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2:30 AM ET, September 30, 2008

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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Stephanopoulos: What's Next?  Congress Mulls Four Options  —  ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: There are meetings going on right now on Capitol Hill to try to figure out what to do about the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill that failed to pass the House today.
Discussion: Corrente, TalkLeft and AMERICAblog News
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Revolt of the Nihilists  —  In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt inherited an economic crisis.
Discussion: Eunomia
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Analysis: House vote against bailout wounds McCain
Discussion: Don Surber
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
In Bailout Vote, a Leadership Breakdown
Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal
Rex Nutting / MarketWatch:
House to Wall Street: Drop dead
Discussion: Deal Journal and Corrente
New York Times:   With Deal's Collapse, the McCain Camp Attacks
New York Times:   Trying to Avoid Economic Calamity, Lawmakers Grope for Resolution
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
In reintroduction, Palin to do more interviews and “tell her story”  —  Tacitly acknowledging criticism that she's been diminished in part by an overly protective media shield, Sarah Palin will take a more forward-leaning approach and do additional interviews in the weeks ahead, a top aide said today.
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CBS News:
Exclusive: McCain, Palin Answer Critics  —  Katie Couric Asks Palin If She Contradicted McCain On Pakistan And Her Response To GOP Criticism … Katie Couric: Over the weekend, Gov. Palin, you said the U.S. should absolutely launch cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan to …
Jeffrey Goldberg:
Sarah Palin Endorses Hamas  —  How can it be that some people still pretend that Sarah Palin is suited for high office?  This country has never seen someone so comprehensively unprepared for the vice presidency; Dan Quayle was Metternich by comparison.  I've watched Sarah Palin's interview …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Concerns About Palin's Readiness as a Big Test Nears  —  A month after Gov. Sarah Palin joined Senator John McCain's ticket to a burst of excitement and anticipation among Republicans, she heads into a critical debate facing challenges from conservatives about her credentials …
Discussion: The Corner
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Palin, Couric, ‘gotcha journals,’ cowboys
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
The End of the U.S. Financial System as We Know It?  —  A number of Republican House members and staff, along with others who are plugged in, are telling me that Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats will come back with a new bill that includes all the left-wing stuff that was scrubbed from the bill that was defeated today in the House.
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Phil Singer / The Marathon Blog:
The Cry Baby Strategy Is Back...
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Spin Cycle
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Wall Street bailout: Congress ‘must move’
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: “Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true.  We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona.  Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae.  Editor refuses to publish anything …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
THAT MEAN, NASTY NANCY PELOSI  —  Here's the Pelosi floor speech that Republicans claim so enraged them that they decided to change their votes on the bailout:  —  And here is the Republican House leadership laying all the blame at Pelosi's feet:
Discussion: The RBC, TheZoo and Spin Cycle
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Shorter House GOP: We killed the bailout bill because Pelosi hurt our feelings  —  What a bunch of WATB.  The House GOP “Leadership” addressed the media just now after the bailout bill failed and pointed their fingers at Nancy Pelosi for giving a speech that upset them.
Marc Ambinder:
A Failure To Communicate (What We Have Here)  —  John McCain has a fundamental problem.
Discussion: Sound Politics and marbury
Bloomberg:
Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System  —  Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve will pump an additional $630 billion into the global financial system, flooding banks with cash to alleviate the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression.
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Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:   Fed to Congress: We'll Just Print 630 billion dollars K? Thx Bye.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
McCain's Moment  —  No one wants to take ownership of the task of rescuing the economy right now.  The Bush-Paulson plan has failed.  The administration, House Democrats, and House Republicans (above all) have all proved unable to deliver.  But there is someone who might be able to save the economy …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain takes credit for bill before it loses  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his top aides took credit for building a winning bailout coalition - hours before the vote failed and stocks tanked.  —  The rush to claim he had engineered a victory now looks like a strategic blunder …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Swing District Congressmen Doomed Bailout  —  This was predictable, I suppose, but it's remarkable to see how strong a relationship there is between today's failed vote on the bailout and the competitive nature of different House races.  —  Among 38 incumbent congressmen in races rated as …
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Rasmussen Reports:
FOX/Rasmussen Swing State Polling - September 28, 2008  —  Overview  —  Polling this week in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia shows that Barack Obama has gained a net 3 to 5 percentage points in each state compared to the previous Fox News/ Rasmussen Reports poll.
 
 
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Can You Blame Americans If They Wonder?
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Viva Banned Book Week
Discussion: Lean Left
Times of London:
US banking bailout in chaos after shock House of Representatives vote
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Associated Press:
Courts Allow Early Voting Week in Ohio
 Earlier Items: 
Megan McArdle:
Prisoner's dilemma  —  Dan Drezner has a great post:
Discussion: Hot Air
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
I respectfully dissent  —  I do not understand why those who've voted …
Discussion: Power Line
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
FRED AND GINGER THEY AIN'T  —  John and Sarah take on Katie Couric ... together:
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Michelle Malkin:
Breaking: It's official. …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama sought rape victim for ad
Discussion: Lonewacko, Townhall.com and Hog On Ice
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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