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11:15 AM ET, September 5, 2008

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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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
Obama Camp Turns to Clinton to Counter Palin  —  ST. PAUL — Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Gov. Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain, dispatching Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida on Monday and bolstering his plan to deploy female surrogates …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Poll: Democratic bounce gone, race tied  —  A poll released today by CBS News reports that Barack Obama's post-Democratic convention bounce has been erased — and that for the first time, John McCain has drawn even with his Democratic opponent in the network's poll.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Galvanized Parties Head to Homestretch
Discussion: The Caucus
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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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
New York Times:
John McCain's Acceptance Speech  —  The following is a transcript of Senator John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions.  —  MCCAIN: Thank you.  Thank you all very much.  Thank you.  —  Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans: the privilege of
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Michelle Malkin:
His turn: McCain at the RNC …
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%  —  The unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August, its highest level in five years, as the erosion of the job market accelerated over the summer.  —  Employers cut 84,000 jobs last month, more than economists had expected, and the Labor Department …
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
The death of a taboo  —  ST. PAUL — One of the most enduring taboos in American politics, the airing of graphic images from the September 11 attacks in a partisan context, died today.  It was nearly seven years old.  —  The informal prohibition, which had been occasionally threatened …
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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 …
Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
“I have known Sarah since 1992...”  —  The e-mail below has been bouncing around the Internet since Sunday.  It was written by Anne Kilkenny of Wasilla - stay-at-home mom, letter-to-the-editor writer and longtime watcher of Valley politics.  She's a registered Democrat.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The anti-Palin e-mail
Discussion: The Mahatma X Files and Hot Air
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.
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama's Biggest Mistakes (So Far)  —  It's game on. 59 days until the election.  I don't think this week's polls are indicative of much since both sides will be rallied by their respective conventions.  I think we need two weeks before polls become reliable indicators of voters' intentions in November.
Discussion: Don Surber
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
Rangel Failed to Report $75,000 in Income  —  Representative Charles B. Rangel has earned more than $75,000 in rental income from a villa he has owned in the Dominican Republic since 1988, but never reported it on his federal or state tax returns, according to a lawyer for the congressman and documents from the resort.
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
Mike Murphy / Swampland:
The Swooning Over Sarah...  About the loneliest precinct in the GOP these days is the one reserved for troublesome Republicans who think Gov. Sarah Palin was a poor VP choice, even after The Speech.  Well, here I am.  Hello?  Anybody else?  Wow, there is a big echo in here …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Moderate Voice
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Party in Power, Running as if It Weren't  —  ST. PAUL — The nominee's friend described him as a “restless reformer who will clean up Washington.”  His defeated rival described him going to the capital to “drain that swamp.”  His running mate described their mission as “change, the goal we share.”
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Re-Branding the Old Elephant
Discussion: Electoral-vote.com and Daily Kos
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
John McCain Speech Reactions (VIDEO)
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
Media on the defensive over Sarah Palin coverage
Discussion: FishBowlDC
Eric Alterman / The Huffington Post:
The Setting Sun  —  Last spring, I wrote a column about The …
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 …
Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
Palin Leaves Campaign Trail. Flees North.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Post-Convention Six-Pack
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Experts Helping Palin Brush Up on Foreign Policy
Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?:
YOU CAN CALL A WOMAN A BAD MOTHER FOR NOT FORCING HER DAUGHTER …
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
My Quick Take  —  Don't focus on the oratory.
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Palin's Efforts to Reform Health Care Are Complicated
Discussion: TIME.com
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
JOHN MCCAIN, ALONE.
Washington Wire:
Green Screens, Protests Disrupt McCain's Speech
Discussion: American Street
CNN:
Sex writer: There's something about Republicans
Discussion: Slog
Ed OKeefe / Political Punch:
Palin Accuses ‘Obama/Biden Democrats’ …