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3:15 PM ET, October 13, 2008

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Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain campaign attacks Bill Kristol: 'He's bought into the Obama campaign's party line.'  —  Yesterday on Fox News Sunday, Bill Kristol said John McCain's campaign has really become “a pathetic campaign.”  In his New York Times op-ed this morning, Kristol went further, suggesting that McCain should …
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William Kristol / New York Times:
Fire the Campaign  —  It's time for John McCain to fire his campaign.  —  He has nothing to lose.  His campaign is totally overmatched by Obama's.  The Obama team is well organized, flush with resources, and the candidate and the campaign are in sync.  The McCain campaign …
Washington Post:
Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall  —  With just over three weeks until Election Day, the two presidential nominees appear to be on opposite trajectories, with Sen. Barack Obama gaining momentum and Sen. John McCain stalled or losing ground on a range of issues and personal traits …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Struggling McCain debuts comeback speech  —  Three weeks before Election Day, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday is unveiling what his aides call a more forceful new stump speech in which he portrays himself as a scrappy fighter on the comeback trail against an opponent who's already “measuring the drapes” in the Oval Office.
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
McCain's Pennsylvania problem
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
How John McCain could still win
Discussion: Townhall.com and Shakesville
CNN:
McCain to voters: America needs a fighter
Discussion: Political Machine
Catherine Rampell / Economix:
Paul Krugman Wins Economics Nobel  —  Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University and an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday.  —  “It's been an extremely weird day, but weird in a positive way,” …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
More Krugman  —  Daniel Davies remarks:
Discussion: Bloomberg and Think Progress
Daniel / Crooked Timber:
“It's a total surprise”
ABCNEWS:
Congressman's $121,000 Payoff to Alleged Mistress  —  Tim Mahoney Elected to Remove ‘Ethical Cloud’ of His Disgraced Predecessor, Mark Foley  —  West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
MCCAIN LACKS THE CHARACTER AND TEMPERAMENT TO BE PRESIDENT.  AND PALIN IS SIMPLY A DISGRACE.  —  I used to nod wisely when people said: “Let's discuss issues rather than personalities.”  It seemed so obvious that in politics an issue was an issue and a personality was a personality …
Discussion: Gawker and Wonkette
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CNN:
Palin: I've been cleared of ‘any hint of unethical activity’
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's 95% Illusion  —  It depends on what the meaning of ‘tax cut’ is.  —  One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of “working families.”  He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the government's tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% …
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
McCain's Prepared Remarks for Virginia Beach Monday  —  ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain today will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery at the McCain-Palin 2008 rally in Virginia Beach, VA:  —  Three weeks from now, you will choose a new President.  Choose well.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
McCain is a Fighter  —  The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:   McCain reprises convention speeches
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
CAN WE GET A REWRITE HERE?  —  Sarah Palin knows a thing or two about abuse of power when she says John McCain is ready to put a stop to it:
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Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:   A PreMortem for The McCain Campaign
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
An N.C. endorsement  —  Here's sort of endorsement you want in North Carolina:legendary former North Carolina basketball Coach Dean Smith, who backed Edwards in the primary, comes out for Obama in an email to supporters asking them to join him and volunteer for the campaign:
Discussion: The New Republic
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New York Post:
OBAMA'S HOT AYERS
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Acorn pushes back, hugs McCain  —  The beleaguered Democratic-leaning community group Acorn sends over this photograph: John McCain, in March of 2006, sitting beside Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek at an event Acorn co-sponsored in Florida.  —  The immigration event, which other photos show …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Ahead, 51% to 41%  —  His advantage could be as narrow as 7 points, depending on likely voters  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Voter preferences in the presidential race continue to be generally auspicious for Barack Obama's election prospects only three weeks ahead of the eve of Election Day.
Discussion: MyDD and TPM Election Central
Deacon / Power Line:
A WORST CASE SCENARIO?  —  The worst thing about the coming Democratic victory (if that's what we're about to witness) is not that the Democrats will take over power.  In a democracy control switches from party to party fairly regularly.  It isn't even that the Democrats seem committed to a hard leftist agenda.
Adam Goldman / Associated Press:
Johnston speaks on Bristol Palin, Obama and baby  —  WASILLA, Alaska - Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing.  —  No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail.  No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.
Discussion: Swampland and Talking Points Memo
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Obama's Associations Matter, Despite McCain's Failure to Explain Why  —  The Left, the Obama media, and the Messiah's campaign cry “personal attacks.”  Sarah Palin trivializes with phrases like “palling around with domestic terrorists.”  McCain wobbles from “liar” to" a decent person …
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden  —  Va. Party Leader Criticized, Including By McCain Team  —  RICHMOND — The chairman of the Virginia Republican Party has compared Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden because of the Illinois senator's past association with Bill Ayers …
 
 
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Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Defector Recounts Escape
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Jonathan Adler / The Corner:
Re: Ayers as Obama's Ghost Writer
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Washington Wire:
Excerpts From Obama's Plan for the Middle Class
Discussion: Townhall.com
Michael Yon:
The Road to Hell  —  The Wilds, Afghanistan  —  Since leaving …
Larry M. Bartels / Woodrow Wilson International Center …:
The Irrational Electorate
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Los Angeles Times:
Obama surges past McCain in fundraising race
Discussion: Economix
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
What Right Wingers Mean When They Call Obama A “Socialist”
Discussion: Orcinus
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Might need to update that Palin intro
 Earlier Items: 
V. Lance Tarrance, Jr / Real Clear Politics:
The Bradley Effect - Selective Memory
Discussion: MSNBC and Betsy's Page
Grand Forks Herald:
Obama, McCain in dead heat in ND, poll says
Marist Poll:
The Battleground: The Presidential Race in Ohio
Discussion: Washington Wire
Gary Langer / The Numbers:
Attack Blowback  —  The McCain campaign's more aggressive tone …
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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