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8:30 AM ET, September 2, 2008

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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process  —  ST. PAUL — A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain's choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket.
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Jaketapper / Political Punch:
Members of ‘Fringe’ Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s  —  The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.  —  Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent …
NY Daily News:
Bristol Palin's pregnancy was an open secret back home  —  He's a superhunky bad-boy ice hockey player from cold country; she's a chestnut-haired beauty and popular high school senior.  —  Soon the all-American teen twosome will make GOP vice presidential pick and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Pool: What Day Will Sarah Palin Drop Out?  —  The day John McCain appointed Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential nominee, I wrote: … It had nothing to do with Eagleton's particular problems, but how McGovern came to choose him, failed to adequately vet him, and then waffled when the problems arose …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo  —  On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed.  It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day...
Discussion: The Nation and American Street
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
McCain camp's detailed review of Palin  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sarah Palin's path to the Republican ticket started with her name on a list — and a team of some 25 people poring through public records searching for trouble spots without her knowledge.  Then came the 70-question survey and a nearly three-hour interview.
Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
New Palin details may help, not hurt  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Fishing permit violations.  A blue-collar husband who racked up a DUI citation as a 22-year-old.  An unmarried teenage daughter who is pregnant and a nasty child custody battle involving a family member.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds  —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, TIME.com and Oliver Willis
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FACE IT: THEY DIDN'T VET HER  —  Earlier I noted Andrea Mitchell's reference to reports that the McCain camp had just sent a team of GOP lawyers up to Alaska to do what I guess you'd call a post-vetting of Sarah Palin.  Now George Stephanopoulos appears to have more.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans Rush In  —  One of the great sights of American …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and The RBC
New York Times:
A New Twist in the Debate Over Mothers
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:   The Cynicism Express  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Has anyone noticed …
Azi Paybarah / New York Observer:
Levy on Palin Pregnancy: All Good
Discussion: Hot Air and American Spectator
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OUT OF ORDER?
Discussion: RADAMISTO
Agence France Presse:
Scrutiny engulfs McCain's VP pick
Discussion: Wonkette, MyDD and Roger Ailes
Kate Klonick / TPMMuckraker:
Palin Hires Lawyer for Trooper-Gate Investigation
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Scenes from St. Paul — Democracy Now's Amy Goodman arrested  —  Following up on this weekend's extreme raids on various homes, at least 250 people were arrested here today in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Beginning last night, St. Paul was the most militarized I have ever seen an American city be …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
What the Palin Pick Says  —  John McCain is not a normal conservative.  He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government.  He's a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda.  As Rush Limbaugh understands, but the Democrats apparently do not …
Discussion: Eunomia
Gateway Pundit:
BUS ATTACK IN ST. PAUL!!... Anarchists Attack RNC Busses!  (Video) ...Update: Cub Scouts Attacked!  —  WELCOME TO MINNESOTA!  —  Anarchists in St. Paul attacked RNC busses today in route to the Excel Center.  —  The anarchists and Leftists knew when the busses would be heading to the convention and were waiting for them.
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Sara Just / Political Radar:
Bush to Speak to Republican Convention  —  ABC's George Stephanopoulos reports: After skipping the opening day of the Republican National Convention to personally check the emergency response to Hurricane Gustav, President George W. Bush will keep his appointment with the party faithful.
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Arnab Datta / Political Punch:
McCain Hires GOP Operative Who Helped Smear Him in South Carolina in 2000  —  Former officials of Sen. John McCain's 2000 campaign expressed shock and disbelief Monday to learn than the GOP presidential nominee had hired South Carolina political consultant Tucker Eskew.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:   In Political Realm, ‘Family Problem’ Emerges as Test
Michael Asher / DailyTech:
Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century  —  Drop in solar activity has potential effect for climate on earth.  —  The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Flopping Aces
Peter Robinson / Wall Street Journal:
Why McCain Still Has a Chance To Win  —  With Barack Obama already established as a skillful rhetorician, people keep asking me, a former White House speechwriter, about John McCain.  Can he say anything — anything at all — that might place him in the company of Ronald Reagan, the president for whom I used to work?
Discussion: Little Miss Attila
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THAT'S ORIGINAL  —  I just saw McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on CNN with a new line on Gov. Palin's foreign policy experience: McCain and Palin have more combined military command experience than Obama and Biden put together.  —  (ed.note: We're actually getting a flood of emails …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and RADAMISTO
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Just Askin'...  What would the response be if Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and his wife Michelle had a pregnant unmarried teenage daughter?  — jpt
 
 
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George Lakoff / The Huffington Post:
The Palin Choice and the Reality of the Political Mind
Dalton Conley / New York Times:
Rich Man's Burden
Discussion: Economist's View
Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
Is anyone else sick of Monty Palin's Flying Circus yet?
Discussion: The Mahatma X Files
Dexter Filkins / International Herald Tribune:
U.S. hands back a quieter Anbar Province
Nathan Thornburgh / Time:
In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Booman Tribune
Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Obama on Gustav
Discussion: First Draft
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Report Faults Handling of Wiretap Notes
Discussion: Emptywheel
 Earlier Items: 
Rigel Anderson / Political Radar:
Obama Supporters: The High Road is the Right Road But....
Discussion: Tales from the Trail, The Sundries Shack and QandO
Byron York / The Corner:
Palin and the Bloggers  —  Here in St. Paul, I was on NPR …
Discussion: The Huffington Post, www.redstate.com and Hot Air
Jerusalem Post:
Dutch intel: US to strike Iran in coming weeks
Discussion: Jules Crittenden and Power Line
Associated Press:
McCain raises $47 million in August
Discussion: MyDD, Associated Press and Yahoo! News
Jack Cafferty / CNN:
Cafferty: Republican land of make believe
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Obama gets post-convention ‘bounce’
Discussion: CBS News, Israel Matzav, Real Clear Politics, MyDD and Daily Kos
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The Press Is Asking Questions
 

 
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