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The Huffington Post:
Chuck Todd On McCain-Palin: No Chemistry, No Trust, Possibly No Chance — Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust.
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Sarah Palin's Personal Shopper — M — ove over Carson Kressley. A new celebrity shopper has emerged! — The attention from Jeanne Cummings's much-talked-about Politico story has naturally focused on the $150,000 in luxury clothing purchased for Sarah Palin at Neiman Marcus, Sak's Fifth Avenue, and Barney's.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OFF THE RAILS — MSNBC just ran what we can only call an extraordinary interview with NBC News' Chuck Todd and Brian Williams. They were discussing the interview NBC just did with John McCain and Sarah Palin. We'll have the video shortly. But what really stood out was the candidness …
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CitizenLink:
Dr. Dobson Talks with Gov. Sarah Palin — The Republican vice presidential candidate talks about her family, the sanctity of human life and the pressures of the election season. Dr. Dobson encourages listeners to pray for our country as the election draws near. — Listen to the broadcast:
Marc Ambinder:
Palin: McCain Supports GOP Abortion, Stem Cell Platform Planks — Dr. James Dobson today asked Gov. Sarah Palin about her private conversations with Sen. McCain about the Republican platform's planks on life and marriage. — “In your private conversations with Senator McCain is it your impression …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Palin stumped when asked to explain her preconditions for meeting …
Palin stumped when asked to explain her preconditions for meeting …
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The Huffington Post:
GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say — Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties are running for cover.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
House Republicans Bow to Political Reality — Storm clouds are gathering for House Republicans. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite of the Associated Press — With only 13 days left before the November election, the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee is coming to grips …
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Reid Wilson / The Politico:
NRCC abandons Bachmann — Less than a week after controversial comments about investigating the patriotism of members of Congress, the National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled out of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's district, a well-placed GOP source tells Scorecard.
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch … WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running …
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Making (and Remaking) of McCain — On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 24, John McCain convened a meeting in his suite at the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Among the handful of campaign officials in attendance were McCain's chief campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt …
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William Ayers' forgotten communist manifesto: Prairie Fire — William Ayers is a communist. But don't take my word for it. He said so himself: — And not some nicey-nice peace-and-love kind of communist. Through his group the Weather Underground, Ayers was planning to “seize power” …
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Stephanie Bernhard / CNN:
3,000 professors sign to support Ayers — Editor's Note: Stephanie Bernhard is a writer for the Brown Daily Herald, the leading news source for Brown University. This article was brought to CNN.com by UWIRE, the leading provider of student-generated content.
Paul Bedard / US News:
GOP “Death List” Predicts Democratic Blowout in the House — Voter displeasure with the war and economy, coupled with Sen. Barack Obama's popularity, has the House GOP running for cover. Even though polls have shown that Americans don't like congressional Democrats any more …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
In New McCain Robocall, Rudy Giuliani Suggests Obama Opposes Jailing Murderers And Rapists — It was perhaps predictable that the task of recording the worst of McCain's robo-slime — the worst so far, at least — would fall to Rudy Giuliani. — Giuliani has recorded a new McCain robocall …
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Washington Post:
On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for McCain — Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents.
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Preconditions — So much for Obama's diplomacy. — Barack Obama's declaration that, if elected, he would be willing to sit down and talk to Iran “without preconditions” has been widely discussed in this country. It's a key policy difference between him and John McCain, who rejects unconditional talks with Tehran.
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TIME.com:
Tina Fey plays you sort of bubble-headed... Sarah: “That's funny. I play her bubble-headed too when I imitate her. — ...but you don't get to be governor without being smart. Do you think you're intellectual? — Sarah: Yehhh-sss. And you have to be up on not only current events …
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Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Poll: Obama Holds Leads in Key States; McCain Attacks Not Swaying Voters — With less than two weeks to go 'til Election Day, Barack Obama has held or increased his leads in four key states won by President George W. Bush in 2004 — Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia …
The Trail / Washington Post:
Study: Coverage of McCain Much More Negative Than That of Obama — Media coverage of John McCain has been heavily unfavorable since the political conventions, more than three times as negative as the portrayal of Barack Obama, a new study says. — Fifty-seven percent of the print …
Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
McCain's path to victory through Pa. — Facing seemingly limited options for getting to an Electoral College majority, John McCain's path to victory likely runs through Pennsylvania, a state that no Republican presidential candidate has won in two decades, a state in which he trails in the polls …