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5:05 PM ET, September 10, 2008

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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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
UNFIT FOR HIGH OFFICE  —  One of the interesting aspects of this campaign is watching the scales fall from the eyes of many of John McCain's closest admirers among the veteran DC press corps.  I'm not talking about the freaks on Fox News or any of the sycophants at the AP.
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 …
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Does the Truth Matter Anymore?  —  This is not false naivete: I am genuinely surprised that John McCain and his campaign keep throwing out false charges and making false claims without any qualms.  They keep talking about Sarah Palin's opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere without any embarrassment …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
UNFIT.... John McCain was presented with a choice: lose the election or lose his honor.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
New heights of stupidity  —  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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Mike Allen / The Politico:
55 days - Lipstick wars - Chuck Todd: McCain and Palin could …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
James Gerstenzang / The LA Times President Bush Blog:
Lipstick? Palin? Obama? Did someone say Dick Cheney?
Discussion: The Swamp
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Pigs And Lipstick  —  So it's come to this.  The full context …
David Weigel / Reason:   Lipstick Traces  —  Barack Obama, on his week-long tear …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Responds to ‘Phony Outrage’
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 …
Discussion: TalkLeft, The Mahablog and TIME.com
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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.
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.”
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
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 …
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 …
CNN:
Ron Paul urges voters to skip McCain, Obama  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas called on supporters to back a third-party candidate for president Wednesday, rejecting his party's nominee and offering equally harsh words for the Democratic candidate.
Discussion: Reason, The Plank and Donklephant
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Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:   Paul says he turned down appeal to endorse McCain
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 …
James Fallows:
A controlled experiment: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin  —  Twice in the last six months we've had the spectacle of a candidate clinging to a provably false personal narrative.  Each tale was meant to show something admirable and significant about the candidate's character.
Discussion: American Street and Eunomia
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 …
John Bentley / CBS News:
McCain Supporter Fred Thompson Brings Rev. Wright Back Into Campaign  —  From CBS News' John Bentley:  —  (FAIRFAX, VA.) - Attacking your opponent is traditionally a role for the vice presidential hopeful on the ticket, not the person introducing the vice president.
Discussion: Wilshire & Washington and TIME.com
 
 
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Palin Goes After Obama on Earmarks
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Obama accuses rival of ‘lies,’ ‘Swift boat politics’
Discussion: TalkLeft
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
EMBRACE IT  —  Let's face it.  Lipstick on a pig is a classic American phrase.
Center for American Progress:
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Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Is Hillary Doing Enough? Barack Thinks So
Associated Press:
Play of the Day: Obama on campaign drawbacks
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S. Weasel / sweasel.com:
Meltdown  —  There are few things in all the world I enjoy …
 Earlier Items: 
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: McCain Leads Obama 45% to 42%
Discussion: Hot Air and The Strata-Sphere
Kyle Hopkins / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin received per diem at Wasilla home
TPM Election Central:
New McCain Ad Portrays Palin As Obama's Prey
Eartha Jane Melzer / Michigan Messenger:
Lose your house, lose your vote
Discussion: Corrente
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Times Discovers The Chicago Annenberg Challenge
Marc Ambinder:
“Astonishingly Inured...” Truth, Lies, The Media And Politics
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Shaken Dems fear Obama on downslide