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6:35 PM ET, September 14, 2008

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Matt / Think Progress:
Rove: 'You can't trust the fact-check organizations.'  —  This week, non-partisan fact-checking organizations like PolitiFact and FactCheck.org  —  have called Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) out for lies in his attack ads against Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).  But on Fox News Sunday today …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Rove: McCain ads gone too far  —  Karl Rove said this morning that John McCain's attacks against Barack Obama have stretched the truth.  —  Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Rove said McCain had “gone one step too far, and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the 100-percent-truth test.”
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   ROVE SAYS MCCAIN HAS GONE ‘ONE STEP TOO FAR’.... Karl Rove …
John Griffin / Political Punch:
Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?  —  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. introduced a new TV ad his week that paints Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as out of touch for being, when it comes to technology, shall we say a touch “old-school.”  —  “1982, John McCain goes to Washington,” the narrator says.
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Arnab Datta / Political Punch:
Obama Surrogate Attacks McCain for Age, Cancer  —  On This Week with George Stephanopoulos this morning, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a surrogate for the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., raised the age and health of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., when discussing the qualifications, or lack thereof, of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Obama ad takes heat for McCain cyber shot  —  Insensitivity to war injuries cited  —  WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign came under fire from conservative bloggers yesterday for a new political ad criticizing his 72-year-old opponent, John McCain, for not using computers.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama raises $66 million in August  —  Sen. Barack Obama raised $66 million in the month of August, making it his best month ever and the best in American political history, an aide said Sunday morning.  —  Obama is releasing that number after suggestions that his fundraising was failing to meet expectations.
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New York Times:
In August, Obama Raised $66 Million
Discussion: Political Machine
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Raised a Record $66 Million in August
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New York Times:
Lehman Heads Toward Brink as Barclays Ends Talks  —  Unable to find a savior, the troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers appeared headed toward liquidation on Sunday, in what would be one of the biggest failures in Wall Street history.  —  The fate of Lehman hung in the balance …
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Dealbook / New York Times:
Bank of America in Talks to Buy Merrill Lynch
Rdan / Angry Bear:
Roubini and the Bail-in this weekend
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Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post:
MAC HATER HAS A LOUSY ‘IMAGE’  —  MAG FOTOG IN DIRTY TRICK TO TURN POL ‘EVIL’  —  Controversial celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg, a self-professed “hard-core Dem,” deliberately took a series of unflattering shots of Republican nominee John McCain for the current cover of The Atlantic - and then bragged about it on a blog.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
They've ruined SiteMeter  —  Just got my first look at the new format for SiteMeter statistics.  It sucks, big-time.  —  Like Windows Vista, is how bad it sucks.  —  The old Site Meter was simple and elegant.  The new Site Meter is clumsy and awkward.  —  Dear SiteMeter: Please make SiteMeter Classic an option.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Sitemeter hears its critics, rolls back to old system
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
I hate hate hate hate the new SiteMeter.
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Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
‘Alaska Women Reject Palin’ Rally is HUGE!  —  I attended the Welcome Home rally for Sarah Palin this morning.  Hooo.  It was an experience.  About a thousand (maybe) hard-core Palin supporters showed up to hear her speak at the new Dena'ina Convention Center in downtown Anchorage.
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Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
How does President Palin sound?  —  For first time in modern history, a presidential race is actually going to be decided by the vice presidential pick.  —  Thanks to Sarah Palin, this is no longer a contest between Barack Obama and John McCain - it's between Brother Barack and Sistah Sarah.
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Live From New York, It's Sarah (Tiny Fey) Palin!  —  ABC News' David Wright and Alyssa Litoff Report: As comedienne Tina Fey debuted her impression of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, the governor and her staff were watching from 30,000 feet.  —  Palin was on board …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Making America Stupid  —  Imagine for a minute that attending the Republican convention in St. Paul, sitting in a skybox overlooking the convention floor, were observers from Russia, Iran and Venezuela.  And imagine for a minute what these observers would have been doing when Rudy Giuliani led …
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink  —  This is the first of two stories adapted from “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,” to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press.  Original source notes are denoted in [brackets] throughout.  —  A burst of ferocity stunned the room into silence.
 
 
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Steve Chapman / Chicago Tribune:
To McCain, the truth is expendable
Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Obama opens double-digit lead
William Yardley / New York Times:
Active Role for Palin's Husband in Alaska Government
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