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Faiz / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Watch Sarah Palin Read Her Answers In Last Night's Debate — For Sarah Palin, last night's debate was an open-book exam. She spent much of the evening methodically reading and rehearsing answers from “carefully scripted talking points.” Palin's notes were largely hidden from plain view …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry — Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a deep pass to David Petraeus who miraculously ran it all the way into the end zone.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Palin Rebound — There are some moments when members of a political movement come together as one, sharing the same thoughts, feeling the same emotions, breathing the same shallow breaths. One of those occasions occurred Thursday night when Republicans around the country crouched nervously behind …
Ben Wasserstein / The New Republic:The Power Of Palin's Emotional Intelligence
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Washington Monthly
Fox News:Palin Disagrees With Michigan Pullout, Takes Second Stab at ‘Gotcha’ Questions
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The Caucus
Ace / minx.cc:Biden's 14 Lies — Fresh from the McCain people. — JOE BIDEN'S 14 LIES TONIGHT
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:Palin Takes On A New Foe: Her Image
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James Pethokoukis / US News:
Why McCain Goes Easy on Fannie and the CRA — Here is the big question of the moment that many GOPers are asking: Why is John McCain not tearing into Barack Obama and the Dems on the huge role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Community Reinvestment Act in the financial crisis on Wall Street?
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Russell Roberts / Wall Street Journal:
How Government Stoked the Mania — Housing prices would never have risen so high without multiple Washington mistakes. — Many believe that wild greed and market failure led us into this sorry mess. According to that narrative, investors in search of higher yields bought novel securities …
Fox News:Bill O'Reilly Battles Rep. Barney Frank Over Financial Crisis
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Bush Signs Rescue Bill After House Vote — WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to the $700 billion bailout for the financial system, reversing course to authorize what may be the most expensive government intervention in history.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush Signs Bailout After House Passage — WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush signed the biggest government intervention in the financial markets since the Great Depression after U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers wary of growing signs of the nation's economic distress voted Friday …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leading by 7 Points — Today marks full week of Obama leading by significant margin — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Sept. 30-Oct. 2 has Barack Obama leading John McCain by seven percentage points, 49% to 42%. — Obama has held a statistically significant lead …
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Tv H.H. / Nielsen Wire:
45% Of Households In Top Local TV Markets Watched Palin and Biden's V.P. Debate — The combined overall household rating for Thursday night's vice presidential debate, in 55 of the 56 local television markets where Nielsen maintains electronic TV meters, was 45.0.
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Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Projecting through the Screen — A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It's one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O'Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy.
Aden Nak / ph33r and loathing:
Moosehunter — So, I've been quiet thus far, but I figure it's about time I went moose hunting. So let me start off nice and big for ya, in case there's any doubt as to where I stand. Sarah Palin is a stupid, self important, ignorant bitch who I wouldn't put in charge of wiping her own ass.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Campaign's Ad Spending Now Nearly 100 Percent Devoted To Attack Ads — The McCain campaign has now shifted virtually 100 percent of his national ad spending into negative ads attacking Obama, a detailed breakdown of his ad buys reveals. — By contrast, the Obama campaign is devoting less …
FactCheck.org:
FactChecking Biden-Palin Debate — The candidates were not 100 percent accurate. To say the least. — Biden and Palin debated, and both mangled some facts. — Palin mistakenly claimed that troop levels in Iraq had returned to “pre-surge” levels. Levels are gradually coming …
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Patricia Talorico / Second Helpings:
Joe gives Delaware shout-outs: UPDATED — During the debate, Joe Biden gave several Delaware shout-outs, including Wilmington's Union Street... Maybe, I heard this wrong, or misunderstood, but I think he mentioned Katie's restaurant...... Wilmington used to have a Katie's restaurant …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:You can find anything you want — except Katie's Restaurant
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Frances Robles / Americas Conference:
Old flame cited as part of McCain's Latin experience — Sen. John McCain's senior foreign policy adviser cites a steamy romance 50 years ago with a Brazilian babe among the things that illustrate the candidate's decades-long interest in Latin America — Speaking at an Americas Conference …
Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger to U.S.: State may need $7-billion loan — In a letter obtained by The Times, the governor warns that tight credit has dried up funds California routinely relies on and it may have to seek emergency aid within weeks. — SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger …
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