memeorandum: McCain Holding Back on Fannie and Freddie? Um... Wait For It (Ace of Spades HQ)

4:35 PM ET, October 3, 2008

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VIDEO: Watch Sarah Palin Read Her Answers In Last Night's Debate — For Sarah Palin, last night's debate was an open-book exam. She spent much of the evening methodically reading and rehearsing answers from “carefully scripted talking points.” Palin's notes were largely hidden from plain view …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, Spin Cycle, pandagon.net, NewsBusters.org, Shakesville, Law Blog and Taylor Marsh

Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:

Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry — Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a deep pass to David Petraeus who miraculously ran it all the way into the end zone.

Discussion: The New Republic, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Dish, Matthew Yglesias, Political Machine, TPM Election Central, Hot Air, Donklephant and TPMCafe

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Palin Rebound — There are some moments when members of a political movement come together as one, sharing the same thoughts, feeling the same emotions, breathing the same shallow breaths. One of those occasions occurred Thursday night when Republicans around the country crouched nervously behind …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Jeffrey Goldberg, Washington Post, The Daily Dish, Achenblog, CNN, Left in the West, The Opinionator, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Moderate Voice, Hullabaloo, www.redstate.com, Wake up America and Early Returns

Ben Wasserstein / The New Republic:
The Power Of Palin's Emotional Intelligence

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Wall Street Journal:
Free Sarah Palin

Discussion: The New Republic and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Ruben Navarrette Jr / CNN:
Navarrette: For Palin, a tie is a win

Discussion: Comments from Left Field and Preemptive Karma

The Politico:
Palin meets expectations but still falls short

Discussion: Eunomia and Power Line

Wall Street Journal:
Palin the Populist — Joe Biden was no match for “Joe Six-Pack.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Guardian and The Strata-Sphere

Daniel Larison / Eunomia:
In The House Of Her Inexperience, There Are Many Mansions

Discussion: Newshoggers.com and The Daily Dish

Fox News:
Palin Disagrees With Michigan Pullout, Takes Second Stab at ‘Gotcha’ Questions

Discussion: The Caucus

Ace / minx.cc:
Biden's 14 Lies — Fresh from the McCain people. — JOE BIDEN'S 14 LIES TONIGHT

Discussion: Commentary, JohnMcCain.com, NewsBusters.org, Power Line, Wizbang, Hot Air, Gateway Pundit and Betsy's Page

New York Post:
THE VEEP DEBATE: SHE'S BACK!

Discussion: The Corner and Washington Post

Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Palin Takes On A New Foe: Her Image

Discussion: CBS News, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Top of the Ticket and Betsy's Page

Roger Simon / The Politico:
You betcha Sarah Palin can debate

Discussion: CNN, The New Republic, Marc Ambinder, Hot Air, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Outside The Beltway, TPM Election Central, Midwest Voices, Crooks and Liars, Salon, The Swamp, Spin Cycle, New York Times, Power Line, Taylor Marsh and The Caucus

James Pethokoukis / US News:

Why McCain Goes Easy on Fannie and the CRA — Here is the big question of the moment that many GOPers are asking: Why is John McCain not tearing into Barack Obama and the Dems on the huge role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Community Reinvestment Act in the financial crisis on Wall Street?

Discussion: Weekly Standard, protein wisdom, The Jawa Report and Michelle Malkin

Russell Roberts / Wall Street Journal:

How Government Stoked the Mania — Housing prices would never have risen so high without multiple Washington mistakes. — Many believe that wild greed and market failure led us into this sorry mess. According to that narrative, investors in search of higher yields bought novel securities …

Discussion: Center for American Progress, QandO, Wonk Room and Commentary

Fox News:
Bill O'Reilly Battles Rep. Barney Frank Over Financial Crisis

Discussion: Pam's House Blend

The Independent:
Dominic Lawson: Democrat fingerprints are all over the financial crisis

Discussion: JammieWearingFool, Sister Toldjah and Sound Politics

Ace of Spades HQ:
McCain Holding Back on Fannie and Freddie? Um... Wait For It

Discussion: Riehl World View

David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:

House Approves Bailout on Second Try — WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to the $700 billion bailout for the financial system, reversing course to authorize what may be the most expensive government intervention in history.

