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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion — The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.
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Marc Ambinder:
Republicans Disgusted By RNC Spending On Palin … There is already an attempt to blame the media — as in, the liberal media would have looked askance at Palin if she wasn't clad in Neiman Marcus, but this won't wash. Republicans, RNC donors and at least one RNC staff member have e-mailed …
Pew Research Center:
Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age and Campaign Conduct — Obama's Lead Widens: 52%-38% — Barack Obama's lead over John McCain has steadily increased since mid-September, when the race was essentially even. Shortly after the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Poll: Obama opens biggest lead over McCain — Dem leads rival by 10 points among registered voters in NBC/WSJ survey — WASHINGTON - With voters' increased confidence in his ability to serve as commander in chief, as well as a majority who now believe he would do a good job as president …
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead — New Poll Shows McCain Ceding Ground on Taxes, Values; Palin Loses Shine — WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead in the presidential race, with a growing number of voters saying they're now comfortable with the Democratic nominee's values …
Lewis Diuguid / Midwest Voices:
Shame on McCain and Palin for using an old code word for black — The “socialist” label that Sen. John McCain and his GOP presidential running mate Sarah Palin are trying to attach to Sen. Barack Obama actually has long and very ugly historical roots. — J. Edgar Hoover …
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Rich Lowry / The Corner:
CNN's Rank Dishonesty — Watch this clip from a CNN interview with Sarah Palin (I'm assuming nothing of significance has been edited out by TPM). And then read the context of the quote from Byron's favorable story on how Palin governed from an issue ago: … I'm disgusted, but not surprised.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SURPRISE, SURPRISE — So Gov. Palin is giving her first interview …
SURPRISE, SURPRISE — So Gov. Palin is giving her first interview …
Byron York / The Corner:
Palin and CNN — A bit more on CNN's “quote” from National Review …
Palin and CNN — A bit more on CNN's “quote” from National Review …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
INCOMPETENT, STUPID, UNQUALIFIED, CORRUPT, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE?
INCOMPETENT, STUPID, UNQUALIFIED, CORRUPT, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE?
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Terry McSweeney / KGO-TV:
Protestor tries to arrest Rove in SF — SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There was major political theater involving President Bush's former chief of staff Karl Rove. A protestor tried to arrest Rove for treason Tuesday morning while he was speaking at the Mortgage Bankers Association Convention, continuing in San Francisco.
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Desi / Greatscat!:
Another attempt to arrest the nation's most innocent man
Another attempt to arrest the nation's most innocent man
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Associated Press:
AP INVESTIGATION: Alaska funded Palin kids' travel — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business.
Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
McCain's Camp Shaves Its Ad Targets — Democrats who monitor advertising spending now put at five the number of states where Senator John McCain is reducing his advertising - New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Colorado, Maine and Minnesota. — In essence, Mr. McCain's campaign has decided to spread …
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Marc Ambinder:
McCain Calls Western PA “Most” Patriotic, God-Loving Part Of The Country — Just like dark energy in the universe, one could very well assume that patriotism is evenly distributed across the country. Certainly, some parts of the country are more God-loving' than others …
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CNN:
Rendell ‘still a little nervous’ about Penn., asks Obama to return — (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has sent two separate memos to the Obama campaign in the past five days requesting that the Democratic Presidential candidate—as well as Hillary and Bill Clinton—return to campaign in Pennsylvania …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Police prepare for unrest — Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. — Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election …
The Huffington Post:
McCain Accidentally Agrees: Western Pennsylvania Is Racist — Sen. John McCain offered, on Tuesday, what may go down as one of the more awkward moments of this campaign cycle, in which — speaking in Western Pennsylvania — he declared he 'couldn't agree more' with the sentiment …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama — CLOSING THE DEAL — A Roadmap for Campaign 2008's Homestretch — By Guy Benson (www.guybensonshow.com) and Mary Katharine Ham (www.weeklystandard.com) — Editor and Contributor, Ed Morrissey — WHO ARE WE?
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Dave / Political Machine:
A Closer Look At the State Polling — Alternate Title #1: Why the Democrats are still very nervous. — Alternate title #2: Why John McCain is touring PA today. — RCP is THE must-have resource for any election and this one is no different. While I've been keeping a sharp eye on the state polling …
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New York Post:
ROOM DISSERVICE — THE source who told us last week about Michelle Obama getting lobster and caviar delivered to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria must have been under the influence of a mind-altering drug. She was not even staying at the Waldorf. We regret the mistake, and our former source is going to regret it, too.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
MCCAIN NOT BEING BUSH — You may have seen Democratic Rep. John Murtha's sweeping statements about his part of western Pennsylvania being “racist” (and his subsequent “redneck” mea culpa). Not exactly laying the ground work for racial harmony. So John McCain arrived in Pennsylvania today …
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Ryan / Think Progress:
Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate’ — Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school about what the Vice President does …
EW.com:
Lorne Michaels: How ‘SNL’ Got Sarah Palin — ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How incredibly fortunate was it that the election's breakout star also happens to look exactly like Tina? — LORNE MICHAELS: There was all that, and it's the first election with a star in a long time.