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Police: Campaign Worker Admits Making Up Story — A Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charges — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of “Carved B” Story Before Facts Were Known — John McCain's Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts …
John Moody / FOX Forum:
Moment of Truth — It had to happen. — Less than two weeks before we vote for a new president, a white woman says a black man attacked her, then scarred her face, and says there was a political motive for it. — Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old white volunteer for John McCain's presidential campaign …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE ASHLEY TODD HOAX.... I wanted to follow up briefly on the earlier item on the Ashley Todd hoax, because the story, which started and ended with incredible speed and efficiency, offers a few angles that matter more in the broader context. — Jonathan Chait, for example, emphasizes a good point.
CBS News:
Cops: McCain Worker Made Up Attack Story — Pittsburgh Woman To Be Charged With Making False Report After Claiming “B” Was Carved Into Face By Mugger — (CBS/AP) A John McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter “B” …
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Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Fox News VP: If McCain Worker ‘Mutilation’ Story is a Hoax His Campaign is ‘Over’
Fox News VP: If McCain Worker ‘Mutilation’ Story is a Hoax His Campaign is ‘Over’
Matt / Think Progress:
Fox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain's campaign is 'over …
Fox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain's campaign is 'over …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: HOAX — Well, for everyone who had eyes to see, this thing stunk to high heaven.
Brian Lockhart / Stamford Advocate:
Lieberman: Working hard for McCain; prepared to bring people together if he fails — STAMFORD - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman Friday continued to stand by Republican John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate. — But when asked by The Advocate if Palin is ready …
The Politico:
Bachmann tapes apology ad — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taped an advertisement apologizing for her televised comments calling Barack Obama anti-American, according to a Republican source familiar with her campaign's decision. — Bachmann campaign spokeswoman Michelle Marston …
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Marc Ambinder:
On Clearance, Terrorists, Palling Around And Such — In response to this morning's post about an anti-Palin faction developing with the McCain campaign and among Republicans, Randy Scheunemann, McCain's chief foreign policy adviser, e-mails:
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Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Top Salary in McCain Camp? Palin's Makeup Stylist
Top Salary in McCain Camp? Palin's Makeup Stylist
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Greg Veis / The New Republic:
Reagan Appointee and (Recent) McCain Adviser Charles Fried Supports Obama — Charles Fried, a professor at Harvard Law School, has long been one of the most important conservative thinkers in the United States. Under President Reagan, he served, with great distinction, as Solicitor General of the United States.
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Washington Post:
New Poll Finds Stark Reversal on Perceptions of Palin — While top-of-the-ticket rivals John McCain and Barack Obama both remain broadly popular heading into their Election Day showdown, public perceptions of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin have fallen dramatically since …
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Michael S. Malone / Pajamas Media:
Editing Their Way to Oblivion: Journalism Sacrificed For Power and Pensions — The traditional media is playing a very, very dangerous game. With its readers, with the Constitution, and with its own fate. — The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling.
iowahawk:
I AM BILL — Editorial note: my previous “I AM JOE” post seems to have struck a chord, and possibly a nerve or two. As one new fan writes: … You make an excellent point, T.S.! Why should us flag-humping reactionaries get all the good flesh-and-blood lumpenproles to rally behind?
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Polls: White support for Obama at historic level — Barack Obama, the first black major party nominee, is positioned to win the largest share of white voters of any Democrat in more than three decades, according to an exclusive Politico analysis of recent Gallup and Pew Research Center polling.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Updated and Bumped: Bull! — Update: Well, due to the extreme criticism from the “Laura killed her high school sweetheart, Cheney shot his friend, Bushitler” Left - I felt I should update and bump this post. I'm sorry if my sarcasm regarding the pillow reference came across as too unkind.
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Richard Lewis / The Huffington Post:
And Larry David Thinks He's Frightened? — As usual, Larry's brilliance and humor shines and at its core always the truth. But his essay made me even more frightened and hence I am forced to share my own terror. — Of course I'm like a little child next to the political brain power by almost everyone who writes on this site.
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Richard Rahn / Washington Times:
You lose, Soros wins — Have you ever wondered why billionaires like George Soros financially support politicians who say they will “increase taxes on the rich”? — The answer quite simply is that the tax increases are most often put on people trying to become rich, not those already rich.
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Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
Holding Steady — Obama stays well ahead in the new NEWSWEEK Poll. … With less than two weeks left in the presidential contest, Barack Obama continues to hold a commanding double-digit lead over John McCain according to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll. Among registered voters nationwide …
Marc Ambinder:
GOPWars: Who Survives —> What The Party Looks Like — To the extent that geography correlates with ideology among congressional Republicans, a major sweep by the Democrats could really be in a position to completely break the gluons that bind the broader party together.
Ben / Think Progress:
Memo To Palin: Fruit Fly Research Has Led To Advances In Understanding Autism — This morning, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) gave her first policy speech urging the federal government to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), “a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation.”
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
A Note on the Polls — I've received several emails from people asking about the polls. The national polls do seem pretty variable, so I thought I would toss in my two cents on them. — First, we need a short primer on basic statistics. Real Clear Politics offers an unweighted average, or mean, of the polls.
Brad Bumsted / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Race would be different if Ridge were VP pick, ex-gov says — HARRISBURG — Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said today that John McCain can't become president without carrying Pennsylvania and that the race would be different if McCain had chosen him as his running mate.
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