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Amanda / Think Progress:
McCain on financial bailout: 'Just like Iraq, I'm not afraid to go it alone.' — Today, the Washington Post reveals more details about what happened during the White House meeting on Thursday between President Bush and top lawmakers. Despite indicating that his presence was pivotal …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Gingrich: Bush doesn't understand fiscal crisis, and treasury secretary should resign — Former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich, whose criticism helped spark a GOP revolt against the bail-out of Wall Street proposed by the Bush Administration, predicted Saturday that House Republicans …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
How McCain Stirred a Simmering Pot — When Sen. John McCain made his way to the Capitol office of House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) just past noon on Thursday, he intended to “just touch gloves” with House Republican leaders, according to one congressional aide …
Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
McConnell, Lunsford race a dead heat — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford are knotted in a statistical tie for McConnell's seat, according to the latest Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll. — The poll found that each candidate would get the support …
Ali / Think Progress:
McCain never showed up at Capitol Hill for bailout negotiations today. — After declaring he'd return to Washington to help with the bailout negotiations immediately after last night's debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) never went to Capitol Hill today. In fact, McCain stayed largely holed …
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Palin's Words Raise Red Flags — The country is understandably focused on the financial crisis. But there is another serious issue in front of us that is not getting nearly enough attention, and that's whether Sarah Palin is qualified to be vice president — or, if the situation were to arise, president of the United States.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XIV: What Trade Missions To Russia? — By now, the pattern is familiar. Palin responds to a question she fears reveals something she wants to conceal and lies: … There is no evidence of her conducting any trade missions with Russia:
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Gabriel Winant / Salon:
Palin's mysterious trade missions — As John McCain reminds us, “Russia is right next to Alaska; Sarah Palin understands that.” But when pressed by Katie Couric about what, exactly, that understanding lent her in the way of foreign policy savvy, the Republicans' vice-presidential nominee couldn't come up with a lot of specifics:
governor.mo.gov:
Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign's Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement — JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
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Sergey Brin / The Official Google Blog:
Our position on California's No on 8 campaign — As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions — Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals …
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Catherine Lucey / Philly.com:
Palin grabs a seat at the bar — Perhaps it was coincidence that the song “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” was playing as Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin worked the crowd at the Irish Pub last night. — But her amorous fans were definitely ready to let the moose-hunting Alaska governor rule.
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The Huffington Post:
Bill Press: The Grouch and the Gentleman — Two candidates walked on stage Saturday night. One of them walked off looking like the next President of the United States. And it wasn't John McCain. — American voters could not have been given a clearer choice.
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James Fallows:
On strategy and tactics — The least self-aware moment for John McCain in last night's debate came at the half-way point, when he said, “I'm afraid Senator Obama doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy.” — In a sense McCain was sticking to his battle plan in saying this …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:HAVING SLEPT ON IT — In my initial reaction last night …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Genuine and Immediate Crisis — What Congress has to do now. — I've received phone calls in the last hour from two economists I respect, one of them Larry Lindsey, the other in a position where he'd prefer not to be named. Both have government experience, neither is alarmist by nature, and they say this:
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Holds 5-Point Lead — Momentum in his favor going into debate — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads John McCain, 49% to 44%, when registered voters are asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, according to the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update.
New York Times:
McCain and Team Have Many Ties to Gambling Industry — Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m. …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Next Day, a New Debate on Who Won — OXFORD, Miss. — The presidential campaigns roared out of here Saturday morning facing a task arguably as difficult, and as important, as the debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain itself: influencing the public perception of who won …
Dorian De Wind / The Moderate Voice:
McCain on Veterans—Fact Check — In addition to foreign policy, last night's debate focused on the very recent and very real economic crisis in our country. Several TMV contributors have already done an excellent job of analyzing how the two presidential candidates fared on those issues.
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Bruce Bartlett / New York Post:
WHY THE BAILOUT? — THE CASE BUSH HASN'T MADE — A KEY reason the public hasn't bought the case for the $700 billion bailout plan is that the Bush administration hasn't explained why the financial sector is unique - unlike the auto industry or any economic actors who are hurting and asking for aid.
The Campaign Spot:
Did Obama Have a ‘Bush Looking At His Watch’ Moment Tonight? — I wonder if we had a “Bush looking at his watch” moment tonight. — After McCain talked about the bracelet from the mother of a slain soldier, Obama mentioned that he had one, too. — Unfortunately, it would seem …
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