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12:10 PM ET, October 13, 2008

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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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Associated Press:
Krugman Wins Nobel Prize for Economics  —  STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The American economist Paul R. Krugman won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.  —  Mr. Krugman, 55, a professor at Princeton University in New Jersey …
Bloomberg:
Princeton University's Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Economics Prize  —  Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) — Princeton University Professor Paul Krugman, known as much for his criticism of George W. Bush's policies as for his academic work, won the Nobel Prize in economics for his theories on world trade.
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize  —  He is cited for trade theory and, appropriately, location theory and economic geography.  He could have been cited for his work on currency crises as well.  Here are the most basic links on Paul, it is hard to know where to start.
Associated Press:
Columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize  —  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
Reuters:   Bush critic Krugman wins 2008 Nobel for economics
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 …
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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.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Is Drudge Priming a McCain “Reboot” Narrative?  —  Something is a little bit funny when Matt Drudge is treating 1-2 point gains for McCain in the Rasmussen and Zogby tracking polls as “BREAKING” news.  Naturally, Drudge ignores other results like the just-released ABC/WaPo poll that show Obama continuing to gain ground.
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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New York Post:
OBAMA'S HOT AYERS  —  Barack Obama blasted John McCain last week for focusing on the Democratic nominee's links to shady char acters instead of the economy.  —  Actually, McCain's said plenty about the economy.  But Obama clearly would rather talk about anything but his past.
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% …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Camp's Travel Seems a Factor In Recent Leads in Battleground States  —  The Democrats Have Appeared at 95 Events, While It's Just 55 for the Republicans  —  Sen. Barack Obama, his running mate and his wife have appeared at twice as many events in swing states as their Republican counterparts …
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CNN:
Palin: I've been cleared of ‘any hint of unethical activity’  —  (CNN) — Sarah Palin told Alaska reporters Saturday that she had been “cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of unethical activity” in the investigative report released the day before that explored her actions in dismissing …
Guardian:
Iraqi government fuels ‘war for oil’ theories with biggest ever reserves sale  —  The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London.  —  BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are all expected to attend …
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 …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama  —  The most persistent falsehood about Senator Barack Obama's background first hit in 2004 just two weeks after the Democratic convention speech that helped set him on the path to his presidential candidacy: “Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion.”
CNN:
Turkey launches more strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Turkey launched another round of airstrikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday, an Iraqi official said.  —  Turkish warplanes and artillery units bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) …
Discussion: PoliGazette
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Unfriendly Rhetoric  —  I've been out of pocket since Thursday, but turned on the Sunday shows and nearly hurled.  John Lewis plays the race card like no one else.  The idea that he would use George Wallace's name to describe the McCain/Palin campaigning is sickening.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
What McCain Hasn't Tried  —  John McCain likes Barack Obama.
Discussion: The New Republic
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:
A PreMortem for The McCain Campaign
Adam Goldman / Associated Press:
Johnston speaks on Bristol Palin, Obama and baby
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Strange Trump  —  The new Time cover has text saying “WHY THE ECONOMY IS TRUMPING RACE.”
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Writing Memoir, McCain Found a Narrative for Life
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Knocks on Doors in Ohio
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
QUESTION.  —  Why haven't we simply shut down the stock market until …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
“Great American Hypocrites”: The paperback
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
McCain: ‘After I whip his you know what’  —  ‘AFTER I WHIP HIS YOU-KNOW-WHAT’
Editor and Publisher:
15 Newspapers Endorse Obama on Sunday, 2 for McCain
Discussion: The Record and MSNBC
Tom Matzzie / The Huffington Post:
How McCain Will Steal the Election from Obama (Sort Of)
Discussion: MyDD
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
On the Bus, But With No Reason to Go?
George Soros / Financial Times:
How to capitalise the banks and save finance
NY Daily News:
Prostitution has not suffered drop-off despite economic meltdown
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
 

 
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