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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MCCAIN STILL SEES THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ECONOMY AS STRONG.... The Obama campaign routinely tweaks John McCain for having argued that the “fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Last week, the Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman criticized Obama for using the line, insisting that the quote is “months old.”
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Obama blames Wall St. crisis on Republican policy — CHICAGO - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Monday the upheaval on Wall Street was “the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression” and blamed it on policies that he said Republican rival John McCain supports.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Financial Russian Roulette — Will the U.S. financial system collapse today, or maybe over the next few days? I don't think so — but I'm nowhere near certain. You see, Lehman Brothers, a major investment bank, is apparently about to go under. And nobody knows what will happen next.
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Floyd Norris:
Lehman Monday — This blog will be updated during the day …
Lehman Monday — This blog will be updated during the day …
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The Big Picture, City Room, EconLog, Democratic Strategist, New York Times and Angry Bear
Howard Wolfson / The Flack:
It's 3am on Wall Street
It's 3am on Wall Street
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The Hill's Pundits Blog, The Opinionator, The Marathon Blog, Political Punch and Lynn Sweet
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bank meltdown wallops campaigns
Bank meltdown wallops campaigns
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Christopher Hass / Barack Obama and Joe Biden:
Statement from Senator Obama on the Situation in Financial Markets
Statement from Senator Obama on the Situation in Financial Markets
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Weekly Standard
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain This Morning: “The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong”
McCain This Morning: “The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong”
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New York Post:
OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS' IRAQ WITHDRAWAL — WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.
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Think Progress:
McCain Loses Fox News: Megyn Kelly Rips McCain Flack For Claiming Obama Would Raise Middle Class Taxes — On Fox News today, host Megyn Kelly called out McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds for the campaign's lies about Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) tax proposals.
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Wall Street Journal:
Palin's Project List Totals $453 Million — McCain Campaign Says Record Shows Drop in Requests — Last week, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hadn't sought earmarks or special-interest spending from Congress, presenting her as a fiscal conservative.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
EVEN FOX NEWS.... I guess we've reached a tipping point.
EVEN FOX NEWS.... I guess we've reached a tipping point.
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Ryan Corsaro / CBS News:
Biden: Americans Want “ Sleepover With People They Like!” — From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro: — (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) - Joe Biden came up with an interesting metaphor tonight. — When telling the story of how his granddaughters had a slumber party with Barack Obama's daughters during the week …
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Victoria McGrane / The Politico:
Biden speech to take hard hit at McCain — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Biden will deliver a high-profile first attack in a sustained anti-McCain offensive in a speech called “Bush 44” Monday in the key battleground state of Michigan. — While the lines of attack have long been drawn …
New York Times:
Chairman Rangel — Mounting embarrassment for taxpayers and Congress makes it imperative that Representative Charles Rangel step aside as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee while his ethical problems are investigated. — This recommendation does not come easily …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
On the stump, Obama moves past hope — CHICAGO — The “hopemonger” is gone. — Barack Obama sounds more like a man trying to shake a rain cloud these days, dispensing a teeth-clenching, I-get-your-pain stump speech in town after town that offers only snippets of the unbridled optimism that long permeated his campaign pitch.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New Obama ad: Hey, McCain's a liar — See Kaus for why this is “a total loser strategy,” paying particular attention to 5(b). If, after a week of saturation coverage of Lipstickgate, you want to whine about the other guy's nastiness, it would behoove you to offer concrete examples at least (McCain's sex-ed ad, etc.).
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama: ‘Honor’ — In his new ad, Obama goes at McCain on process …
Obama: ‘Honor’ — In his new ad, Obama goes at McCain on process …
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Pam's House Blend
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Cheney Shielded Bush From Crisis — This is the second of two stories adapted from “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,” to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press. — Vice President Cheney convened a meeting in the Situation Room at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 …
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Rose Garden / White House:
President Bush Participates in Joint Statement with President Kufuor of Ghana — Welcoming the President of the Republic of Ghana — PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning. I'm pleased to be here with my friend, the President of Ghana, John Kufuor of Ghana. We just had a very good discussion …
Sweetness & Light:
Co-Workers: Obama Inflated His Resume — It has been noted by Charles Krauthammer and others that very few people have stepped forward to vouch for Barack Obama. — Indeed, there would seem to be an especially conspicuous absence of witnesses to the years after graduated from Columbia …
Marc Ambinder:
What We Learned This Weekend — External Events Drive Elections — Forget strategy and tactics, it's events, like hurricanes, and how campaigns respond to events, that drive elections in the fall. — The Po-Mo Campaign — The McCain campaign has gone thoroughly post-modern on us! Truth?