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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Holtz-Eakin: McCain helped create BlackBerry — Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence: his BlackBerry. — “He did this,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin …
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Associated Press:
Adviser says McCain helped create the BlackBerry — MIAMI (AP) — Move over, Al Gore. You may lay claim to the Internet, but John McCain helped create the BlackBerry. — At least that's the contention of a top McCain policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
The Huffington Post:
Fiorina: Palin Doesn't Have Experience To Run A Major Company — Carly Fiorina, a key surrogate for John McCain on economic issues, said on Tuesday that Sarah Palin does not have the experience needed to run a major company like the one that Fiorina formerly headed.
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content.healthaffairs.org:
Cost And Coverage Implications Of The McCain Plan To Restructure Health Insurance — Achieving John McCain's vision would radically transform the — U.S. health insurance landscape, with negligible gains in — ABSTRACT: — Senator John McCain's (R-AZ) health plan would eliminate …
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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.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
McCain's Radical Agenda — Talk about a shock to the system. Has anyone bothered to notice the radical changes that John McCain and Sarah Palin are planning for the nation's health insurance system? — These are changes that will set in motion nothing less than the dismantling …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect: MCCAIN'S HEALTH CARE PLAN: HEALTH INSURANCE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IN, OR RELY ON.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama's character assassins target another National Review journalist — David Freddoso attempted to appear on Milt Rosenberg's WGN radio show last night, and just as when Stanley Kurtz tried to talk on the same show, the Barack Obama campaign organized a disruption of the show.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
The Case Against David Freddoso — Via our Media Blog, I checked out the Obama campaign's alleged factsheet on Freddoso. Its accusations against him are almost all either false or trivial. — The first three accusations are all false. — Claim 1 concerns Obama's friendship with unrepentant terrorists: DF is right.
Bradley Burston / Haaretz:
What is truly frightening about Sarah Palin — TEL AVIV - It was in the taxicab this morning that it finally struck me about Sarah Palin. — I get it. I get that millions of Americans have a crying need for someone to stand up and say the things that Sarah Palin has been telling them.
IBDeditorials.com:
The Real Culprits In This Meltdown — Big Government: Barack Obama and Democrats blame the historic financial turmoil on the market. But if it's dysfunctional, Democrats during the Clinton years are a prime reason for it. — Read More: Business & Regulation
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Presidential Contest Remains a Dead Heat — PRINCETON, NJ — The Sept. 13-15 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows John McCain (47%) and Barack Obama (46%) locked in a close contest when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the election were held today.
Agence France Presse:
Obama camp hits back at Iraq double-talk claim — PUEBLO, Colorado (AFP) — Barack Obama's White House campaign angrily denied Monday a report that he had secretly urged the Iraqis to postpone a deal to withdraw US troops until after November's election. — In the New York Post …
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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 …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Pro-Lifers And Amnio, Ctd. — So far, I've learned nothing from my readers that resolves the conundrum of a fervently pro-life woman risking the life of her child even in a small way by an amniocentesis. Here's one of the more succinct first-person testimonies from a pro-life couple I have received so far:
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American Thinker:
Obama's Foul Weather Friends — The lack of media interest in the role of former domestic terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn in Democratic nominee Barack Obama's political ascent in Chicago is one of the most remarkable aspects of the 2008 presidential campaign.
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
McCain Spokesman Told Off On All Networks — Congratulations to the John McCain campaign, which has now officially been told off on all three big cable news networks! Attached is a video of MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell taking some hard swings at McCain's sacrificial spokesman, Tucker Bounds, about campaign lying Monday.
Reuters:
Five former U.S. state secretaries urge Iran talks — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five former U.S. secretaries of state said on Monday the next American administration should talk to Iran, a foe President George W. Bush has generally shunned as part of an “axis of evil.”
Washington Wire:
Palin to Meet Foreign Leaders at U.N. — Monica Langley reports on the presidential race. — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will meet with foreign leaders next week at the United Nations, a move to boost her foreign-policy credentials, a Republican strategist said.
Stephen Graham / Associated Press:
Pakistan orders troops to open fire if US raids — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday. — The orders, which come in response …
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