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Gateway Pundit:
FATHER OF HACKER Is Tennessee Dem State Rep!!!!! ... Update: Name- David Kernell ...Update: He's Been Contacted by Feds! — FOLKS— MEET DAVID KERNELL— WOAH!!!!!! — Do you remember this from Michelle Malkin's post last night: … Now there's this... Wired.com has the latest on the Palin scandal:
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The Jawa Report, Michelle Malkin, Ace of Spades HQ, Libertarian Republican, pw, The Other McCain, TigerHawk, Stop The ACLU, Macsmind, Hot Air, TBogg and Pursuing Holiness
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Theo Emery / Tennessean.com:
State rep confirms that son is subject of Palin e-mail chatter — State Rep. Mike Kernell confirmed Thursday that his son, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student, is at the center of heated Internet discussion into the hacking of the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Michelle Malkin:
AP reporter e-mails: Yeah, it's all Palin's fault — Just call them the Associated (With Hackers) Press. — A reader e-mailed AP reporter Ted Bridis yesterday after Bridis's article on the Palin e-mail hacking disclosed that the AP was refusing to cooperate with the feds and suggested that Palin was to blame for the crime.
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easy — A person claiming to be the hacker who obtained access to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail on Tuesday has posted a supposed first-person account of the hack, revealing the relatively simple steps he says he took to crack the private e-mail …
Knoxville News-Sentinel:
State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors
State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors
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Little Green Footballs
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Tracking Palin's Hacker: Signs Point to Dem State Rep's Son?
Tracking Palin's Hacker: Signs Point to Dem State Rep's Son?
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Fox News
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
McCain Flub? Republican Says He'd Fire SEC Chair as President — ABC News' David Wright reports: At a joint rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, Republican John McCain slammed the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for being “asleep,” saying that if he were president, he would fire Chris Cox …
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The Hill, Think Progress, Washington Monthly, Washington Wire, The Politico, Political Punch, The Corner, All Spin Zone, TPM Election Central, The Washington Independent, StephenBainbridge.com, The Seminal, Eunomia, D-Day, Comments from Left Field, They gave us a republic, The Gun Toting Liberal, MyDD, Ben Smith's Blogs and DownWithTyranny!
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Camp Removed Bush Criticism From Wall Street Statement
McCain Camp Removed Bush Criticism From Wall Street Statement
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The Washington Independent
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Keeps Hitting McCain As Flip-Flopper On The Economy
Obama Keeps Hitting McCain As Flip-Flopper On The Economy
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The Jed Report
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin's transparency proposal already exists in D.C. — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) - Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.
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Learfield / Radio Iowa:
McCain/Palin Rally in Cedar Rapids — I arrived on scene about an hour and a half before the event was to start. The traffic along I-380 was starting to get dicey, folks waiting in line to enter the parking area and wait for a shuttle to the airplane hanger where the rally will take place.
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
Palin puts herself on the top of the ticket. It's now “Palin and McCain”
Palin puts herself on the top of the ticket. It's now “Palin and McCain”
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
For second time this week, crowds leave after Palin speaks
For second time this week, crowds leave after Palin speaks
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Political Punch
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Fed and Treasury Offer to Work With Congress on Bailout Plan — WASHINGTON — The head of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve began discussions on Thursday with Congressional leaders on what could become the biggest bailout in United States history. — While details remain to be worked out …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Left On the Sidelines As Fed, Treasury Take Swift Action
Lawmakers Left On the Sidelines As Fed, Treasury Take Swift Action
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Emerges After Days of Financial Crisis
Bush Emerges After Days of Financial Crisis
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The Caucus
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Palin disinvited from Iran rally — The organizers of an anti-Iran rally Monday rescinded their invitation to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin after Democrats protested that her presence would turn the event into a political rally, McCain campaign and Jewish community sources said.
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J Street, Fox News, MSNBC, Hot Air, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Atlas Shrugs, www.redstate.com, Wolf Howling and JohnMcCain.com
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Biden's Refusal to Appear At Iran Protest Caused the Disinvitation of Palin — Here's the latest news on the withdrawal of the invitation to Sarah Palin (and all other politicians) to Monday's protest of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — withdrawn by the sponsor, the Council of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization.
Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Shocker: Palin Cancels Big California Swing — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was to star at two major California fundraisers and an Orange County rally for 15,000 next week, has canceled her two-day swing through the Golden State, campaign sources said. — The change is a shocker …
J.F. / Media Matters for America:
Dodgy Journalism: Time's Michael Scherer debates strawman, loses — Under the header “Dodgy Politics: Using Old Votes to Obscure Current Policies,” Time's Michael Scherer unsuccessfully debunks a claim Barack Obama didn't make in order to accuse the Democratic candidate of offering misleading criticisms of John McCain.
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Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Michelle Obama: Don't vote because 'she's cute' … CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michelle Obama asked voters Thursday to make their choice on the issues, not because, “I like that guy” or, “she's cute.” — Might she be talking about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin?
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Wonkette
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: McCain ‘A Great Man’; Praises Wife's, Not Obama's Economic Plan
Bill Clinton: McCain ‘A Great Man’; Praises Wife's, Not Obama's Economic Plan
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Hot Air
Washington Post:
McCain Slights Spanish Prime Minister — The Union Radio interview with John McCain on issues of interest to Hispanics was conducted in English and only later translated into Spanish for listeners. The audio above is of the English-only interview. — By Glenn Kessler and Ed O'Keefe
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Marc Ambinder, Talking Points Memo, TPM Election Central, The Huffington Post, Sister Toldjah, Swampland, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Crooks and Liars, Informed Comment, MoJoBlog, Hot Air, PERRspectives Blog, nsnetwork.org, Matthew Yglesias, Pajamas Media, US News, AMERICAblog News, Opinion L.A., PoliBlog (TM), The Art of the Possible, Boston Globe, The Huffington Post, Think Progress, The Raw Story, The Reaction and FP Passport
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
CHIN-SCRATCHING BIG THINK ON MCCAIN'S ZAPATERO GAFFE
CHIN-SCRATCHING BIG THINK ON MCCAIN'S ZAPATERO GAFFE
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Daily Kos
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denies Raines ties, accuses McCain of throwing stones from his “seven glass houses” — The campaign puts out a statement from former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines, disowning ties to Obama, after a McCain ad attacked him for the ties. — The Washington Post reported …
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Swampland, The New Republic, Patterico's Pontifications, Wizbang, JammieWearingFool, Hot Air and www.redstate.com
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 48%, McCain 44% — Marks Obama's first statistically significant lead in two weeks — PRINCETON, NJ — The Sept. 15-17 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows Barack Obama with a 48% to 44% lead over John McCain among registered voters, marking the first time that Obama …
Ryan Grim / The Crypt's Blogs:
Republican congressman endorses Obama — Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, a maverick Republican from Maryland, endorsed Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president in an interview Wednesday with WYPR, Baltimore's National Public Radio station. — Gilchrest, who lost a primary campaign …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
HOUSE REPUBLICAN THROWS HIS SUPPORT TO OBAMA.... There are 434 members …
HOUSE REPUBLICAN THROWS HIS SUPPORT TO OBAMA.... There are 434 members …
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Comments from Left Field
Big Ten Battleground Poll:
Obama and McCain in tight race in inaugural Big Ten Battleground Poll — In the inaugural Big Ten Battleground Poll taken as the nation's financial crisis worsened this week, John McCain and Barack Obama were in a statistical dead heat in seven of the eight Midwest states included in the survey.
CNN:
Palin's husband won't testify, campaign says — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband won't comply with a subpoena issued by state lawmakers investigating her firing of Alaska's public safety commissioner, the McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday.
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TalkLeft
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Matt Volz / Associated Press:
Palin's husband refuses to testify in probe
Palin's husband refuses to testify in probe
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Think Progress
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A New McCain on the Campaign Trail — VIENNA, Ohio — Senator John McCain's campaign events were once free-wheeling journeys marked by flashes of humor, candor and arch observations from the candidate about presidential politics — and John McCain. Oh, and moments that left no doubt that Mr. McCain was not working from any script.
Ali / Think Progress:
CNN: Palin's suggested oil export ban ‘not exactly easy to understand.’ — This afternoon on CNN, host Wolf Blitzer showed video from last night's townhall with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), in which Palin — whom McCain said “knows more about energy than …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama outraged at being accused of not supporting something he doesn't support — Obama, on the trail in New Mexico, had this to say of McCain: — “And today he accused me of not supporting what the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank did with AIG despite no evidence whatsoever that that's what I had said.”
MSNBC:
Records reveal Palin's push for earmarks — As a vice presidential candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin has railed against federal earmarks, or congressional funding for pork-barrel projects. “In our state, we reformed the abuses of earmarks,” Palin recently boasted to a rally in Lancaster, Pa. …
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TBogg