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1:30 PM ET, September 5, 2008

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Rasmussen Reports:
Palin Power: Fresh Face Now More Popular Than Obama, McCain  —  A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.  Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters.
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Andrew Krukowski / TVWeek.com:
McCain TV Ratings Beat Obama in Preliminary Numbers  —  Presidential candidate John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention drew more television viewers than his rival Barack Obama attracted at the Democratic party's event last week, according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Highly Partisan Reception Greets Palin as V.P. Pick  —  Half Say Palin Doesn't Have Experience to Be President  —  Sarah Palin is receiving a highly partisan reception on the national political stage, with significant public doubts about her readiness to serve as president …
Carolyn Lochhead / SFGate:
Obama Suddenly Riled  —  Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, Pa, hotly defending his work as a community organizer.  He said he assumes Palin “wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated, which means their records are under scrutinty.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
More than 40 million people see Palin speech  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Barack Obama apparently isn't the only “rock star” in presidential politics this year.  —  After days of intense media coverage about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's qualifications, more than 40 million Americans tuned …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Poll: Democratic bounce gone, race tied
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MYSTERY SOLVED!  —  A lot of people were asking tonight: what the hell was that mansion up behind John McCain tonight during the first part of the speech?  As I noted below, the TV close-ups only showed McCain's head against the grass in the picture, which made it look like he was reprising his famed green screen performance.
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Drudge Report:
BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED  —  Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America — but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!  —  Oprah's staff is sharply divided …
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TMZ.com:
Oprah to Palin: I Can Pencil You In Later  —  Oprah has issued a statement to TMZ — she won't put Sarah Palin on her show until after the election.  —  Here's the statement: “The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue.  There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show.
Discussion: Macsmind and TIME.com
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Oprah afraid of Palin?
Mike Murphy / Swampland:
The Swooning Over Sarah...
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Angry readers dump Us Magazine over Palin  —  Plus: Britney's mom defends self in book; ‘Thunder’ is going down  —  Three celebrity weeklies — OK!, People and Us Weekly — featured Sarah Palin on their cover, but one of those magazines is reportedly losing subscribers because of it.  —  The Scoop
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Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:   Us Magazine Hit Hard by Canceling Subscribers After Palin Attack
TMZ.com:
Republicans Lack Heart!  —  Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign.  —  Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic “Barracuda” as a theme song for Sarah Palin.
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Whitney Pastorek / EW.com:
Exclusive: Heart's Nancy Wilson responds to McCain campaign's use of ‘Barracuda’ at Republican convention  —  Thursday afternoon, Heart e-mailed out a statement regarding vice-presidential candidate Sarah “Barracuda” Palin's use of their similarly monikered song at the Republican National Convention …
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Wonkette and Slog
Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
Palin Leaves Campaign Trail.  Flees North.  —  Well this is interesting.  Chuck Todd dropped a little bombshell this afternoon. … Hole up in Alaska?  I was thinking to myself after her polished but snarky performance at the Republican National Convention, “I wonder who will get the first interview?”
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MataHarley / Flopping Aces:
Trooper'gate: Different charges, new battlefield, and the planned October surprise
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?:
YOU CAN CALL A WOMAN A BAD MOTHER FOR NOT FORCING HER DAUGHTER TO HAVE AN ABORTION, AND CLAIM THAT THE SAME WOMAN DIDN'T ACTUALLY GIVE BIRTH TO HER OWN SON...  ...but don't you dare ask what a community organizer actually does.  —  A commenter at QandO was nice enough to explain the difference between Obama Black Nixon and Palin:
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Tobin Harshaw / The Opinionator:
Parsing ‘Community Organizer’
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and Jezebel
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Resentment Strategy  —  Can the super-rich former governor of Massachusetts — the son of a Fortune 500 C.E.O. who made a vast fortune in the leveraged-buyout business — really keep a straight face while denouncing “Eastern elites”?  —  Can the former mayor of New York City, a man who …
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary  —  Technical information:  —  Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-1252  —  Establishment data:(202) 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release  —  http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, September 5, 2008.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.1%
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Jed Lewison / The Jed Report:
Did they just cross the line on 9/11?  —  I ask this as a serious question.  I have not seen the video that Olbermann references — I've been watching football, but I've got the video recorded and I'm going to watch it now.  —  I hope Keith is wrong.  —  Update (6:35PM): The Boston Globe chimes in.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and The Reaction
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Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
The death of a taboo  —  ST. PAUL — One of the most enduring taboos …
Discussion: Shakesville and AMERICAblog News
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
Media on the defensive over Sarah Palin coverage  —  After the GOP attacks the media over stories about the vice presidential nominee's family, TV networks and newspapers deny bias and say Republicans opened the door to coverage.  —  NEW YORK — News executives Thursday tried to shake off …
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
INTERVIEW WITH MCCAIN HECKLER ADAM KOKESH.  —  Kokesh, a passionate Ron Paul supporter, is 26 and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War.  He served in Fallujah in 2004, grew up in Santa Fe, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. He has a website.  —  At the beginning of McCain's speech …
 
 
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Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Has Angry Breakdown Over 9/11 Video Tribute
New York Times:
The Real John McCain
Discussion: TalkLeft and MinnPost
Gabriela Baczynska / Reuters:
Polish prosecutors probe possible CIA jail
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Glimpse of the New  —  Political parties usually reform in the wilderness.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Barracuda  —  I only saw this part on closed caption …
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Obama Steps Into O'Reilly's ‘No Spin Zone’
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
How Palin Beat Alaska's Establishment
Eric Alterman / The Huffington Post:
The Setting Sun  —  Last spring, I wrote a column about The …
 Earlier Items: 
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Last Hurrah
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Sarah Palin: it's go west, towards the future of conservatism
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Back to Alaska  —  Howard Fineman reported tonight …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Post-Convention Six-Pack
Washington Post:
Experts Helping Palin Brush Up on Foreign Policy
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
Rangel Failed to Report $75,000 in Income
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Obama's Biggest Mistakes (So Far)
 

 
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