Top Items:
![](/081006/i141.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
In Fla., Palin Goes for the Rough Stuff as Audience Boos Obama — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gestures during a campaign speech on Oct. 6, 2008 in Clearwater, Fla. (Chris O'Meara/Associated Press) — CLEARWATER, Fla. — “Okay, so Florida, you know that you're going to have to hang onto your hats …
Discussion:
Think Progress, Lonewacko, Connecting.the.Dots, TalkLeft, BAGnewsNotes, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, Oliver Willis and Booman Tribune
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
Who'll Call Obama A Terrorist? — Jonathan Martin notes: … The reality is that a member of McCain's audience went there today. You can hear it clearly on this video clip taken from MSNBC— after McCain asks “Who is the real Barack Obama?” the first, loudest voice can be heard answering “Terrorist!”
![](/img/pml.png)
WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT — So we have McCain today getting his crowd riled up asking who Barack Obama is and then apparently giving a wink and a nod when one member of the crowd screams out “terrorist.” — And later we have Sarah Palin with the same mob racket …
![](/img/pml.png)
Pa. GOP hits rock bottom: Calls Obama “a terrorist's best friend” — I've been writing about political campaigns for more than a quarter-century now, and it really takes a lot to surprise me, but I am absolutely stunned at the depths that the Republican Party is willing to sink to try in win this election …
![](/img/pml.png)
Our capacity for self-government — From twelve time zones away, it looks as if the United States is in one of those moments where the capacity to get serious and face big problems is sorely tested. — In the short term, a worldwide financial panic and crisis.
![](/img/pml.png)
CBS Poll: Presidential Race Tightens — Survey Shows Obama Leading McCain 47 Percent To 43 Percent Among Registered Voters Nationwide Following V.P. Debate — (CBS) In a sign that the race for president has returned to about where it was before the first presidential debate …
RELATED:
![](/081006/i117.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
CNN Poll: Obama advantage grows — Likely voters nationwide: — Obama: 53 percent — McCain: 45 percent — NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) - A new national poll suggests Barack Obama is widening his edge over John McCain in the race for the White House.
![](/081006/i115.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
The Sarah Palin-Joe Biden debate: Revealing the real source of CNN's sources
![](/081006/i176.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
The missing SNL bailout skit — and the Soros connection — Over the weekend, I watched a hilarious, dead-on, and surprisingly honest skit on Saturday Night Live about the craptastic bailout and its Democrat roots. The skit called out Fannie/Freddie and featured Nancy Pelosi dragging out various sob-story …
Discussion:
Terry Ann Online, Associated Press, The Foundry, Pat Dollard, Flopping Aces, The Anchoress, Hot Air and www.redstate.com
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain blasts Obama, Democrats for Fannie Mae meltdown — We asked John McCain to take off the gloves — and he listened. In remarks McCain will deliver today, he blasts Democrats, including Barack Obama, for their market manipulations and defense of Fannie Mae against regulator warnings.
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications, www.redstate.com, Wake up America, Hotline On Call, National Review, Scared Monkeys, www.redstate.com, Wizbang, Political Machine, The Gun Toting Liberal, Macsmind, The Anchoress, Gateway Pundit, Taylor Marsh, Weekly Standard, Stop The ACLU and Michelle Malkin
RELATED:
![](/081006/i156.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
More Bogus Obama Donors Surface — Donations Made Between July and Early August — (CBS) CBS News Investigative Producer Laura Strickler wrote this story for CBSNews.com with additional reporting from Sarah Fitzpatrick and Ariel Bashi. — CBS News has learned that two donors …
![](/081006/i142.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
Post-Debate: Palin Still Seen as Unqualified, a Bump for Biden — Continued Doubts About Financial Bailout — While last week's vice-presidential debate had a larger audience than any other in history, voters' impressions of Sarah Palin have changed little.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
Poll: 60% say depression ‘likely’ — Poll finds 6 of 10 believe a depression is somewhat or very likely - seeing 25% unemployed and millions homeless and hungry. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Nearly six out of ten Americans believe another economic depression is likely, according to a poll released Monday.
Discussion:
The Democratic Daily, Calculated Risk, The RBC, Jules Crittenden and distributedrepublic …
![](/img/pml.png)
Hypocrisy Doesn't Begin To Describe It — Ross Douthat writes: … But this is true of Obama's entire circle of comrades and associates, of course. He didn't know who they were, or wasn't all that close to them, or never happened to be there when their life-long habit of excoriating evil America was demonstrated.
Discussion:
Ross Douthat
![](/img/pml.png)
Press kept under a watchful eye — CLEARWATER — Constantly under the watchful eyes of security, the media wasn't permitted to wander around inside Coachman Park to talk to Sarah Palin supporters. When reporters tried to leave the designated press area and head toward the bleachers …
Discussion:
The Daily Dish, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, TBogg, Balloon Juice and Think Progress
![](/img/pml.png)
Keating Inquiry Appears Different, 17 Years Later — Sometimes in politics, memories fail. — In a conference call with reporters, attorney John Dowd was asked about a specific part of the Keating Five inquiry, the fact that Cindy McCain and her father had invested in a Keating strip mall.
RELATED:
![](/img/pml.png)
Crime passionel — From the statement of educators in support of Bill Ayers: — All citizens, but particularly teachers and scholars, are called upon to challenge orthodoxy, dogma, and mindless complacency, to be skeptical of authoritative claims, to interrogate and trouble the given and the taken-for-granted.
Discussion:
BrothersJudd Blog
![](/img/pml.png)
McCain, Obama deal puts limits on “town hall” debate — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama and John McCain meet for a second debate Tuesday night with a “town hall” format, but a deal made between the camps limits the interaction the candidates will have with the undecided voters in the pool of questioners.
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blogs
![](/img/pml.png)
FEC Queries McCain Campaign on ‘Excessive Contributions’ — While the Republican Party is pushing the Federal Election Commission to investigate the possibility that Democrat Barack Obama collected excessive contributions, its own candidate is facing scrutiny on the same subject.
Discussion:
American Spectator
![](/081007/i2.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
As Lehman Collapsed, Execs Were Rewarded — Failed Bank's Managers Received Bonuses While Pleading For Federal Aid, Documents Reveal — (CBS/ AP) Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday.
![](/081006/i166.jpg)
![](/img/pml.png)
Middle School Teacher Suspended for ‘Obama Frat’ Spat — A Kansas City, Mo., middle school teacher was suspended for insubordination after he posted a video of his students chanting Barack Obama slogans on YouTube. — FOXNews.com — A middle school teacher in Missouri was suspended Monday …
![](/img/pml.png)
Obama offers best way out of economic disarray — From Hugh McColl Jr., former chairman and CEO of Bank of America: — In 49 years of living in Charlotte, I've seldom offered my opinion in writing and never submitted a piece such as this. The condition of our country compels me.