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Ben Smith / The Politico:
McCain camp criticism rife with errors — Sen. John McCain's top campaign aides convened a conference call today to complain of being called “liars.” They pressed the media to scrutinize specific elements of Sen. Barack Obama's record. — But the call was so rife with simple …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Palin Claims “Obama-Biden Democrats” Are Regularly Attacking Her Family, But... The McCain camp has just blasted out to its list a fundraising email by Sarah Palin claiming that Obama-Biden Democrats are waging frequent attacks on her family. From the email:
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Paul Krugman:
Daddy doesn't know best — I've had more time to read the Dodd proposal — and it is a big improvement over the Paulson plan. The key feature, I believe, is the equity participation: if Treasury buys assets, it gets warrants that can be converted into equity if the price of the purchased assets falls.
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Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
Chris Dodd Stares Down Paulson — So there was “Goldman” Hank, holding a gun on the economy and staring Congress down. “Give me the 700 billion, or the economy gets it!” he threatened. For two days it looked like he was going to get away with it, 700 billion dollars to spend on the Wall Street gang …
Paul Krugman:
Dodd — Very preliminary, no details — but this sounds like a big step in the right direction. — One of the problems with this blog is that I ruffled a few feathers back when Bush had an 80 percent approval rating, and somehow I wasn't impressed. People remember, and as a result …
CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP takes brunt of blame for economy, Obama gains — WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks …
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David Weigel / Reason:
Ron Paul's Presidential Endorsement. For Real, This Time. — Two weeks after his “third party alliance” press conference, three weeks after the Rally for the Republic, Ron Paul finally dives in and endorses a presidential candidate. This guy. — Paul's reasoning had a lot to do with Bob Barr's snub of the third party presser.
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Signorile / The Gist:
Hypocrisy Bombshell: Antigay John McCain has a Gay Chief of Staff — What does John McCain's loyal chief of staff - a man who apparently is in a long-term relationship with another man, and appears to be open about it to John McCain — think about the fact that Sarah Palin devoutly worships …
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Michael Rogers / BlogActive:
John McCain's Chief of Staff outed, wins Roy Cohn Award — When the first source on today's Roy Cohn Award recipient came forward approximately six months ago, he and I decided to wait and see where the presidential election went and how this person's boss performed. Dismally.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Ethan Winner Responds: Claims He Produced Video — Ethan Winner responds. Written like a VP in a public relations firm that specializes in crisis management and grassroots organization. I'll post the whole thing below. — He produced the video? He paid for the voice-over narration which he found through a talent agency?
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:Is the Obama Campaign Behind Anti-Palin Online Smears?
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Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh repeats baseless Obama smear: “He's Arab. ... [H]e's not African-American” — On the September 22 broadcast of his syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh baselessly claimed that Sen. Barack Obama is “not black,” and went on to ask: “Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood?”
Confederate Yankee:
Were Rape Victims Billed in Wasilla, Or is This Just More Astroturfing? — Wasilla, Alaska got it's first full-time police force in 1993, when eight uniformed officers formed the city's “thin blue line.” More than a decade later, the small-town police force has tripled in size, to 24 commissioned officers.
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Naomi Klein / The Huffington Post:
Now is the Time to Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine — I wrote The Shock Doctrine in the hopes that it would make us all better prepared for the next big shock. Well, that shock has certainly arrived, along with gloves-off attempts to use it to push through radical pro-corporate policies …
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Naomi Wolf / The Huffington Post:
The Battle Plan II: Sarah “Evita” Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State — Please understand what you are looking at when you look at Sarah “Evita” Palin. You are looking at the designated muse of the coming American police state. — You have to understand how things work …
Fox News:
FOX News/Rasmussen Poll: Race in Swing States Mirrors 2004 Election — Results from four of the five battleground states in the FOX News/Rasmussen Reports polling are similar to the presidential election four years ago. Virginia, however, is more competitive than it was in 2004.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Spies Warn That Al Qaeda Aims for October Surprise — Intercepted Messages Asking Local Cells To Be Prepared for Imminent Instructions — WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of two major terrorist attacks on Western targets, America's counterterrorism community is warning that Al Qaeda may launch …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Axelrod Called Ethan Winner? — Updated with slightly longer video — In the interests of the kind of openess I know Ethan Winner would support, I'm posting this AV file of an alleged phone call from David Axelrod to Ethan Winner after Rusty's story broke.
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Christopher Hayes / The Nation:
Bailout Satire — Add your own toxic holdings to the big s**tpile here. — I almost missed this email because it was diverted to my spam folder. But apparently Paulson is sending this around:
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Jeremy P. Jacobs / Politicker MA:
Dukakis: McCain using same race tactics as ‘Willie Horton’ ad — Former Gov. and 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis: Getty Image — Former Gov. Michael Dukakis said Monday that John McCain's presidential campaign is using the same race-based tactics that were used against him in his 1988 presidential run.
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
The Story Behind Biden's Emergency Helicopter Landing in Afghanistan — “Ladies and gentlemen, where are we now? Where are we now?” Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said to the National Guard Association today, talking about the war in Afghanistan. — “If you want to know where Al Qaeda lives …
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: Hillary Never Wanted to be Obama's VP — ABC News' Russell Goldman Reports: Despite saying she would accept the offer to be vice president, Hillary Clinton never really wanted to be Barack Obama's running mate, her husband former President Bill Clinton told ABC's The View.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
WHY IS OBAMA SO VAPID, HESITANT, AND GUTLESS? — Last week really ought to have been the end of the McCain campaign. With the whole country feeling (and its financial class acting) as if we lived in a sweltering, bankrupt banana republic, and with this misery added to the generally Belarusian atmosphere …
Megan McArdle:
How close was the financial system to melting down? — I do not work for the Treasury, the Fed, or an investment house, so take this for what it's worth. But my understanding is really, frighteningly close. Remember the monster that lived under your bed when you were five? Actually, mine lived in the closet.
Serious Eats:
‘Palin Syrah’ Wine Drops in Sales After Sarah Palin Veep Pick — Editor's note: This dispatch comes to us from wine guru Amy Monroe. She works in the grape business in the Bay Area, and literally stumbled across the “Palin Syrah” this month at a San Francisco wine bar.
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