McCain retracts Palin's Pakistan comments  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)— Sen. John McCain retracted Sarah Palin's stance on Pakistan Sunday morning, after the Alaska governor appeared to back Sen. Barack Obama's support for unilateral strikes inside Pakistan against terrorists

Gallup Daily: Obama Moves to 50% to 42% Lead  —  Obama registers strong performance over Thursday-Saturday time period  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads John McCain, 50% to 42% among registered voters in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday …

Details on Wall Street bailout deal  —  This is an e-mail circulating among New Democrats, a group on progressive Democrats, on Sunday morning that lays out some of the details of the Wall Street bailout package agreed to by House, Senate and White House negotiatiors late Saturday night.

Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media?  —  Barack Obama played the “me too” game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire …

TARP draft  —  So there's a draft version of the bailout out there.  Pretty much as expected.  Section 113, MINIMIZATION OF LONG-TERM COSTS AND MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFITS FOR TAXPAYERS, is where the rubber meets the road — it's where the plan says something about how the deals will be done.

Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: Katie Couric SNL Skit (VIDEO)  —  Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live to reprise her widely hailed impersonation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.  The sketch focused on an interview Palin recently gave to CBS News' Katie Couric, including an exchange about Russia.

Dick Morris says Obama won the debate and that angers Hannity  —  It was pretty comical watching Sean Hannity attack his own team player Dick Morris becuase Dick wouldn't follow Hannity's talking points after the debate.  Even Morris gets honest once in a while.  —  Download |  Play wmv

McCain Calls For Bipartisan Cooperation On Financial Bailout, But Refuses To Talk With Democrats  —  On Wednesday afternoon, John McCain claimed to want to put partisanship aside to focus his attention on the financial crisis.  “We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans …

Frank's fingerprints are all over the financial fiasco  —  'THE PRIVATE SECTOR got us into this mess.  The government has to get us out of it.  That's Barney Frank's story, and he's sticking to it.  As the Massachusetts Democrat has explained it in recent days, the current financial crisis …

Palin Is Ready?  Please.  —  McCain says that he always puts country first.  In this important case, that is simply not true.  —  From the magazine issue dated Oct 6, 2008  —  Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony?  Is it too much to ask that she come to realize that she wants …

Why I Oppose the Bailout  —  Our nation has been confronted by a serious crisis in our financial markets.  The President and this Congress were right to act with all deliberate speed in addressing this crisis.  —  We now have a deal that promises to bring near term stability to our financial turmoil, but at what price?

Comparison of original Paulson bailout to compromise proposal  —  House Republican Whip Roy Blunt's office provides this side-by-side comparison of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's original Wall Street bailout proposal with the final compromise agreed to over the weekend by congressional and Treasury negotiators:

Palin Will Spend More Time With Couric, Cont'd  —  Team McCain tells me the strategy of having Palin talk to traditional broadcast networks ABC and CBS was designed to allow Palin to reach the maximum number of viewers.  “Coming off her tremendous performance at the convention …