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10:10 AM ET, September 8, 2008

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat  —  MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel's coverage of the election.  —  That experiment appears to be over.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors  —  MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.
Discussion: Think Progress and Truthdig
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an “enthusiasm gap” that has dogged the GOP all year.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans' Enthusiasm Jumps After Convention
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Washington Post:
Ms. Palin's Pipeline  —  PEOPLE ARE still buzzing about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech.  But while her style has been minutely analyzed, very little commentary has focused on one of the few substantive claims she made about her brief tenure as governor of Alaska …
Discussion: Hot Air, Don Surber and Commentary
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AndrewHalcro.com:
Palin requests talks with oil executives
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Eunomia
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Brief slip puts Barack Obama in tough spot  —  Bellantoni (View Blog)  —  ST. LOUIS, Mo. — In a testament to the lightning speed of the false viral email rumors about Sen. Barack Obama's faith, a brief misstatement on a Sunday talk show already has caught fire on the Internet.
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Israel Insider:
In stunning slip on national TV, Obama refers to “my muslim faith”
Discussion: Power Line
David Corn / MoJoBlog:
Sarah Palin's Secret Emails  —  The Palin administration won't release hundreds of emails from her office, claiming they cover confidential policy matters.  Then why do the subject lines refer to a political foe, a journalist, and non-policy topics?  —  In June, Andrée McLeod …
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Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Palin's leadership style has admirers and critics
Discussion: TalkLeft
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Palin & Press: A Testy Start  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. — From the moment Sarah Palin stepped onto the national stage, she was mauled, minimized and manhandled by an openly skeptical media establishment.  —  That lasted six days.  By Thursday morning, after a speech in which she chided the journalistic elite …
Washington Post:
U.S. Seizes Control Of Mortgage Giants  —  Takeover of Fannie And Freddie Aims To Revive Housing, Financial Markets  —  The government seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yesterday in a dramatic bid to restore faith in the embattled mortgage giants and arrest a vicious cycle …
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Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
McCain's Convenient Untruth  —  When it comes to fighting wars, John McCain stands up and calls for sacrifice.  “We never hide from history; we make history,” he declared in his convention speech.  But when it comes to taxes, McCain is unwilling to demand even a teensy bit of sacrifice.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Kevin Drum
New York Times:
Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way  —  Sarah Palin's baby shower included a surprise guest: her own baby.  He had arrived in the world a month early, so on a sunny May day, Ms. Palin, the governor of Alaska, rocked her newborn as her closest friends, sisters, even her obstetrician presented …
Michelle Malkin:
MTV piles on the Palin family; host Russell Brand promotes Obama, bashes America, Bush, and Christians; viewer backlash; transcript added  —  Scroll down for updates...transcript added...  Obama's Viacom thugs strike.  —  Reader M.G. writes that the MTV Awards show was the latest venue for vicious Palin family-bashing:
Byron York / The Corner:
Palin in Debate  —  I just finished watching a video on C-Span's website of the August, 2006 Republican debate in the Alaska governor's race.  It pitted Frank Murkowski, the then-governor of the state and veteran of 22 years in the U.S. Senate, against Republican politician John Binkley and Wasilla mayor Sarah Palin.
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Ban on Political Endorsements by Pastors Targeted  —  CHICAGO — Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance Defense Fund is recruiting several dozen pastors to do just that on Sept. 28, in defiance of Internal Revenue Service rules.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
Obama-Biden camp turns reporters' gag into attack on Palin  —  WILMINGTON, Delaware (CNN) - So far, Sen. Joe Biden has declined to question opponent Sarah Palin's record, but a gag by the press corps traveling in Biden's plane gave the senator's staff an opportunity to take aim at Palin …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
 
 
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Newsweek:
An Apostle of Alaska  —  We know the outlines—the moose-hunting mom …
Discussion: Hot Air
Kansas City Star:
McCain's history of hot temper raises concerns
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Patience, Poll-Watchers
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Kennedy Plans a January Return
Discussion: TIME.com
Anatol Lieven / International Herald Tribune:
Urgent aid for Pakistan
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
For the Republican Base, Palin Pick Is Energizing
Discussion: TIME.com
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Lawsuit to Ask That Cheney's Papers Be Made Public
William Kristol / New York Times:
A Heartbeat Away  —  “We're not running against Governor Palin.”
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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Times of London:
This cynical choice has left McCain's honour in shreds
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Doth Protest Too Much On Oprah's Behalf
Discussion: Hullabaloo
David Carr / New York Times:
Drawing a Bead on the Press
Kate Phillips / New York Times:
As a Matter of Faith, Biden Says Life Begins at Conception
Richard Mauer / Anchorage Daily News:
State paid for trip when Palin told students to pray for pipeline
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
How an AMERICAblog reader asked John and Sarah real questions at a photo opp today.
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Barack Obama ‘wanted to join US military’
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
The Scrutiny of Sarah Palin
 

 
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