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2:15 PM ET, October 25, 2008

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin allies report rising campaign tension  —  Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign's already-tense internal dynamics.  —  Four Republicans close to Palin …
Halboedeker / The TV Guy:
Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden  —  WFTV-Channel 9's Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday.  A friend says it's some of the best entertainment he's seen recently.  What do you think?  —  West wondered about Sen. Barack Obama's comment …
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P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Joe Biden Angered by Tough Questions  —  “Are you joking?”  —  “I don't know who's writing your questions.”  —  Those were two of the angry responses by Joe Biden to a couple of tough questions posed by Barbara West on Orlando's WFTV.  You can get an idea of just how upset Biden …
Discussion: The TV Guy
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
The Obama/Ayers/Khalidi Connection  —  I just caught up with an interview by one of my favorite guys, Hugh Hewitt, of another of my favorite guys, Stanley Kurtz.  (It's on Hugh's Townhall blog, which always has plenty of required reading.)  —  Stanley, of course, has done singularly vital investigative work …
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Ayers-Khalidi Quotes  —  Thanks to Andy for posting below …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
McCain Versus the Juggernaut  —  We stand with him.  —  It's always darkest before it goes totally black.  This is one of John McCain's favorite remarks, ascribed (apocryphally, it seems) to Chairman Mao.  Well, with 10 days to go before the election, it's getting pretty dark out there.
Discussion: Commentary and Oliver Willis
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Possible People in a Obama Administration  —  From Saturday NY Times piece by Peter Baker and Jackie Calmes:  —  Chief of staff: former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle, Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, former Commerce Secretary William M. Daley, former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta …
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Jim Salter / Associated Press:
Goalie injured after tripping on Palin carpet  —  ST. LOUIS (AP)—Blues goalie Manny Legace left after one period Friday night with a hip injury that occurred when he slipped on the carpet placed on the ice for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
THE WOLF ON OBAMA'S MISTRESS  —  I speak with Blackfive's own Wolf, who earns his Pulp Fiction moniker with more on Vera Baker, the mistress Michelle Obama exiled to Martinique.  We will have pictures and more info on Monday, also it looks like one of the major news outlets is going to move on the story.
Mark Naymik / Openers:
Obama leads McCain 49% to 46% in Ohio Newspaper Poll … Ohio voters, wrong only twice when picking the president in the last 108 years, remain nearly split over their choice for the White House, according to a new Ohio Newspaper Poll.  —  But while the race remains a statistical dead heat …
Discussion: TIME.com and Taegan Goddard's …
M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Obama leads McCain by 12 points in Colorado polls  —  Poll: Unaffiliated voters shifting to Dem candidate  —  Sen. Barack Obama has surged to a commanding, double-digit lead in Colorado amid soaring anxiety about the country's direction and a massive shift of independent voters into the Democratic column, a new poll finds.
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Early-voting trends appear to favor Barack Obama  —  Voters who weigh in before election day usually lean Republican.  This time, Democrats dominate in several key states, and some GOP areas see more black voters than usual.  —  Reporting from Washington — Record numbers of voters across …
Discussion: TIME.com
Ken Adelman / The Huffington Post:
Why a Staunch Conservative Like Me Endorsed Obama  —  Who cares?  —  That's what I wondered when George Packer (ace of the New Yorker) asked whether he could post my intention to vote for Obama on his blog.  —  So I duly ignored him.  Only when he bugged me two days later did I say okay …
Discussion: Townhall.com and The Other McCain
Wall Street Journal:
Obama vs. His Advisers  —  On health care, they once liked McCain's principles.  —  One underreported story of this election is how heavily John McCain has been damaged by Barack Obama's television ad assault on his health-care plan.  A lot of voters seem to believe the Democrat …
Discussion: Political Punch
Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber  —  Investigators trying to determine whether access was illegal  —  “State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about “Joe the Plumber.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Bill Clinton and Obama plan joint appearance  —  Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Barack Obama will appear together “within the week,” a source close to one of the men said.  —  Clinton sharply questioned Obama's credentials, on his wife's behalf, during the primary …
Discussion: TIME.com
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.”
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PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Sarah Palin: Ignorant and anti-science
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo
 
 
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