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7:30 PM ET, September 1, 2008

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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Palin's Teen Daughter Is Pregnant; New G.O.P. Tumult  —  ST. PAUL — The 17-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, is five months pregnant, Ms. Palin announced today, adding a new element of tumult to a Republican convention that had already been disrupted by Hurricane Gustav.
cbn.com:
Exclusive: Todd Palin's 1986 DUI Arrest Called “Lesson Learned”  —  Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence of alcohol back in 1986.  He was 22 years old at the time.
Nathan Thornburgh / Time:
In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret  —  So his name is Levi.  —  That's about the only thing that I didn't know about Bristol Palin's pregnancy.  The rest of the details I picked up almost without trying, while talking about other things with townsfolk — some who know the governor and her family well, some who don't.
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog and TIME.com
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Stevens's 527 Group  —  ST. PAUL — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began building clout in her state's political circles in part by serving as a director of an independent political group organized by the now embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
JUST REALLY ODD  —  We haven't touched it.  But you probably know there have been internet-based rumors claiming that Sarah Palin's newborn son Trig is actually the son of her 17 year old daughter, Bristol.  In an effort to knock down these rumors, Palin and the McCain camp have now put …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OUT OF ORDER?  —  We had heard hints of this.  But just moments ago, Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC said that Republican lawyers are currently doing a vet of Sarah Palin up in Alaska.  We'll get you the video shortly.  But it seems that the really deep vet of Palin started after her selection was announced.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oy: Palin's daughter is pregnant; Update: Althouse on Palin vs …
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
What the Heck is McCain Up To?  —  That seems to be the question this Labor Day.
Discussion: Clive Crook
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Sarah Palin's Children
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Palin  —  Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports …
Discussion: neo-neocon
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   The Rebuttal  —  A reader points out what is left implicit in the Palins' statement:
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:   Jewish Republicans try to read Palin tea leaves
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
We have walked in the Palins' shoes
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Obama Transcript From Jay Newton-Small
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Gerard Baker / Real Clear Politics:   Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
Discussion: TalkLeft
CBS News:
Post-Democratic Convention Poll  —  The eight-point lead for the Democratic ticket is up from Obama's three-point lead before the convention.  But there are still a significant number of voters who have yet to firmly make up their minds.  —  Before the Democratic convention …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Obama gets ‘convention bounce’  —  ST. PAUL — The Democratic National Convention significantly boosted Americans' views of Barack Obama as a strong leader who “shares your values” and can manage the economy and Iraq, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday and Sunday finds.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Reason Magazine
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
McCain raises $47 million in August  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised at least $47 million in August, his biggest haul of money so far and a sign that he is dispelling doubts about his campaign among conservative donors.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Associated Press
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Right Wing News:
Blackballed From The Republican National Convention
Discussion: Little Miss Attila
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Pulled From Republican Convention Coverage
Jessica Alaimo / Politicker ME:
Rove: Obama's inexperienced; Biden's a ‘big, blowhard doofus’  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Maine's Republican delegation got a surprise visit from former White House political operative Karl Rove at its convention breakfast this morning.  —  During his speech, he talked up John McCain's Republican presidential bid …
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin opposed sex-ed  —  Sarah Palin's personal story, and her views on personal morality, are at the core of her politics and of why she was nominated, and why she'd energized the conservative base.  —  Now, her daughter's pregnancy has cast her views on teenagers and sex directly into the spotlight.
Tammy Haddad / Newsweek Blogs:
A Leading Hillary Supporter Defects to McCain  —  Newsweek Exclusive: Top Clinton Supporter John Coale Endorses McCain  —  John Coale, a prominent Washington lawyer, husband of Fox TV host Greta Van Susteren and a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, announced today that he was supporting John McCain for president.
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Hot Air
 
 
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
DESPITE POLITICAL RESPITE, BIDEN HITS MCCAIN
Discussion: Think Progress and TIME.com
Amy Forliti / Associated Press:
5 arrested in protests at GOP convention site
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Biden Camp Calls Israeli Army Radio Report a ‘Lie’
Discussion: Haaretz, Jerusalem Post and Hot Air
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Plaquemines Parish levee overtopped, subdivision threatened
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Press Is Asking Questions
Discussion: Boston Globe
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Party On  —  I hadn't realized the right was even pretending …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Jeffrey Goldberg:
“McCain: Bad for Israel”
Discussion: Commentary
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
AP issues talking points over Fournier
Discussion: MyDD