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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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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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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.
Andy Barr / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Fiorina: Palin Doesn't Have Experience to Run Major Company — John McCain adviser Carly Fiorina said Tuesday that if Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was called upon to run Hewlett Packard, as Fiorina did, the Alaska Republican wouldn't be ready. — “Do you think [Palin] has the experience to run a major company, like Hewlett Packard?”
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Fiorina: Palin Doesn't Have the Experience to Run a Company — McCain campaign might want to look into some better surrogates: … Audio here: — I, for one, am appalled by Fiorina's sexism.
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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
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:MCCAIN'S HEALTH CARE PLAN: HEALTH INSURANCE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IN, OR RELY ON.
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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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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN, SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION, AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. — I sort of buried this in a previous post, but it's worth drawing out. Today, John McCain said, “Wall Street has betrayed us. They've broken the social contract between capitalism and the average citizen and the worker.
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Washington Monthly
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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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.
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.
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.
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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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Financial Times:
Russia halts trading after 17% share price fall — By Catherine Belton and Charles Clover in Moscow and Rachel Morarjee in London — Russian shares suffered their steepest one-day fall in more than a decade on Tuesday, losing up to 20 per cent, as a sharp slide in oil prices …
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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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.
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.
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.”
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theita.com:
Sarah Palin Said to Have a Tanning Bed in Alaska Governor's Mansion — Tanning Beds Provide Much Needed Vitamin D in Northern Latitudes — WASHINGTON - Today the Indoor Tanning Association addressed rumors that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who was recently chosen as Presidential Nominee …
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