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The Politico:
McCain will go to debate — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ended three days of suspense on Friday morning and announced that he will leave bailout negotiations in Washington and fly to Oxford, Miss., for the opening presidential debate. — McCain had previously said that he would suspend …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain Wins Debate — Although the fate of tonight's presidential debate in Mississippi remains very much up in the air, John McCain has apparently already won it — if you believe an Internet ad an astute reader spotted next to this piece in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal this morning.
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The Caucus:
Debate Is On — 11:52 a.m. | Updated: Senator John McCain's campaign said Friday morning that he will attend tonight's debate with Senator Barack Obama at the University of Mississippi, reversing his earlier call to postpone the debate so he could participate in the Congressional negotiations …
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New York Times:
Fate of Bailout Plan Remains Uncertain — WASHINGTON — The day began with an agreement that Washington hoped would end the financial crisis that has gripped the nation. It dissolved into a verbal brawl in the Cabinet Room of the White House, urgent warnings from the president and pleas …
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Fox News:
Huckabee Calls McCain Debate Ploy a ‘Huge Mistake’ — MOBILE, Ala. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Sen. John McCain made a “huge mistake” by even discussing canceling the presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama. — McCain's campaign has said the Republican …
The Huffington Post:
Ex-Adviser: McCain “Blinked,” Campaign “Governed By Tactics, Not Ideology” — Scroll down to see McCain ad... After days of saying that John McCain would not attend Friday's presidential debate unless an agreement on a bailout package for the markets was “locked-down,” the McCain campaign has gone back on its word.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
McCain Decides to Participate in Debate — Senator John McCain's campaign said Friday morning that he will attend tonight's debate with Senator Barack Obama at the University of Mississippi, reversing his earlier call to postpone the debate so he could participate in the Congressional negotiations …
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Matthew Yglesias
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
The debate is on; McCain agrees to participate — WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Debate commissioner: If McCain doesn't show, it's cancelled; Update: McCain says he'll be there; Update: AP poll says public wants debate to go on, 60/22 — Ole Miss wants a townhall with The One if Maverick bails, but don't expect the Debate Commission to participate, says Frank Fahrenkopf.
New York Times:McCain Leaps Into a Thicket
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:AP poll: Few support Bush's market rescue plan
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Faiz / Think Progress:House GOP Aides: McCain ‘Not Familiar With The Details’ Of The Financial Bailout
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:The Democratic ACORN bailout; Update: Video added
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Thinking About McCain — I've been covering John McCain steadily for a decade. A few years ago, I worked on a book, which I foolishly never completed, on the U.S. Senate with McCain as the central character. So when I step back and think of McCain, even in the heat of this campaign …
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The New Republic:
Putting Country Last — I don't know John McCain as well as David Brooks does. In fact, I don't know him personally at all. But I covered his 2000 and 2008 primary campaigns, and I spent considerable time interviewing him, including several long interviews I did for a profile in 2006.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
McCain's Choice — Is there a third way? — The McCain campaign is now trying to broker a deal between House Republicans, Treasury Secretary Paulson, and the Democrats. This will be tough—but it's worth a shot. — If it works, fine. If it fails, McCain will have, I think, three alternative paths:
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Kathleen Parker / National Review:
Palin Problem — If at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming downstream — away from Sarah Palin. — To express reservations about her qualifications to be vice president — and possibly president — is to risk being labeled anti-woman.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Where Are the Grown-Ups? — Many people on both the right and the left are outraged at the idea of using taxpayer money to bail out America's financial system. They're right to be outraged, but doing nothing isn't a serious option. Right now, players throughout the system are refusing …
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Slate:
SLATE PREDICTS MCCAIN'S NEXT 10 HAIL MARY STUNTS. — 1. Returns to Vietnam and jails himself. — 2. Offers the post of “vice vice president” to Warren Buffett. — 3. Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for oil offshore. — 4. Learns to use computer.
Wall Street Journal:
WaMu Seized, Sold Off to J.P. Morgan; Deal, Bailout Delay Rattle Investors — In what is by far the largest bank failure in U.S. history, federal regulators seized Washington Mutual Inc. late Thursday and struck a deal to sell the bulk of its operations to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
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The Politico:
Suggest one question for the foreign policy debate and for extra credit, what is McCain thinking? — Do we really want to bring Georgia into NATO and risk sending American sons and daughters to remote mountainous inland Asia in coming years to fight nuclear-armed Russia over a territorial dispute involving …
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