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9:30 PM ET, September 10, 2008

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
S.C. Dem chair: Palin primary qualification is she hasn't had an abortion  —  South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “ whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn't had an abortion.”
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Jason Szep / Tales from the Trail:
McCain finds it tough without Palin  —  PHILADELPHIA - Republican presidential candidate John McCain cut short his first public appearance without running-mate Sarah Palin after chanting supporters of Democratic rival Barack Obama interrupted his speech.  —  After lunching with a roundtable …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
McCain's Integrity  —  For me, this surreal moment - like the entire surrealism of the past ten days - is not really about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama or pigs or fish or lipstick.  It's about John McCain.  The one thing I always thought I knew about him is that he is a decent and honest person.
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Apology Not Accepted  —  Back in 2000, after John McCain lost his mostly honorable campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, he went about apologizing to journalists—including me—for his most obvious mis-step: his support for keeping the confederate flag on the state house.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
UNFIT.... John McCain was presented with a choice: lose the election or lose his honor.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Wide-Ranging Ethics Scandal Emerges at Interior Dept.  —  WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal …
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Gov't Officials Probed About Illicit Sex, Gifts  —  WASHINGTON — Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
CBS takes down McCain webad, suggests it's ‘misleading’  —  YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad.  —  “One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role …
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Brooks Jackson / Newsweek:
McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding  —  Those attacks on Palin that we debunked didn't come from Obama.  —  FACTCHECK.ORG  —  A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama's attacks on Palin “absolutely false” and “misleading.”  That's what we said, but it wasn't about Obama.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Letterman: Palin is lipstick, McCain policies are pig  —  Amie Parnes reports that Obama just taped this evening's show with David Letterman, which touched at length on the McCain campaign's accusations that he'd spoken disrespectfully about Sarah Palin.
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Andy Barr / The Hill:
Meghan McCain: My Dad Says ‘Lipstick on a Pig’
CNN:
CNN battleground polls: Race a dead heat in key states  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - New state polls indicate that the race for the White House remains a dead heat in four crucial battleground states that could determine the outcome of the election.  —  CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation polls …
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Rasmussen Reports:
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Discussion: Daily Kos
Time:
Poll: Obama, McCain Split Key States
Discussion: Pajamas Media and MyDD
Mosheh Oinounou / FOX Embeds:
McCain embraces the staged rally  —  PHILADELPHIA, PA — For a candidate who once railed against “stale soundbites, staged rallies and over-managed messages,” John McCain seems to have turned over a new leaf.  —  Today marks the four-week anniversary since McCain held his last press conference …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
EXPECT MORE JOINT MCCAIN-PALIN RALLIES  —  From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger  —  ABOARD PALIN CAMPAIGN PLANE — The McCain campaign is “very seriously considering” having McCain and Palin campaign together more often than not in the next two months, a senior campaign aide said …
Discussion: Hot Air and TIME.com
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Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:
McCain, Palin Draw Big Crowd in Va.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Wizbang
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin's earmarks: Not just for the halibut  —  Senator John McCain recently told reporters that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has “learned that earmarks are bad.”  —  But not that bad, apparently.  According to a “summary of requests for federal appropriations” posted to her budget office's website earlier …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin's source  —  Thomas Frank noticed in the Journal today that Sarah Palin used an odd source for a quote in her announcement speech attributed only to a “writer.”  —  “We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity,” she said, drawing from a once-powerful …
Discussion: Liberal Values
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National Enquirer:
PALIN FAMILY SHOCKERS: WHAT SARAH'S REALLY HIDING!  —  The NATIONAL ENQUIRER'S exclusive ongoing investigation of GOP VP Nom Sarah ‘Barracuda’ Palin's goes far beyond a mere teen pregnancy crisis this week!  —  The Enquirer's team of reporters has combed the Alaskan wilderness to discover …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
Payback: GOP points to Biden daughter  —  Call it Palin Payback.  —  After Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, her teenage pregnancy, and her high school boyfriend were run through the media wringer last week, Republicans are now pointing to Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, to make the case …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain 48%, Obama 43%  —  Nine percent undecided in latest average  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds John McCain continuing to lead Barack Obama, 48% to 43% among registered voters.  —  The Sept. 7-9 average — spanning interviewing conducted Sunday …
Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
LIPSTICK ON A PIG  —  Last night, while on Hannity & Colmes I cut Barack Obama some slack on his reference to “lipstick on a pig.”  Now I personally don't think he was referring to Gov. Palin, but if he was he should apologize immediately.  —  Almost twenty four hours into this new controversy …
Access Hollywood:
Matt Damon: Putting Palin In White House ‘Like A Really Bad Disney Movie’  —  Matt Damon isn't mincing his words when it comes to Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin.  —  In an interview with The Associated Press, Damon expressed his concern over putting Palin in the White House …
 
 
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Krooney / TIME.com:
42 Sunshine  —  Bill Clinton heads to Florida on September 29 to campaign for Obama-Biden.
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Dirty Harry / Dirty Harry's Place:
Palin Derangement Syndrome Hits Poor Roger Ebert
Shannen Coffin / The Corner:
More Fowler Foul-ups
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Salon:
Fresh blood for the vampire
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Los Angeles Times:
Obama fires back at McCain camp for seizing on his ‘lipstick on a pig’ comment
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
Not So Swift  —  As Andy suggests, there may have been good ways …
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
re: Not So Swift
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Why Walk
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 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
Who made gender an issue?  —  Katherine Mangu-Ward says media …
Discussion: pandagon.net
Byron York / National Review:
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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Biden: Clinton a better veep pick than me
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Don Rasmussen / Ron Paul's Campaign For Liberty:
Ron Paul Statement to the National Press Club
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THINKING LIKE A REPUBLICAN.... The Washington Post's E. J. Dionne Jr …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
James Fallows:
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