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1:40 AM ET, October 2, 2008

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CBS News:
Palin, Biden Trade Views On Abortion  —  CBS Evening News: Biden And Palin Answer Katie Couric's Vice-Presidential Questions … Katie Couric: Why do you think Roe v. Wade was a good decision?  —  Joe Biden: Because it's as close to a consensus that can exist in a society as heterogeneous as ours.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
The Palin Supreme Court stumble  —  Tonight's installment of Katie Couric playing Roger Mudd to Sarah Palin's Ted Kennedy features the much-anticipated Supreme Court non-answer.  —  The bad news for McCain: This offers yet more evidence that Palin has thought little about many policy issues facing the country and world.
Discussion: The Swamp and Donklephant
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DEAD TO RIGHTS  —  Not knowing any Supreme Court decision she opposes except for Roe v. Wade ain't great.  Frankly, though, for the Christian right, that's really the only Supreme Court jurisprudence they want you to know.  But there was a bigger goof in this latest segment from the Couric interview …
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
Palin and Privacy  —  Those excerpts from Couric's interviews give me more concerns about Biden than Palin.  He seems to be under the impression that there's a “liberty clause” in the Fourteenth Amendment (he has talked about it in Supreme Court confirmation hearings too).  He misdescribes what Roe held.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Couric vs. Palin, round 17
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Ali / Think Progress:
Palin can't name a Supreme Court case she disagrees with.
Discussion: CBS News and MyDD
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Sarah Palin: Supreme Court rulings?
KCCI-TV:
NEW KCCI Poll: Clear Presidential Frontrunner Emerges  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — An exclusive KCCI poll shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama widening his lead here in Iowa.  —  The new poll interviewed 600 Iowans on Monday and Tuesday who regularly vote in elections for opinion on the upcoming presidential election.
Discussion: MSNBC and Daily Kos
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CNN:
Controversy brews up around VP moderator  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Controversy swirled over vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill one day before the face-off between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden, after new scrutiny was drawn to her upcoming book featuring Barack Obama.
CBS News:
CBS Poll: Obama Widens Lead Over McCain  —  CBS News Survey Shows Obama Opening Up Nine-Point Edge On Strength Of Debate Performance And Handling Of Financial Crisis  —  (CBS) Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads GOP rival John McCain 49 percent to 40 percent among registered voters in a new CBS News poll.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
VP debate moderator's impartiality questioned
Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?:
A PARTIAL LIST OF GWEN IFILL'S QUESTIONS FOR THE VP DEBATE
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
McCain turns irritable, sarcastic in interview  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, once renowned for his jocular sessions with journalists, appeared irritable and at times sarcastic in an interview in which he defended running mate Sarah Palin's experience …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and Campaign Silo
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Mike Murphy / Swampland:
Des Moines Register...  As a former general in the GOP, I get a lot of emails from various operative types around the country.  Many are old comrades from the forgotten wars of old Republican statewide campaigns.  Unlike the well meaning but under-experienced six month wonders who seem …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain: The Angry Warrior?
Ben / Think Progress:
McCain: ‘I Always Aspire To Be A Dictator’
Discussion: PERRspectives Blog
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New York Times:
Poll Finds Obama Gaining Support and McCain Weakened in Bailout Crisis
Discussion: Daily Kos
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:   AP Poll: Obama takes a 7-point lead over McCain
David Rogers / The Politico:
By large margin, Senate passes bailout bill  —  Treasury's $700 billion rescue plan for the financial markets passed the Senate Wednesday night, giving the White House new confidence it has turned the corner and can win final approval from Congress by Friday.
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Associated Press:
Senate passes $700B rescue; House votes lured
Discussion: Hot Air and Stop The ACLU
David Nather / Beyond the Dome:
Obama Makes McCain Very Uncomfortable  —  Let the record reflect that Barack Obama made the approach to John McCain tonight.  —  As the two shared the Senate floor tonight for the first time since they won their party nominations, Obama stood chatting with Democrats on his side of the aisle …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Emptywheel
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin campaign to shift media strategy  —  SEDONA, Arizona (CNN) - Sarah Palin's interview Tuesday with conservative talker Hugh Hewitt gave the vice presidential candidate a chance to showcase elements of her life story and demonstrate some of the folksiness that's been central to her political success.
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Kathleen Parker / Chicago Tribune:
Speak correctly, or build a big bunker
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Kathleen Parker Shocked To Find Her Party's Full Of “Vicious” …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Something just went wrong with McCain's face on national TV  —  UPDATE: There's now slow-motion video making it painfully clear that something is wrong.  —  In the post below, we showed a scene that just took place in which McCain was momentarily confused on stage, not knowing where to go.
Discussion: Wonkette, Newshoggers.com and Open Left
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The Obama channel  —  ChanNenel 73 on the Dish Network is now The Obama Channel.  —  Obama's media buying strategy has been marked by a willingness to work the angles, and to try to pick up a few votes at the margins.  The decision to go to everything from extensive radio buys …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Michelle Malkin:   Obama has his own channel on the Dish Network (screenshot added)
Paul Krugman:
Stockholm Syndrome  —  On Olbermann a few minutes ago (that basement classroom with the heavy paper over the windows and camera sure has come in handy lately!) a phrase popped out of my mouth: “Stockholm Syndrome”, with regard to the rescue.  —  Here's the thing: it's very hard for Congress …
Discussion: MyDD, Open Left and The Agonist
William R. Kapfer / Washington Blade:
McCain's gay Q&A  —  ‘I hope gay and lesbian Americans will give full consideration to supporting me’  —  Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told the Blade in an exclusive written interview this week that he appreciates the Log Cabin Republicans' decision to endorse him …
Issam Ahmed / Christian Science Monitor:
FLIRTING WITH PALIN EARNS PAKISTANI PRESIDENT A FATWA  —  A leading religious leader condemned Asif Ali Zardari's comments to Sarah Palin at the UN. … After the flirtation came the fatwa.  —  With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations …
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
McCaskill Has ‘Joe Biden Moment’ by Saying Biden ‘Sometimes Says Things That Are Kind of Stupid’  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., today told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the American people don't know much about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin “and she is now being thrust on a stage without …
 
 
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Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
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Dean Baker on the Swedish Model
Discussion: Angry Bear and Kevin Drum
Associated Press:
Estimates show Palin assets top $1 million
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McCain's Kremlin Ties
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Palin Had Another Private E-Mail Account, Company Says
Discussion: Threat Level and cab drollery
Chris Good / The Hill:
Palin questioner rejects ‘gotcha journalism’ charge
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XVI: Remembering Biden's Speeches in 2d Grade
Discussion: Outside The Beltway