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4:25 PM ET, September 17, 2008

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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain Embraces Regulation After Many Years of Opposition  —  A decade ago, Sen. John McCain embraced legislation to broadly deregulate the banking and insurance industries, helping to sweep aside a thicket of rules established over decades in favor of a less restricted financial marketplace …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
McCain's attempt to fix Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in 2005; Update: Obama can't get AIG right  —  With the financial sector in turmoil today, the media and the politicians have started throwing around blame with the same recklessness as lenders threw around credit to create the problem.
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
McCain has 2 faces: Washington in- and outsider  —  VIENNA, Ohio (AP) — John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song.  —  Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city.  Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
Marc Ambinder:
What The Heck Is AIG, Part II?
Bloomberg:
McCain, Obama Seek Political Foothold With Wall Street Battered
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Foundry
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account  —  Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents posted on the internet Wednesday.  —  The internet griefers known as Anonymous took credit for the intrusion, and screenshots …
Anthony / Tech Voice:
HACKERS BREAK INTO SARAH PALIN'S INBOX!  —  This is breaking news, so stay tuned for details as more are available... but it appears the infamous group of cyber-mischief makers “anonymous” are up to their old tricks, and this time they had Governor Palin in their sights.
Mark Preston / CNN:
Prominent Clinton backer and DNC member to endorse McCain  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, McCain 45%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The Sept. 14-16 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows Barack Obama regaining a slight, although not statistically significant, edge over John McCain, 47% to 45%, among registered voters, marking the first time since the week …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Drudge-ology 101: McCain, Obama and Media Bias  —  Yesterday was a typical recent day on the Drudge Report — the single most influential source for how the presidential campaign is covered in the country.  —  In the banner headline spot for most of the day was a picture …
Discussion: TPM Election Central and MyDD
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DRUDGE STILL, INEXPLICABLY, RULES THEIR WORLD.... The Washington …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton blindsided by scheduled event with Palin  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled an appearance at a New York rally next week after organizers blindsided her by inviting Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, aides to the senator said Tuesday.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
CNN Demolishes Every McCain Campaign Lie  —  This is by far the most thorough debunking I've seen to date on the myriad of lies coming from Team McCain. … HT Jed, who adds:
Frank James / The Swamp:
Biden on AIG bailout: ‘No’  —  by Frank James (corrected from an earlier version which wrongly said Biden's remarks were made today.  He made them yesterday.)  —  Sen. Joe “Working-Class Hero” Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said yesterday in an interview we missed in real time that he's against the AIG bailout.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Does Obama Support the AIG Bailout?
Beth Slovic / Willamette Week:
Señor Smith, Part Dos  —  WW finds more evidence Sen. Gordon Smith's company has employed undocumented workers.  —  WALLA WALLA, Wash.—U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) reacted quickly last week when WW quoted multiple sources inside and outside Smith's vegetable-packing plant …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ads  —  The Obama campaign has released new radio and TV ads in Spanish that seek to tie Sen. John McCain to anti-immigrant comments made by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.  The ads also suggest the Republican has “dos caras” …
Andy / Towleroad.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Barack Obama's L.A. Fundraiser - video  —  Our friend and contributor Lewis Payton (you've seen many of his photographs on these pages), attended the Obama fundraiser last night in Beverly Hills, and sent us this exclusive report, which includes video of Obama's speech, in two parts.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Palin “Disappointed” In “Understandable” AIG Bailout  —  From CBS News' Scott Conroy:  —  (CLEVELAND, Ohio) During a quick stop at a diner in Cleveland, Ohio, Sarah Palin was asked for her reaction to the AIG bailout.  —  “Dissapointed that taxpayers are called upon to bailout another one,” she said.
Discussion: SFGate
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Despite Claims Today He Warned of this Crisis, McCain in 2007 Said He Didn't See This Crisis Coming  —  “Two years ago, I warned that the oversight of Fannie and Freddie was terrible, that we were facing a crisis because of it, or certainly serious problems,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CBS this morning.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
OBAMA GAMBLES ON LENGTHY ECONOMIC AD.... Audiences have grown accustomed to certain kinds of political advertising.  The new spot from the Obama campaign is a little something different.  —  The spot is two minutes long, making it four times as long as the typical campaign ad.
Scott Horton / Harper's:
Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler  —  Last June, Bart Gellman's four-part series in the Washington Post gave us an extraordinary portrait of Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in America's history.  The series, called “Angler"-after the Secret Service's codename …
Ronald Radosh / Los Angeles Times:
Case closed: The Rosenbergs were Soviet spies  —  A startling confession again proves their guilt.  Now it's time for their left-wing defenders to acknowledge it.  —  Julius and ethel Rosenberg were executed 55 years ago, on June 19, 1953.  But last week, they were back in the headlines …
 
 
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Ben Craw / Talking Points Memo:
TPMTV: THE FIRST DUDE ABIDES
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Amanda / Think Progress:
McCain and Palin to appear on Larry King Live tonight.
Kim Zetter / Wired News:
Voter Database Glitches Could Disenfranchise Thousands
Discussion: Feministe
Kristi Keck / CNN:
Palin power recharges GOP ticket
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Case Against Me  —  Alex Massie is disappointed …
Associated Press:
North Carolina a new battleground
Discussion: American Spectator
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Christopher Palmeri / Business Week:
Is Washington Mutual the Next to Fall?
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Marc Ambinder:
A Tale Of Two Ads  —  On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scar …
Discussion: The New Republic and MyDD
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Two Minute Ad  —  This seems like a big gamble:
Discussion: Newshoggers.com