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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 …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
McCain camp attacks Times, doesn't deny report — The Mccain camp has a 698-word statement out in response to today's story that Rick Davis's firm, Davis Manafort, was paid a consulting fee of $15,000 a month starting in 2005, and ending last month. — The statement from McCain aide Michael Goldfarb begins:
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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University of Chicago GSB Faculty Redirect Page:
To the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate: — As economists, we want to express to Congress our great concern for the plan proposed by Treasury Secretary Paulson to deal with the financial crisis. We are well aware of the difficulty …
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.
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
Pew Research: Missing Cell-Phone Onlys Matter — Few in the field of survey research have examined the problem of cell phones and surveys as closely over the last four years as Scott Keeter and his colleagues at the Pew Research Center. They conducted one of the first large-scale political surveys …
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Scott Keeter / PewResearch.org:
Cell Phones and the 2008 Vote: An Update — Current polling in the 2008 presidential election shows a very tight race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. In part because of the strong support Obama is attracting among younger voters, and as the number of Americans …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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 …
Philly.com:
Patrick McDonald shot to death; 2nd cop wounded; gunman slain — This story was reported by staff writers Stephanie Farr, David Gambacorta, Dafney Tales, Damon Williams and Christine Olley, and written by staff writer Will Bunch. — IT ALL STARTED with a routine traffic stop on a sunny fall afternoon …
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 …
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Where is the Credit Crunch? — Back in February I pointed out that despite all the talk of a credit crunch commercial and industrial loans were at an all-time high and increasing. At the time, Paul Krugman and others responded that this was just temporary as firms drew on previously existing lines of credit.
WNBC:
PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk — VERMONT — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk …
AFF Calendar:
2009 College Blogger Contest — Doublethink Online is pleased to announce the second annual America's Future Foundation College Blogger Contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young conservative …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
What Made the Great Depression “Great”? — The Great Depression is being invoked a lot these days, and I understand there's a reasonable real fear of a total meltdown out there. But some points are worth making. Even if we entered a serious depression, we will not experience time travel.
David Paul Kuhn / Yahoo! News:
Study: Dems need white vote gain — In an election year where Barack Obama pledged to change the electorate, the centrist Democratic Leadership Council has weighed into the debate with a detailed report arguing it will be difficult for Obama to earn enough African American and youth support …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Park Avenue Diplomacy — I don't agree with those muttering darkly that the picture of Gov. Sarah Palin with a perky smile and shapely gams posing with a pleased Henry Kissinger, famous for calling power the ultimate aphrodisiac, is a sign of the apocalypse. — It isn't even a sign of the apocalipstick.