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11:20 AM ET, September 10, 2008

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
New heights of stupidity  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  We're fighting multiple wars; our oldest and most established financial institutions are on the verge of collapse; we've fundamentally transformed and then dismantled our constitutional framework over the last eight years, etc. etc.
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Los Angeles Times:
Palin bounce has Democrats off balance  —  Some fear Obama's more aggressive tone could enhance her appeal among white, blue-collar voters.  —  The emergence of Sarah Palin as a political force in the presidential race has left many top Democrats fretting that, just two weeks …
Washington Post:
McCain Camp Sees An Insult in a Saying  —  Obama Called Policies ‘Lipstick on a Pig’  —  Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday that Sen. John McCain's claim that he will shake up Washington after agreeing with President Bush for so long is like “putting lipstick on a pig” …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
McCain ad: “Lipstick”; Flashback: Obama flips the bird at Hillary; Update: Sexist Memory Lane  —  It didn't take Team McCain long to develop a new television spot from Barack Obama's “lipstick on a pig” comment.  They have rolled out this 30-second spot hammering Obama for his sexism …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama: ‘Lipstick on a pig’  —  Amie Parnes reports from Lebanon, VA: … The crowd apparently took the “lipstick” line as a reference to Palin, who described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull in a single word: “lipstick.”  —  UPDATE: The McCain campaign is now saying Obama called Palin a pig, which he didn't.
Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
Did Obama Steal his ‘Lip Stick on a Pig’ Speech from a Political Cartoon?  —  The folks at FreeRepublic have found an interesting... uh, shall we say coincidence... concerning Barack Obama's widely panned September 9 comments made at a rally in Virginia where he seemed to be saying that Governor Palin was a …
Discussion: The Corner
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Did Not Call Sarah Palin A Pig
CNN:
‘Lipstick on a pig’: Attack on Palin or common line?
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Palin Energizing Women From All Walks of Life
The Politico:
Could Clinton have Palin-proofed Dems?
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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.
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Out of bounds!  McCain misstates Obama sex-ed record  —  WASHINGTON — Throw the flag against: The McCain-Palin campaign.  —  Call: Unsportsmanlike conduct.  —  What happened: A new 30-second TV ad attacks Barack Obama's record on education, saying that Obama backed legislation to teach …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PRETTY MUCH  —  TPM Reader JM not happy with McCain's sleazy campaign ...
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They're Undone  —  From the moment Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared that she had opposed the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” critics, the news media and nonpartisan fact checkers have called it a fabrication or, at best, a half-truth.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Weisman Gets on the Tire Swing
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Shaken Dems fear Obama on downslide  —  Democrats in Congress are rattled over the momentum Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has brought to John McCain's presidential campaign and disagree about how their candidate should respond.  —  Some Democrats say that Democratic nominee Barack Obama's campaign must …
Discussion: The Swamp
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Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain Adviser Tells CNN: McCain Refuses To Talk About Bush's …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
The Obama Campaign's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
Russell Brand pulled Sarah Palin electric chair jokes at VMA  —  Russell Brand was forced to cut jokes about Sarah Palin sending her own daughter to the electric chair when he presented the MTV Video Music Awards, he has said.  —  The British comedian appeared to annoy celebrities and some fans …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:   Lipstick? Worse Still, Baby-Machine
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Sarah Palin's impact: Women moved
Discussion: The Politico
Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
Warned by the Court  —  A judge repeatedly told Palin and family not to badmouth her sister's ex  —  An Anchorage judge three years ago warned Sarah Palin and members of her family to stop “disparaging” the reputation of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, who at the time was undergoing …
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Fresh blood for the vampire  —  A beady-eyed McCain gets a boost from the charismatic Sarah Palin, a powerful new feminist — yes, feminist! — force.  Plus: Obama must embrace his dull side.  —  Rip tide!  Is the Obama campaign shooting out to sea like a paper boat?
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:
DC Handwringing  —  If I had my way I would be in Utica, New York right now.  —  When we first discussed where to put the Clinton campaign's headquarters I half-seriously argued for Utica, on the theory that the further away from Washington, D.C. we were, the better off we would be.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and marbury
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Washington Post:
Obama Says McCain Has Erred by Focusing on Change
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
My Fair Veep  —  The rain in Spain stays mainly in the Arctic plain ...  I hope John McCain doesn't throw his slippers at Sarah Palin's head or get as acerbic as Henry Higgins did with Eliza Doolittle when she did not learn quickly enough.  McCain's Pygmalion has to be careful …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
From the Gut  —  If John McCain can win this election race with a 50-pound ball called “George W. Bush” wrapped around one ankle and a 50-pound ball called “The U.S. Economy” wrapped around the other, then he deserves to represent America in the next Olympics in any race he wants — swimming …
Discussion: Kevin Drum and Prairie Weather
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Obama Broke Money Record  —  Sen. Barack Obama broke his monthly fundraising record of $55 million in August, sources said today, but the campaign remains tight lipped about its total haul.  —  The numbers aren't scheduled to be made public until Sept. 20, when the campaign files …
Discussion: Political Machine and Open Left
 
 
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Five swing states could hold key to the Oval Office
Washington Post:
McCain Rally Moves to Park As School Debate Continues
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Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Obama Looks to Lessons From Chicago in His National Education Plan
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Media Blog
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
McCain Ads Are Hybrid Vehicles
Discussion: Firedoglake
New York Times:
North Korea's Leader Is Seriously Ill, U.S. Intelligence Officials Say
Ben Smith / The Politico:
E-mails, conspiracy rumors plague Palin
Discussion: First Draft
Ed Koch / Real Clear Politics:
Why I'm Voting for Obama-Biden  —  The time has come to declare whom I will be voting for.
John M. Broder / The Caucus:
Biden Chooses Debate Prep Partner
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Palin Aides Defend Billing State for Time at Home
New York Post:
RANGEL HAS A BAD CHAIR DAY
Discussion: Right Wing News
Jay Nordlinger / The Corner:
P.S. on “One Thumb Down(ish)”
Sandra Tsing Loh / Campaign Stops:
The Rantings of a P.T.A. Mom
Discussion: The Corner and Corrente
Ben White / New York Times:
Lehman Sees $3.9 Billion Loss and Plans to Shed Assets
Ronen Bergman / New York Times:
Living to Bomb Another Day
Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:
Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:
The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for