memeorandum: Where'd the SNL bailout skit go? Update: Legal threat? (Allahpundit/Hot Air)

9:00 AM ET, October 7, 2008

Top Items:

Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame — FORT MYERS, Fla., Oct. 6 John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has a solution. — “For me, the heels are on, the gloves are off,” she announced at high noon Monday to a group …

Garance Franke-Ruta / Washington Post:

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: Lonewacko, BAGnewsNotes, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, PoliGazette, Oliver Willis, Booman Tribune, Wonkette, The Corner and The New Republic

Geoff Earle / New York Post:

OBAMA: NO KNOWLEDGE OF AYERS' TERRORIST PAST — WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's top political adviser said today Obama “didn't know the history” of unrepentant bomber William Ayers' activities in the violent Weather Underground movement when the candidate attended a political event at Ayers' home in 1995.

Discussion: Power Line, Political Machine, www.redstate.com, The Corner, Don Surber, Israpundit, The Campaign Spot and Little Green Footballs

City Journal:

The Bomber as School Reformer — Back in the early eighties, in an interview with David Horowitz and Peter Collier, Bill Ayers remembered his reaction upon learning that he would not be prosecuted by the government for his bombing spree as a member of the Weather Underground.

Discussion: Commentary, Power Line and Stop The ACLU

Will Bunch / Philly.com:

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Firedoglake, American Thinker, BuzzFlash.org, Take Our Country Back, Los Angeles Times, The Caucus, DBKP and Newsweek Blogs

Orrin Judd / BrothersJudd Blog:

PASSION GO BOOM!: … There's your debate moment: Senator Obama, I hold in my hand a list of names [may as well give them the full McCarthy] of American educators who call upon us to forget about Bill Ayers “passionate participation” in “movements” and his refusal to disavow his personal terrorist campaign …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, DBKP, Ed Driscoll.com, Weekly Standard and The Corner

James Fallows:
Our capacity for self-government — From twelve time zones away …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Daily Dish

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT — So we have McCain today getting …

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications and Political Machine

Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Crime passionel — From the statement of educators in support of Bill Ayers:

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere

Marc Ambinder:
Who'll Call Obama A Terrorist?

Discussion: Take Our Country Back, Matt Ortega, AMERICAblog News, The Daily Dish, Jack & Jill Politics, The Anonymous Liberal, Tom Watson, The Swamp, marbury, Comments from Left Field, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Political Punch, Liberal Values, Philly.com, American Power, TIME.com and TPM Election Central

Ali / Think Progress:
McCain offers no response to supporter who yells out that Obama is a ‘terrorist.’

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, Silicon Alley Insider, Firedoglake and The Caucus

Carrie Dann / MSNBC:
PALIN AGAIN HAMMERS OBAMA OVER AYERS

Discussion: Dirty Harry's Place and The New Republic

Michelle Malkin:

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: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Fausta's Blog, Pat Dollard, NewsBusters.org, The Foundry, Flopping Aces, www.redstate.com, The Anchoress, Ed Driscoll.com and PrestoPundit

Dirty Harry / Dirty Harry's Place:

CNN Ayers Investigation: Obama Lied In Debate — Youtube quote: CNN investigative reporter: “But the relationship between Obama and Ayers went much deeper, ran much longer, and was much more political than Obama said.” — It is the lie that furthers the story. Talk about THE LIE.

Discussion: THE CITIZENS JOURNAL, Hot Air, Stop The ACLU, Macsmind, Lonewacko, Wizbang, Pat Dollard and Sister Toldjah

CBS News:

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 …

Discussion: Take Our Country Back, Daily Kos, American Spectator, Wizbang, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Washington Wire, Townhall.com, Hot Air, American Power, TIME.com and Gallup

Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Young Voters '08: Pro-Obama and Mindful of Outcome

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, Marc Ambinder and AMERICAblog News

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Frank: Criticism of Congress is now racist, too — Barney Frank's latest defense of Congress over the financial meltdown could be predicted based on the success of Barack Obama's campaign in using the same defense. According to Rep. Frank, any attempt to pin the blame for the collapse …

Discussion: Boston Herald, Betsy's Page and Sister Toldjah

Arnold Kling / EconLog: My Fantasy Testimony — This weekend I typed up “draft testimony” …

Mark Halperin / TIME.com: Full Remarks of McCain in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Laura Strickler / CBS News:

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 …

Discussion: Take Our Country Back, Clayton Cramer's BLOG and Don Surber

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Bush Job Approval at 25%, His Lowest Yet — Only 3 points above the lowest in Gallup Poll history — USA - Credit Crisis - Government and Politics - Presidential Job Approval - Americas - Northern America — PRINCETON, NJ — President Bush's job approval rating is at 25% …

Discussion: The Swamp and Mudflats

Breaking News:

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: Writes Like She Talks, Take Our Country Back, The Daily Dish, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, TBogg, Balloon Juice, D-Day and Think Progress

Larry Rohter / The Caucus:

Drilling Down on the Facts in McCain's Speech — Speaking in Albuquerque on Monday, Senator John McCain attacked Senator Barack Obama on several fronts that by now have become familiar. But many of his charges relating to the economic meltdown, taxation and health care contained inaccuracies …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

myfoxkc.com:

Teacher Suspended For Releasing Obama Youth Video — They're not old enough to vote, but a group of Kansas City middle school students pledging their political support is raising eyebrows. — A choreographed chant by a group of students at the Kansas City charter school Urban Community Leadership Academy …

Mickey Kaus / Slate:

PLUS—OH NO! MCCAIN'S LOST ALTER! — Rezko Alert! Federal prosecutors have moved to delay sentencing of former Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko, the Chicago Tribune reports. ... The obvious suspicion is that he's talking. Or at least talking about talking ... 5:08 P.M. link — He's Lost Alter!

Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:

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

Rob Crilly / Times of London:

Jerome Corsi, anti-Obama author, detained in Kenya — A leading American neo-conservative author has been detained by immigration authorities in Kenya as he tried to launch a book smearing Barack Obama. — Jerome Corsi, of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth fame, was this morning being held after failing to reckon with Obamamania.

Discussion: Fox News, The Swamp, Associated Press and NewsBusters.org

Washington Post:

Obama Leading In Ohio, Poll Finds — Edge Is 6 Points In a State Looming Large for McCain — Aided by the faltering economy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has the upper hand in the race for Ohio, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, putting Republican John …

Discussion: CNN

Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:

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.