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CBS News:
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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pandagon.net, Liberal Values, Daily Kos, Shakesville, Matthew Yglesias 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!
The Huffington Post:
George Will: Palin Is Not Qualified — Famed conservative columnist George Will told a gathering of Senate aides on Monday that Gov. Sarah Palin is “obviously” not prepared to assume the presidency if necessary, two event attendees told the Huffington Post.
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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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Eunomia
Emma Graves Fitzsimmons / Chicago Tribune:Sarah Palin gets painted in full, and nothing's conservative about it
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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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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Halimah Abdullah / McClatchy Washington Bureau:Angry voters drove bailout's failure (no mention of Pelosi)
Charles Gasparino / CNBC.com:Learn How to Get Real-Time Quotes on Your Mobile Device
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Weekly Standard
Dan Balz / Washington Post:A Political Meltdown — A police officer patrols an empty hall …
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TIME.com
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Feisty McCain duels with Des Moines Register — An emphatic, combative and at times surly John McCain today tangled with the Des Moines Register editorial board over his running mate, the nature of his campaign and whether he can appreciate the health care needs of Americans.
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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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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 …
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Tom Watson, Say Anything, Sister Toldjah, Wonkette, Macsmind and Windy Citizen Full Feed
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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Salon, The Campaign Spot, Open Left, The E&P Pub, Ben Smith's Blogs, TBogg, Reason and ATTACKERMAN
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 …
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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The Politico:
Nervous GOP urges McCain to attack — John McCain's fade in recent polls, combined with a barrage of negative news coverage during the financial crisis, has leading Republican activists around the country worrying about his prospects and urging his campaign to become much more aggressive …
Squidoo:
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
NBC's Zucker didn't produce Obama video — Drudge helped push a video of a group of children in Venice, CA singing the praises of Barack Obama today with the headline, “VIDEO: Obama Kids Sing for Dear Leader.” — So of course, it made the rounds all day online, followed later …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:No Sale — No doubt due to some leftwing rapid response …
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Whiskey Fire
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
CNN POLL OF POLLS: Debate ‘changed nothing’ — The first presidential debate did little to change the dynamics of the presidential race, new polls show. (Getty Images) — (CNN) - Nearly 60 million Americans tuned in to the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain last Friday …
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TPM Election Central
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TChris / TalkLeft:
Futile Advice For Sarah Palin — In an open letter to Sarah Palin, The American Conservative sees in Palin what it once saw in George Bush: a regular person with strong traditional values who champions faith, limited government, and pro-life judges. The AC feels betrayed by a president whose promised …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Lesson From a Crisis: When Trust Vanishes, Worry — In 1929, Meyer Mishkin owned a shop in New York that sold silk shirts to workingmen. When the stock market crashed that October, he turned to his son, then a student at City College, and offered a version of this sentiment: It serves those rich scoundrels right.
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The Huffington Post
Townhall.com:
H1: John Campbell With Hugh Hewitt — 09290801 Hewitt: Hour 1 - Hugh covers the incredibly unecessary collapse of the stock market today after Nancy Pelosi's Congress couldn't pass the Main Street breakwater bill that was agreed on over the weekend by leadership.
Matt / Think Progress:
Rep. Steve King: McCain Was Right When He Said The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong — Earlier this month, on the same day that two of Wall Street's major banking institutions collapsed, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told a Florida crowd that he “still” believes “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”
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DownWithTyranny!
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