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Palin Opens Up On Controversial Issues — VP Candidate Speaks Frankly With Katie Couric About Feminism, Homosexuality, Abortion And The Environment … The day began early. After being briefed by her staff, Sarah Palin heads out with her 14-year-old daughter Willow in tow.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Palin on which newspapers she reads: ‘Um, all of them.’ — Tonight on the CBS Evening News, host Katie Couric asked Sarah Palin which sources she relies on for her news consumption. Three separate times, Couric tried to elicit a response from Palin about which specific newspapers she reads.
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Matthew Yglesias, pandagon.net, Liberal Values, Daily Kos, Shakesville and The Raw Story
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Sessions with Couric — There was another installment of the Katie Couric Palin Diaries tonight. Katie asked Sarah Palin about reading: … As soon as I saw it on CBS earlier (I trust most of you have better things to do with your time!), I knew the new conventional wisdom would be something like “she bans books and doesn't read.”
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Sadly, No!
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Sarah Palin On Today's Show — I will air an interview with the governor at the top of the first hour and repeat it in the third hour.
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Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
SEC Clarification May Help Markets — Some economists are attributing much of the current financial crisis to something as mundane-seeming as accounting. — The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board have just made an announcement that, dry as it sounds …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:SEC Office of the Chief Accountant and FASB Staff Clarifications …
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Taylor Marsh, Baseball Crank, Money & Company, www.redstate.com, The Curious Capitalist and Conglomerate
Judith Burns / Wall Street Journal:Auditors Resist Effort To Change Mark-to-Market
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Spin Cycle
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:SEC Loosens Accounting Rule Banks Blame for Crisis
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Michelle Malkin:
A debate “moderator” in the tank for Obama — My first syndicated column of the week shines light on PBS anchor Gwen Ifill, who will moderate Thursday's only vice presidential debate. Try as she might to deflect questions about her impartiality, her biases — and her conflict of interest — are clear.
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Gateway Pundit
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Alissa K / TVNewser:
Gwen Ifill Breaks Ankle, But Still Plans To Meet 'Em In St. Louis — First On TVNewser: PBS' Gwen Ifill has broken her ankle after tripping and falling down stairs at her home last night, a NewsHour insider tells TVNewser. We're told Ifill had been walking up a staircase …
CNNMoney.com:
Senate to vote on rescue plan Wednesday — The bailout package adds new provisions - including raising the FDIC insurance cap. Democratic sources told CNN that they expect bipartisan support. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Senate plans to vote on the $700 billion bank rescue plan Wednesday evening …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:A Political Meltdown — A police officer patrols an empty hall …
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The Huffington Post:
Is Sarah Palin's Lipliner A Tattoo? (SLIDESHOW, POLL) — On September 10th, Wonkette received a tip that Sarah Palin's lipliner is a tattoo. … So although the allegation comes in a strangely cryptic email and there is no actual proof that this procedure was performed …
RushLimbaugh.com:
God Bless the House Republicans — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: I want to dedicate today's Dow Jones Industrial Average, it's at about 269, up at the moment, to the Republicans in the House of Representatives for their boldness yesterday. Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, Rush Limbaugh …
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Michelle Malkin
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Ryan Grim / The Crypt's Blogs:House GOP leadership, conservative media, The Crypt mocked by Rush
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Townhall.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Palin's contrast — Katie Couric, in a segment to air tonight, asks Palin about her joke that she's been listening to Joe Biden's speeches since second grade, and whether that isn't an odd thing to say given her own running mate's age:
Fred Thompson / Townhall.com:
Qualified — When John McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin, as his running mate, the Democrats and their far-left constituency let out a primal scream that could be heard from sea to shining sea. How dare he choose someone that they and their pals in the media had not had a chance to vet …
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Washington Post:
Voters Fear Failure of Bailout Bill Could Deepen Crisis, Poll Finds — Concerns About Economic Prospects Continue to Lift Obama's Campaign — Voters are deeply divided over the terms of the government's $700 billion economic rescue package, but overwhelmingly fear the House's rejection …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Mahatma X Files, The Other McCain, Tom Watson, Hullabaloo and JammieWearingFool
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New York Times:
Bloomberg Called Ready to Announce Third-Term Bid — After months of speculation about his political future, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce on Thursday morning that he will seek a third term as mayor, according to three people who have been told of his plans.
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The Washington Note, Matthew Yglesias, The Raw Story, Gawker, Gothamist, Political Machine, Marc Ambinder, Think Progress, The Corner, Eschaton, Spin Cycle and New York Post
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Jeff White / FP Comment:
Bailout marks Karl Marx's comeback — Marx's Proposal Number Five seems to be the leading motivation for those backing the Wall Street bailout — By Martin Masse — In his Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Karl Marx proposed 10 measures to be implemented after the proletariat takes power …
John Cruickshank / CBC News:
We erred in our judgment — More than 300 people have taken the trouble this month to complain to the CBC ombudsman about a column we ran on CBCNews.ca about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Sept. 5. — The column, by award-winning freelance writer Heather Mallick …
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Don Surber
Emma Graves Fitzsimmons / Chicago Tribune:
Sarah Palin gets painted in full, and nothing's conservative about it — North Side tavern hangs nude portrait — Bruce Elliott, whose wife owns the Old Town Ale House, painted this nude portrait of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. He said his daughter …
Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Unlike Clinton, Biden Gets Pass for Saying He Was ‘Shot At’ in Iraq — When Hillary Clinton told a tall tale about “landing under sniper fire” in Bosnia, she was accused of “inflating her war experience” by Barack Obama's campaign — but the campaign has been silent about Joe Biden telling …
Radley Balko / Reason:
The House of Death — An interview with DEA whistleblower Sandy Gonzalez — Sandalio “Sandy” Gonzalez recently retired after a 32-year career in law enforcement, 27 as an agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), eventually ascending to his highest-ranking position as head of operations in South America.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Get This Man An Atlas! John McCain Says Venezuela Is In The Middle East — Aravosis at AmericaBlog noticed this one...I guess that McCain should thank his lucky stars that most GOP are low info voters, so hopefully not many of them picked up on this:
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Edging Into More Active Role On Crisis — Now that John McCain's first effort to corral Congress into passing a bailout has proven a bust, the question is how aggressively Barack Obama will thrust himself into the center of the action at a moment when McCain is attacking him daily for remaining “on the sidelines.”
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