her readership that she'd been carted off to the hospital following what was probably a heart attack.
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