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Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin: ‘Very much appreciating being cleared of any legal wrongdoing or unethical activity at all’ — Gov. Sarah Palin took about 5 minutes and 30 seconds Saturday afternoon to talk by phone with Alaska reporters and give her view of the Troopergate investigation.
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Troopergate: Not Over Yet — From the magazine issue dated Oct 20, 2008 — A new Alaska legislative report finding that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power and violated state ethics laws spells new trouble for the McCain campaign. Special counsel Steve Branchflower's report could lead to fines or legislative action to censure Palin.
Michelle Malkin:
Crush the Obamedia narrative: Look who's “gripped by insane rage” — The Obamedia is attempting to set yet another false narrative: The narrative of the McCain “mob.” McCain-Palin rallies are out of control, they wheedle. Conservatives are mad! They're yelling mean things about Obama and calling him names!
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Ayers ad: ‘Guilt by participation’ — The Republican Party on Monday morning will make a new push to convince voters that distant ties between Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former radical William Ayers are somehow disqualifying for the presidency. — The Republican National Committee plans to e-mail …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
23 days out — McCain to make a Letterman appearance — Good morning — the Sunday speed read: — BREAKING — Dave and Mac make up: CBS announces that Senator McCain will appear on Letterman on Thursday, a makeup from his cancellation of Sept. 24 when he claimed to be suspending his campaign.
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Daring to utter the ‘L’ word: Obama on track to a landslide — WASHINGTON — Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the next three weeks, Democrats appear headed toward a decisive victory on Election Day that would give them broad power over the federal government.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama-McCain Gap Narrows — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking report finds registered voters preferring Barack Obama (50%) to John McCain (43%) when asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were held today.
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
Obama knocks on doors, surprises voters — Barack Obama jetted back to Ohio today to spend three days preparing for his final debate with John McCain. But before he holed up with his advisers, the candidate began knocking on doors in Holland, Ohio, making his way through a neighborhood of modest ranch and split-level homes.
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Karen Tumulty / Time:
In Battleground Virginia, a Tale of Two Ground Games — If John McCain is as serious as he says about running a “respectful” campaign against an opponent he considers “a decent person,” word hasn't yet trickled down to his newly opened storefront field office in Gainesville, Virginia.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Comparing Campaign Attacks: The Chris Matthews Show panel just doesn't get it — John Amato's virtual online magazine...OK, It's a blog! — Home › Blogs › SilentPatriot's blog … Glenn Greenwald has a must-read piece this week exploring how the concept of “balance” corrupts any sense of honest media analysis.
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Deacon / Power Line:
WILL IT BE A ROUT? — In May of this year, looking ahead to the McCain-Obama race, I opined that “the ‘fundamentals’ favor the Democrats by at least ten percentage points.” However, I did not predict that Obama would win by 10 points. For it seemed to me that McCain would outdo a “generic” …
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The Other McCain
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Mitsubishi and Morgan Stanley Renegotiating — Morgan Stanley was racing to salvage a crucial investment from a big Japanese bank on Sunday in an effort to allay growing fears about its future — negotiations so critical to the financial markets that they have drawn in both the Treasury Department and the Japanese government.
Pajamas Media:
Jumping Ship... This is becoming a very strange campaign. On CNN this evening both David Gergen and Ed Rollins echoed the current mantra that the “old” noble McCain is gone, and a “new” nastier one has emerged, largely because of his attacks on Ayers, perhaps his planned future ads on Wright …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Bill Kristol in a nutshell — On October 5, Bill Kristol used his New York Times column to describe his telephone interview with Sarah Palin, during which they both agreed that the McCain/Palin campaign must attack Obama harder on his “associations,” particularly with Bill Ayers. He ended his column this way:
Sun-Sentinel:
Many convicted felons remain on voter rolls, according to Sun Sentinel investigation — Thousands who should be ineligible are registered to vote — Reported by Peter Franceschina, Sally Kestin, John Maines, Megan O'Matz and Dana Williams Written by Sally Kestin
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
McCain vows to whip Obama's ‘you know what’ — ARLINGTON, Va. - Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to “whip” Democratic rival Barack Obama's “you-know-what” when the two presidential candidates meet Wednesday in their final televised debate. — McCain made that pledge as top advisers …
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MiamiHerald.com:
Florida Republicans cast blame as McCain trails in polls — John McCain's plunging poll numbers in Florida have top Republicans second-guessing and starting to distance themselves from the campaign. — MEKLAS@MIAMIHERALD.COM — For the first time in more than a decade …
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
America aloner — A reader thinks my column this week “creates problems” for my thesis in America Alone: — If Obama is elected, then he will be America's Trudeau. A transformational president as you put it. America will turn out not Alone but just Belated (or perhaps Retarded is more apt).
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