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11:05 AM ET, September 16, 2008

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Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama's Health Plan Is Better  —  The big threat to growth in the next decade is not oil or food prices, but the rising cost of health care.  The doubling of health insurance premiums since 2000 makes employers choose between cutting benefits and hiring fewer workers.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
McCain's Radical Agenda  —  Talk about a shock to the system.  Has anyone bothered to notice the radical changes that John McCain and Sarah Palin are planning for the nation's health insurance system?  —  These are changes that will set in motion nothing less than the dismantling …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
In Candidates, 2 Approaches to Wall Street  —  WASHINGTON — The crisis on Wall Street will leave the next president facing tough choices about how best to regulate the financial system, and although neither Senator Barack Obama nor Senator John McCain has yet offered a detailed plan …
Jeanne Cummings / Yahoo! News:
As markets reel, the blame game begins
Discussion: The Swamp and Corrente
Randall W. Forsyth / Barron's Online:   An AIG Accident Could Dwarf Lehman's
John Berlau / OpenMarket.org:
Lehman bankruptcy: In capitalism, failure is not a dirty word
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Corner
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama's character assassins target another National Review journalist  —  David Freddoso attempted to appear on Milt Rosenberg's WGN radio show last night, and just as when Stanley Kurtz tried to talk on the same show, the Barack Obama campaign organized a disruption of the show.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Experience Matters  —  Philosophical debates arise at the oddest times, and in the heat of this election season, one is now rising in Republican ranks.  The narrow question is this: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be vice president?  Most conservatives say yes, on the grounds that something …
Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
Palin and the Teleprompter  —  At a fundraiser in Canton, Ohio, this evening, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had an interesting description of her speech to the Republican convention.  —  “There Ohio was right out in front, right in front of me,” Palin said.  “The teleprompter got messed up …
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Washington Wire:
Palin Tells Debunked Teleprompter Tale
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Ugly New McCain  —  Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred.  “I broke my promise to always tell the truth,” McCain said.
Byron York / National Review:
On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right  —  In recent days, a consensus has developed among the Obama campaign and commentators in the press that John McCain has decided to lie his way to the White House.  Exhibit A in this new consensus is McCain's ad, released last week, claiming that Barack Obama's …
New York Times:
Fed Takes Steps to Aid A.I.G.  —  Major credit ratings agencies downgraded the American International Group late Monday, worsening its financial health, as Federal Reserve officials and two leading investment banks were in urgent talks to put together a $75 billion line of credit to stave off a crisis at the company.
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Michael Lewitt / New York Times:
Wall Street's Next Big Problem
Mary Ellen Klas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   McCain hits administration policy, but doesn't name Bush
Quinnipiac University:
With White Support, McCain Nips At Obama's Heels In NJ, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Women Stay With Dem, But Men Move To GOP  —  Fueled by a surge of support from white voters, Republican Sen. John McCain has narrowed a 10-point gap and now trails Democratic Sen. Barack Obama 48 …
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Politicker NJ:
Quinnipiac poll: Obama has razor-thin lead in N.J.; McCain trails by just 3 points
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
Bradley Burston / Haaretz:
What is truly frightening about Sarah Palin  —  TEL AVIV - It was in the taxicab this morning that it finally struck me about Sarah Palin.  —  I get it.  I get that millions of Americans have a crying need for someone to stand up and say the things that Sarah Palin has been telling them.
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Jeffrey Goldberg
Ben Smith / The Politico:
A tanning bed in the Governor's Mansion  —  Sarah Palin brought one unusual accessory to the Alaska Governor's mansion after moving in last year: A tanning bed.  —  Al Giordano's NarcoNews first reported that Palin had the apparatus installed in the mansion in Juneau, and a spokesman …
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Rachel Paula Ab... / Us Weekly:
Sarah Palin Installed Tanning Bed at Governor's Mansion
Discussion: TMZ.com, Truthdig and NewsBusters.org
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
McCain Blinks  —  I think there's something unseemly to scoring the financial crisis on political terms, but that's apparently how everyone else is responding too.  —  I saw the beginning of The Today Show this morning.  Their set-up piece (by Andrea Mitchell, fwiw) made it very clear McCain is on the defensive on the economy again.
Benjamin Sarlin / New York Sun:
Poll: McCain Fast Approaching Obama Among New York State Voters  —  New York is on its way to becoming a battleground in this year's presidential election, with Senator McCain rapidly dissolving Senator Obama's lead in the Empire State, according to a new poll.
Micah L. Sifry / techPresident:
Ralphie Want a Cracker?  —  This video of Ralph Nader in a soliloquy with a parrot is just too good to pass up.  It was filmed in Salt Lake City, UT, while Nader was visiting Rocky Anderson, the city's former Mayor.  Nader discusses the lack of coverage of his campaign, addressing the parrot by its name, Cardozo.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Jamie Gorelick, Mistress of Disaster  —  It's not often that one person plays key roles in two — count 'em, two — trillion-dollar disasters.  Welcome, my friends, to the world of well-connected Democrat Jamie Gorelick.  —  In 2004, observers were “astonished” to discover that a key member …
Discussion: Commentary
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
IF OBAMA LOSES.  —  In this weekend's Washington Post, Randall Kennedy considers the effect of an Obama loss on the black community: … There's been a some racist fearmongering from the usual suspects about riots about the aftermath of an Obama loss (something that is extremely unlikely).
Agence France Presse:
Obama camp hits back at Iraq double-talk claim  —  PUEBLO, Colorado (AFP) — Barack Obama's White House campaign angrily denied Monday a report that he had secretly urged the Iraqis to postpone a deal to withdraw US troops until after November's election.  —  In the New York Post …
 
 
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Charles Franklin / Pollster.com:
McCain Gains Not Limited to Red States
Discussion: Weekly Standard and MyDD
Holly Watt / Washington Post:
Violent Crime Fell in 2007 From Previous Year
New York Times:
Interest Groups Step Up Efforts in a Tight Race
Discussion: Associated Press and TIME.com
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
I Just Got Push-Polled on Obama and Israel
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
Rangel, Pressured, Meets With Leaders
Yahoo! News:
McCain proposes 9/11 commission to address financial crisis …
Joseph Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Thinking Outside the Lox
Discussion: Commentary
Fatimah Ali / Philly.com:
‘Race war’ in America
 Earlier Items: 
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Why The Lack Of Respect For The Netroots?
Discussion: Open Left
Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
Out West, Obama Faces Gun Battle
Discussion: Townhall.com and Commentary
C.J. Chivers / New York Times:
Georgia Offers Fresh Evidence on War's Start
BBC:
Ukraine's government falls apart
Editor and Publisher:
McCain Tells AP and Newspaper Editors: OK, Obama Did NOT Call Palin a ‘Pig’
Julia O'Malley / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Radio host suspended for airing anti-Palin protesters' numbers
Discussion: At-Largely and TheZoo
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New Obama ad hits McCain on pay for women
Discussion: D-Day, Commentary and MyDD
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Pakistan Is the Problem  —  AND BARACK OBAMA SEEMS …
 

 
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