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5:05 PM ET, September 26, 2008

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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 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.
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 …
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
A Hostile Audience  —  One side effect of McCain's debate gambit is, I'm told, that everyone at Ole Miss now hates him.  It will make for a very hostile audience tonight among those students and faculty attending.  He might have to apologize for creating the uncertainty or make some explanation up front, which is never ideal.
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 …
Paul Volpe / Washington Post:
McCain Blinks  —  The news that John McCain will debate Barack Obama tonight in Mississippi is a concession by the Arizona senator that his attempt to score a quick political victory on legislation to bail out the financial sector did not pan out as he had hoped.
The Caucus:
Debate Is On  —  11:52 a.m. |  Updated: Senator John McCain's campaign …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
McCain Decides to Participate in Debate
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
McCain's flailing panic
Discussion: New York Times and MSNBC
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:   All-In in Oxford  —  Well, I confess I didn't think John McCain would debate tonight.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO): McCain “stopped a deal” …
Discussion: Think Progress and USA Today
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Debate commissioner: If McCain doesn't show, it's cancelled …
Discussion: Political Radar and Silent Running
The Campaign Spot:   Why Did McCain Decide to Go to the Debate Tonight?
Pachacutec / Campaign Silo:   McCain's Online Ads Say He Won Debate. . . Before Debate Occurs
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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The Campaign Spot:
If You've Lost Kathleen Parker, Who's Left?  Well, Lots of Folks, But...
Discussion: Crunchy Con
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 48%, McCain 45%  —  Obama's slight edge consistent with his positioning over the past week  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has regained the edge over John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Sept. 23-25, 48% to 45%.  —  Today's three-day rolling average includes interviewing …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Out Of Juneau  —  Yep: it's here.  You have to endure this dude yammering on for a 50 seconds but after that, Sarah Heath, now known as Sarah Palin, takes the stage in the Miss Alaska Pageant:
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Slog
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The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin's Beauty Pageant Swimsuit Competition Footage (VIDEO)  —  Sarah Palin's 1984 beauty pageant swimsuit competition video has hit the web.  An Alaskan has uploaded what he claims to be 100% real footage of Sarah Palin in a red tank suit in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and Hot Air
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.
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Don Kaplan / New York Post:
MAD ABOUT LETTERMAN  —  MCCAIN VIDEO 'JACKED FROM KATIE  —  CBS News executives were red- faced yesterday trying to explain how David Letterman used unaired news footage of Sen. John McCain with Katie Couric to embarrass the Republican presidential candidate.
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.
Discussion: MoJoBlog, Liberal Values and Spin Cycle
Jim DeMint:
What Caused The Economic Crisis?  Watch This!  —  Senator DeMint wanted to share this video on the federal bailout with you.  Thanks for your support.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jesse Walker / Reason:
Barack Obama vs. Free Speech  —  Here's an ad the National Rifle Association is running in Pennsylvania:  —  The Obama campaign disputes the accuracy of the advertisement, which is fine.  It has also threatened regulatory retaliation against outlets that show it, which isn't fine.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
National Review asks: Did WaMu fail because it employed minorities?  —  (updated below)  —  National Review's Mark Krikorian notes that (1) Washington Mutual became the largest bank to fail in American history yesterday and (2) its last press release touted the fact that it was named …
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
A Paulson-Cantor Plan Is a Win-Win for Taxpayers  —  The single-biggest mistake in the Paulson bank-rescue-plan marketing effort has been the failure to explain clearly how taxpayers are going to recoup $700 billion used to buy toxic assets at auction in order to unfreeze the banking system.
 
 
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A Shift in Mood?  —  A source in the middle of all this detected …
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