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4:35 AM ET, September 16, 2008

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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 …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Ugly New McCain  —  Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred.  “I broke my promise to always tell the truth,” McCain said.
Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama's Health Plan Is Better  —  The big threat to growth in the next decade is not oil or food prices, but the rising cost of health care.  The doubling of health insurance premiums since 2000 makes employers choose between cutting benefits and hiring fewer workers.
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
McCain's Radical Agenda
Discussion: Liberal Values and Kevin Drum
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
In Candidates, 2 Approaches to Wall Street
Discussion: marbury
Spiegel Online:
Banks Won't Be as Profitable in Future
Discussion: Shakesville
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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Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Wall Street in Worst Loss Since 2001
Discussion: Truthdig
CNN:
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 …
Discussion: TIME.com
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Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
Five ex-secretaries of state urge talks with Iran
Discussion: GINA COBB
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama to McCain: Senator - what economy are you talking about?  —  Obama calls out McCain on his lack of knowledge on all things that are job related.  McCain can't even understand today's financial news...
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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:
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New Obama ad hits McCain on pay for women  —  A new, and unreleased, Obama ad, airing (at least) in Virginia, attacks McCain for his opposition to legislation requiring women receive equal pay for equal work.  —  The ad says women are paid 77 cents on the dollar, and the female narrator says …
Discussion: MyDD and TIME.com
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Lays Out Plans To Woo Women Voters: Forget Palin, Focus On Equal Pay
Discussion: Daily Kos
ABCNEWS:
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 …
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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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CNN:
Obama campaign rolls out new ‘faith merchandise’
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.
Discussion: TIME.com
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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: Guess who wins the mudslinging match?
Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
Palin and the Teleprompter  —  At a fundraiser in Canton, Ohio, this evening, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had an interesting description of her speech to the Republican convention.  —  “There Ohio was right out in front, right in front of me,” Palin said.  “The teleprompter got messed up …
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:
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Experience Matters  —  Philosophical debates arise at the oddest times, and in the heat of this election season, one is now rising in Republican ranks.  The narrow question is this: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be vice president?  Most conservatives say yes, on the grounds that something …
Discussion: Eunomia and The RBC
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 …
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 …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Pakistan Is the Problem  —  AND BARACK OBAMA SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY CANDIDATE WILLING TO FACE IT.  —  An excellent article by Fraser Nelson in London's Spectator at the end of July put it as succinctly as I have seen it: … “Don't mention the war,” as Basil insists with mounting hysteria in Fawlty Towers.
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 …
 
 
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Byron York / National Review:
On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Spanish, McCain Criticizes Obama on Immigration
Discussion: TalkLeft
Sean Quinn / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Dems Must Give Voters Explicit Permission To Like Palin
Discussion: Media Blog
Elizabeth Benjamin / NY Daily News:
Vito Fossella wants back on ballot
Ari Levy / Bloomberg:
WaMu Rating Lowered to Junk by S&P on Mortgage Losses
Discussion: Left in the West and Slog
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Report: Blogger Thwarts al Qaeda 9/11 Anniversary Plans **bumped**
Discussion: The Other McCain
Megan McArdle:
Obama goes for the jungular
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Suitably Flip
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
Don't Do It  —  I'm hearing disconcerting rumors that McCain …
Discussion: The Other McCain
 Earlier Items: 
David Corn / MoJoBlog:
McCain Blasts Wall Street Failure, Neglects To Mention His Adviser Helped Cause It
Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
As the Markets Plunge, Bernanke and Paulson Gamble Depositors Money
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
New Ad Stars Fellow McCain POW Suggesting He's Unfit To Be President
David Talbot / Salon:
The pastor who clashed with Palin
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
McCain says Obama didn't call Palin a pig
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bloomberg agrees with McCain: Economy ‘fundamentally ... strong’
John McCain / US News:
John McCain's Journey From Maverick to Liar
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MCCAIN ADVISOR RIPS ‘SNL’ SKIT.... By now, I suspect …
 

 
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Reuters:
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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