Top Items:
Michael Goldfarb / JohnMcCain.com:
A Partisan Paper of Record — Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in its capacity as an Obama advocacy organization. Let us be clear about what this story alleges: The New York Times charges that McCain-Palin 2008 campaign manager Rick Davis was paid …
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blogs, Power Line, Ace of Spades HQ, The Caucus, Commentary, Fox News and Dean's World
RELATED:
New York Times:
McCain Aide's Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac — WASHINGTON— One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain's campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Daily Dish, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly, The Washington Independent, TPM Election Central, Guardian, Scripting News, LiberalOasis, Fox News, Pam's House Blend, Group News Blog, News Hounds, MyDD, DownWithTyranny!, NPR Blogs, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather, Political Punch, Obsidian Wings, TIME.com, The Anonymous Liberal, Taegan Goddard's …, Kevin Drum, The New Republic, AMERICAblog News, Booman Tribune, Firedoglake and Philly.com
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Freddie's Friend — Freddie Mac continued checks to McCain campaign chief's firm.
Freddie's Friend — Freddie Mac continued checks to McCain campaign chief's firm.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Firedoglake, Spin Cycle, AMERICAblog News, Campaign Silo and The Jed Report
Washington Post:
Economic Fears Give Obama Clear Lead Over McCain in Poll — Turmoil in the financial industry and growing pessimism about the economy have altered the shape of the presidential race, giving Democratic nominee Barack Obama the first clear lead of the general-election campaign over Republican John McCain …
Discussion:
MSNBC, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Matthew Yglesias, Taegan Goddard's …, Reason, Sister Toldjah, DownWithTyranny!, Real Clear Politics, The Washington Independent, Daily Kos, Spin Cycle, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Next Right, LiberalOasis, All Spin Zone, The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, TIME.com, The Strata-Sphere, State of the Day, Group News Blog, Gallup and The Gist
RELATED:
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Stephanopoulos: McCain Holds Key to Administration's Bailout Passage on Capitol Hill
Stephanopoulos: McCain Holds Key to Administration's Bailout Passage on Capitol Hill
Discussion:
Hot Air, The Mahablog, MSNBC, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Alas, a blog, Political Punch, The Hill, Taylor Marsh and Hullabaloo
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Campbell Brown Rips McCain Camp's “Sexist” Treatment Of Palin — A prominent female news anchor chastised the McCain campaign Tuesday evening for engaging in sexism and insulting behavior in its attempt to shield Gov. Sarah Palin from members of the press. — In a fiery commentary …
RELATED:
Kate Linthicum / Top of the Ticket:
CNN's Campbell Brown to McCain campaign: “Free Sarah Palin!” — Campbell Brown, the CNN anchor whose confrontational on-air interview with a John McCain spokesman earlier this month raised eyebrows and caused the candidate to cancel a session with Larry King, delivered a blistering editorial Tuesday …
William H. Gross / Washington Post:
How Main Street Will Profit — Capitalism is a delicate balance between production and finance. Today, our seemingly guaranteed living standard is threatened, much like it has been in previous recessions or, some would say, the Depression. Finance has run amok because of oversecuritization …
RELATED:
The Hill:
Pelosi won't jump alone — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling Democrats that she will not support President Bush's $700 billion bailout of the financial sector unless there is significant Republican support for the controversial plan. — The politics of the bailout are tricky and dangerous …
RELATED:
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire
Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire
Discussion:
Don Surber, New York Times, Take Our Country Back, Doug Ross, EconoPundit, Gateway Pundit, The Strata-Sphere, Stop The ACLU, protein wisdom, Slog and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
Buffett to Invest $5 Billion in Goldman — Famed Investor's Move Is Seen as a Vote of Confidence in Crisis-Stricken Banking System; Old Ties to Firm Paved Way for Deal — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it will get a $5 billion investment from billionaire Warren Buffett's company …
RELATED:
Ben White / New York Times:
Goldman to Raise Capital, With $5 Billion From Buffett
Goldman to Raise Capital, With $5 Billion From Buffett
Discussion:
Matthew Yglesias, DealBook, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Big Picture and Connecting.the.Dots
Newsdesk / Steve Chapman:
Why Congress will cave on the bailout — Having been on vaction last week when the Treasury and Fed intervened to buy up $700 billion of bad debts from financial firms, I was encouraged to return and find not only reputable economists but members of Congress from both parties raising objections to this massive bailout.
Discussion:
Townhall.com
Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
Oh, That Joe! (No. 17 in a Series) — First Thing We Do, Let's Retain All the Lawyers — “I think we're going to be up very late counting votes,” Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., told a kettle of lawyers Tuesday night at a fundraiser for the Democratic Victory Fund hosted by the American Association …
Discussion:
Don Surber, www.redstate.com, Ace of Spades HQ, Patterico's Pontifications and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Investigates Four Firms at Heart of the Mess — Probe Seeks to Learn if Fraud Played Role in Some of the Woes — WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have opened preliminary probes into the financial troubles of four high-profile companies that are at the center of the current financial turmoil …
Discussion:
Think Progress, New York Times, Law Blog, The Washington Independent, Concurring Opinions, EconoPundit and Macsmind
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Even FOX Rebels Against Palin Media Shutout — Dude, first you lost ABC, and now you've lost FOX News, as evidenced by this testy segment with Shepard Smith yesterday. That's just gotta smart for a Republican when the official water carrier for the Republican Party openly chastises …
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama concedes that bailout costs may force him to adjust plans — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama said Tuesday that the huge costs of a financial bailout meant that he probably wouldn't be able to deliver everything he was promising in his campaign, at least not as quickly as he'd hoped.
Discussion:
Associated Press
RELATED:
Michelle Malkin:
Kill the bailout: Illegal immigration and the mortgage mess — My syndicated column today tackles the bailout angle no one wants to talk about: Open borders and the home loan debacle. You've heard a lot about Fannie/Freddie and the minority lending shakedowns, but you haven't heard …
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
Media Campaigns Hard for Obama — The mainstream media have gone over the line and are now straight-out propagandists for the Obama campaign. — While they have been liberal and blinkered in their worldview for decades, in 2007-08, for the first time, the major media consciously are covering …
CNN:
Trooper probe now ‘confidential,’ Palin aides say — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Republican campaign officials indicated they are done answering questions about an investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner Tuesday, citing a request by a state investigator.
Discussion:
Think Progress
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Intrade Betting is Suspicious — There's something funny going on over at Intrade with respect to the pricing of the Obama and McCain contracts. — Right now, Obama is trading at 52.3 points. That is, Intrade implies that he has a 52.3 percent chance to become the next President.
Discussion:
Concurring Opinions
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Pinpoint Attacks Focus on Obama — STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Hundreds of times in the past three weeks, cable television viewers here have been the exclusive audience for two of the roughest advertisements of the political season. — One links Senator Barack Obama to the former mayor of Detroit …
T.W. Farnam / Wall Street Journal:
GOP's Shelby Leads Conservatives Against Bailout — Alabaman Opposed Rescue of Chrysler; Tough on Paulson — WASHINGTON — With anger mounting from the left and right against the Treasury Department's proposed financial bailout, one of the opponents' most powerful allies is Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Poll finds 18 percent of voters undecided — WASHINGTON (AP) — With Wall Street in turmoil and the economy in shambles, whichever presidential candidate convinces a swath of persuadable voters that he gets it — and can be trusted to lead the country back to fiscal stability — could well win the White House.
Discussion:
Townhall.com