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2:50 PM ET, September 6, 2008

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P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Sally Quinn Does Complete U-turn on Sarah Palin  —  What a difference a few hours make.  It is almost like Sally Quinn, the Washington Post faith columnist, was blinded by the light of truth on the road to Damascus.  On CNN's “American Morning” on Friday, Quinn repeated her doubts …
Discussion: Don Surber
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Thanks, Guys  —  The media's attacks on Sarah Palin backfire.  —  The editors of THE WEEKLY STANDARD believe in giving credit where credit is due.  The presidential race looks a whole lot better today than it did two weeks ago.  For this, thanks are owed to two men—Barack Obama and John McCain …
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Jeffrey Bell / Weekly Standard:
Why They Hate Her  —  Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left.  —  For months John McCain has apparently been hoping to use his selection of a running mate to shake up the presidential race.  By picking Alaska governor Sarah Palin, McCain has accomplished that …
Newsweek:
Nominee's ally moves to curb probe of Palin  —  Key Alaska allies of John McCain are trying to derail a politically charged investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner in order to prevent a so-called “October surprise” that would produce embarrassing information …
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Jed Lewison / The Jed Report:
New GOP Spin: Palin's Not Ready  —  Todd Harris, a GOP strategist who is close to the McCain campaign, says Palin won't be available to the press for about two weeks.  His defense?  She might make “a mistake.” … This has got to be one of the craziest messaging decisions ever …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:
Sarah Palin will be missing from action Sunday a.m.  —  As is The Ticket's custom, a post listing the entire roster of appearances on this Sunday's interview programs will pop up Saturday at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT).  —  But here's an advance heads up, in part because of who WON'T be found on any of the chat shows.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THOSE OF US WHO ARE ABOUT TO TIRE SWING ...  It always brings a tear to my eye when I see the Grey Lady hopping on the McCain tire swing.  But there she goes.  Yesterday the McCain campaign was all mum on the Walter Reed/Green Screen goof until deep in the evening when they released …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and HorsesAss.Org
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Charley James / The LA Progressive:
Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”  —  “So Sambo beat the bitch!”  —  This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama's win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days …
David Harsanyi / Post-Ed Notes:
Republican Recycling  —  This morning, Republicans tell me that a worker at Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage.  Guerrilla campaigning.  They will use these flags at their own event today in Colorado Springs with John McCain and Sarah Palin.
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Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Palin as Alaska National Guard commander  —  The job involves important managerial responsibilities but provides little, if any, foreign policy experience, military officials say.  —  WASHINGTON — Seeking to buttress the foreign policy credentials of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Palin inexperienced?  Not really  —  Greta van Susteren took …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michael M. Phillips / Wall Street Journal:
Palin's Hockey Rink Leads To Legal Trouble in Town She Led  —  WASILLA, Alaska — The biggest project that Sarah Palin undertook as mayor of this small town was an indoor sports complex, where locals played hockey, soccer, and basketball, especially during the long, dark Alaskan winters.
Discussion: Eunomia, Daily Kos and TIME.com
Washington Post:
The Trail  —  One of the most compelling anecdotes in Sarah Palin's repertoire is that she auctioned off the Alaska governor's jet on eBay after taking office — a swift move made by a reformer hoping to clean up the excesses of her predecessor.  —  In fact, the jet did not sell on eBay.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Smell Of Fear  —  The Captain is funny with this link to Barack whining about how he has a funny name and mean Republicans are going to attack him.  —  Now, the Captain describes this as playing the race card.  My thought - if a Republican says anything at all, such as …
Discussion: WCBS-TV and AMERICAN DIGEST
Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
Palin: More and less than she seems  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  WASILLA, Alaska - The mother kneels in the snow, cheerfully posing beside her bundled up daughter, behind the bloody, dead caribou the mom just shot.  —  Maybe not your typical family photo.
Washington Post:
Partisanship Appears to Sway Opinions on Palin  —  Republicans and Democrats have deeply contrasting first impressions of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, suggesting partisanship, not gender, is paramount in the initial public reviews.  —  Overall, Palin, the governor …
Discussion: Kevin Drum and Oliver Willis
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
George W. Palin  —  Frum again: … This decision is not worthy of a great power.  Whatever skills Palin may turn out to have, however fabulous a person she may turn out to be, even if she becomes the Eva Peron of Christianism, McCain … He winged this.  That's the critical, unavoidable, devastating point.
Discussion: David Frum
Manya A. Brachear / Chicago Tribune:
How religion guides Palin  —  When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promised to lead the nation with a “servant's heart,” evangelical Christians immediately recognized her as one of their own.  —  Whether before an audience of ministry students or on a national stage at the Republican National Convention …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
In the Spotlight, Often Out of View  —  ST. PAUL — The Sunday morning political programs will be jammed with candidates this weekend.  Flip through the channels and see them all — Senators Barack Obama, John McCain, Joseph R. Biden Jr.  —  Only one name, it seemed, was missing from the scheduled lineup …
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New York Sun:
Biden on Aipac  —  It is quite a swipe at the organized Jewish …
Discussion: Political Punch
 
 
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Girl fight!  —  Editor's Note: Amy Holmes is an independent …
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