Discussion: The Hill, Michelle Malkin, Washington Monthly, TalkLeft, Economix, Los Angeles Times, Spin Cycle, American Power, Slog, Feministe, Portfolio and Truthdig

Wall Street Journal:

Bush Signs Bailout After House Passage — WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush signed the biggest government intervention in the financial markets since the Great Depression after U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers wary of growing signs of the nation's economic distress voted Friday …

Discussion: www.redstate.com, Neptunus Lex and TigerHawk

Jeanne Sahadi / CNNMoney.com:
Bailout is law — President Bush signs historic $700 billion …

Discussion: Slog and Raising Kaine

Wall Street Journal: What Leadership Looks Like — Voting for what's right, not what's safe.

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Obama Leading by 7 Points — Today marks full week of Obama leading by significant margin — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Sept. 30-Oct. 2 has Barack Obama leading John McCain by seven percentage points, 49% to 42%. — Obama has held a statistically significant lead …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Tv H.H. / Nielsen Wire:

45% Of Households In Top Local TV Markets Watched Palin and Biden's V.P. Debate — The combined overall household rating for Thursday night's vice presidential debate, in 55 of the 56 local television markets where Nielsen maintains electronic TV meters, was 45.0.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs and Ben Smith's Blogs

George Harris / Midwest Voices:
Who Won VP Debate: A Review of Polls

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Frank James / The Swamp:
Biden won independents in VP debate

Discussion: PERRspectives Blog and FiveThirtyEight.com

Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
CBS Poll: More Uncommitted Voters Saw Biden As Winner

Discussion: protein wisdom, CNN, The Raw Story, The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post, Oliver Willis, American Spectator, Scared Monkeys and Jack & Jill Politics

Rich Lowry / The Corner:

Projecting through the Screen — A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It's one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O'Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Washington Monthly, Wonkette and Spin Cycle

Patricia Talorico / Second Helpings:

Joe gives Delaware shout-outs: UPDATED — During the debate, Joe Biden gave several Delaware shout-outs, including Wilmington's Union Street... Maybe, I heard this wrong, or misunderstood, but I think he mentioned Katie's restaurant...... Wilmington used to have a Katie's restaurant …

Discussion: The Jawa Report and NO QUARTER

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
You can find anything you want — except Katie's Restaurant

Discussion: Pajamas Media

The Campaign Spot:
The Biden Error/Lie/Hallucination List (UPDATED to 22)

Discussion: The Shotgun and Tales from the Trail

Aden Nak / ph33r and loathing:

Moosehunter — So, I've been quiet thus far, but I figure it's about time I went moose hunting. So let me start off nice and big for ya, in case there's any doubt as to where I stand. Sarah Palin is a stupid, self important, ignorant bitch who I wouldn't put in charge of wiping her own ass.

Discussion: Political Machine

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The Palin Debate Flow-Chart

FactCheck.org:

FactChecking Biden-Palin Debate — The candidates were not 100 percent accurate. To say the least. — Biden and Palin debated, and both mangled some facts. — Palin mistakenly claimed that troop levels in Iraq had returned to “pre-surge” levels. Levels are gradually coming …

Discussion: Political Machine, www.redstate.com, Climate Progress and Political Radar

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

McCain Campaign's Ad Spending Now Nearly 100 Percent Devoted To Attack Ads — The McCain campaign has now shifted virtually 100 percent of his national ad spending into negative ads attacking Obama, a detailed breakdown of his ad buys reveals. — By contrast, the Obama campaign is devoting less …

Discussion: Firedoglake and Taegan Goddard's …

Los Angeles Times:

Schwarzenegger to U.S.: State may need $7-billion loan — In a letter obtained by The Times, the governor warns that tight credit has dried up funds California routinely relies on and it may have to seek emergency aid within weeks. — SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger …

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, The Sundries Shack, Think Progress, culturekitchen, The Foundry, Political Machine, Calitics and Michelle Malkin

Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:

A Tie Goes To The House — DEMOCRATS NOW CONTROL 27 STATES' DELEGATIONS, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO BREAK AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE DEADLOCK. — What if the Electoral College ended up tied, 269-269, prolonging this Alice-in-Wonderland campaign? That's what would happen if Barack Obama won every state …

Discussion: Liberal Values, American Spectator and StephenBainbridge.com