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Ben Smith / The Politico:
A tanning bed in the Governor's Mansion — Sarah Palin brought one unusual accessory to the Alaska Governor's mansion after moving in last year: A tanning bed. — Al Giordano's NarcoNews first reported that Palin had the apparatus installed in the mansion in Juneau, and a spokesman …
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Rachel Paula Ab... / Us Weekly:
Sarah Palin Installed Tanning Bed at Governor's Mansion — Self-proclaimed “hockey mom” Sarah Palin had a private tanning bed installed in the Governor's Mansion in Juneau, Alaska, Usmagazine.com confirmed on Monday. — “She did. She paid for it with her own money,” Roger Wetherell …
New York Times:
Fed Takes Steps to Aid A.I.G. — Major credit ratings agencies downgraded the American International Group late Monday, worsening its financial health, as Federal Reserve officials and two leading investment banks were in urgent talks to put together a $75 billion line of credit to stave off a crisis at the company.
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Liz Capo McCormick / Bloomberg:
Fed Adds Most Reserves Since 9/11 as Banks Hoard Cash
Fed Adds Most Reserves Since 9/11 as Banks Hoard Cash
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Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:
SARAH PALIN'S MURDEROUS WEB OF DEATH — Calling Sarah Palin a murderer might seem a stretch. — At first. — But alarmingly, Sarah Louise Heath Palin was born on February 11, 1964 - a suspicious beginning, as it is also the forty-eighth anniversary of the arrest of the free-thinking …
Mark Mooney / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Exclusive Interview With ‘GMA’ — Latest Accusation of Campaign Low Blows Via Attack Ads — Sen. Barack Obama insisted today that his campaign commercial pointing out that Republican Sen. John McCain doesn't know how to use a computer wasn't a sly shot at his rival's age. — “I didn't say that.
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Powell still undecided, says Obama win would be ‘electrifying’ — (CNN) — Former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has not yet decided which candidate to back in this year's presidential race. — The election of an African-American president “would be electrifying …
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Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
Five ex-secretaries of state urge talks with Iran
Five ex-secretaries of state urge talks with Iran
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Associated Press:
Palin won't meet with ‘Troopergate’ investigator — Campaign says governor won't cooperate because investigation is ‘tainted’ — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A campaign spokesman says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won't speak with an investigator hired by lawmakers to look into the firing of her public safety commissioner.
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Fired Official: Governor Sarah Palin Did Not Tell the Truth to ABC — Walt Monegan Says He Was Called to Gov.'s Office Over a “Private Family Matter” — “She's not telling the truth when she told ABC neither she nor her husband pressured me to fire Trooper Wooten,” said Walt Monegan …
Dan Gilgoff / God-o-Meter:
Obama Rolls Out New Line of Faith Merchandise — God-o-Meter has learned that the Obama campaign is about to email religious supporters an annoucnement about a new line of Obama faith merchandise—bumper stickers, buttons, and signs with three different messages, featured here—along with the following note:
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David Corn / MoJoBlog:
McCain Blasts Wall Street Failure, Neglects To Mention His Adviser Helped Cause It — As the news broke of the Lehman Brothers meltdown and the rest of the latest financial crisis, John McCain, speaking at a campaign rally in Florida on Monday, angrily declared,
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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
McCain says Obama didn't call Palin a pig — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Did Barack Obama really call Sarah Palin a pig, as a John McCain ad leads people to believe? “No,” McCain said Monday. The Republican presidential nominee defended the ad anyway, saying Obama “chooses his words very carefully.”
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain's Crowd Numbers Plummet In Palin's Absence
McCain's Crowd Numbers Plummet In Palin's Absence
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“What's happened to John McCain? He's running the sleaziest ads ever. Truly vile.” — “Dishonest smears that he repeats, even after it's been exposed as a lie. Truth be damned. A disgraceful, dishonorable campaign... It seems deception is all he has left.” — That's the voiceover on this new Obama ad:
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Obamaphiles Drowning Out Criticism Again — Chicago Talk Radio Host Milt Rosenberg had NRO's own David Freddoso, author of The Case Against Barack Obama, his show tonight. Rosenberg's producer emails to say that they're again trying to silence Freddoso, just like they did when Stanly Kurtz was on recently:
Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Could Obama and Barbra break a record in Beverly Hills? — The polls are one thing, but it sounds like Barack Obama might make progress in other ways during two ultra-rich Beverly Hills fund-raisers Tuesday. According to Politico, the events could raise more than $9 million, which, if it happens, would be a one-day record.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Memories Of Keating — As we watch yet another Republican financial crisis unfold before our very eyes, everybody needs to employ Mr Google to read up a little bit on the Keating Five scandal. McCain was big, big pals with Charles Keating. He spoke up for Keating with the regulators …
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Media Matters for America:
Applebee's and green tea redux: Reuters' Decker said Biden's “French cuffs” could cause problems for him “connect[ing] with voters” — On the September 15 edition of MSNBC Live, while assessing Sen. Joe Biden's speech on the economy, Reuters Washington correspondent Jon Decker said that Biden does not …
National Review:
McCain Responds to Obama's Reported Undermining of the Commander-In-Chief During Wartime [Andy McCarthy] — The McCain Campaign has issued a statement responding to the report from Amer Taheri (see today's web briefing) that Sen. Obama secretly negotiated with the Iraqi government regarding U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
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Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
Don't Do It — I'm hearing disconcerting rumors that McCain is planning to endorse the so-called Gang of [10] [16] 20 energy legislation. That would be a huge mistake. In terms of its effect on the conservative base, supporting the Gang of 20's energy bill would be like McCain pouring …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bloomberg agrees with McCain: Economy ‘fundamentally ... strong’ — I just now asked the New York mayor, a former Wall Street hand who's been in the mix in the current crisis, whether he agrees with McCain that the fundamentals of the American economy are strong.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
This is Weird — That's Mitt Romney calling McCain out on lying, following on Karl Rove's assertions that McCain has “gone too far.” This is starting to look coordinated, and Rove doesn't speak out of turn for no reason. Either there are some very angry conservative insiders knifing …
John McCain / US News:
John McCain's Journey From Maverick to Liar — There is a good reason why John McCain's campaign is having some trouble with truthiness these days. — McCain's claim to be a “maverick” rests on the liberal positions he took during the days when he openly fought with Republican leaders and the party's conservative base.
Ali / Think Progress:
George Allen: 'Americans are not addicted to oil, they're addicted to freedom.' — Today on Laura Ingraham's radio show, former Virgina governor George Allen (R) scoffed at claims that Americans are addicted to oil, calling it “an elitist point of view.” Allen insisted it was freedom …