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2:05 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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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
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain invokes FDR to boost autoworkers
New York Times:
Mr. McCain and the Economy  —  John McCain spent Monday claiming …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Marc Ambinder:
What The Heck Is AIG, Part II?
Wall Street Journal:
Candidates Promise Broad Changes for Wall Street
Discussion: Washington Post
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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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Rothschilds Against Elitism  —  Irony truly is dead as Lynn Forester de Rothschild endorses John McCain on anti-elitism grounds: … On an unrelated note, the stakes have rarely been higher in an election for extremely rich people than they are in this one.
Associated Press:   Top Clinton fundraiser backing McCain, not Obama
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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Fox News:
Clinton Cancels Rally Appearance After Learning Palin Invited  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has pulled out of an appearance at a New York rally next week to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad because she doesn't want to be seen alongside Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a …
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
As Palin Joins Planned Protest Against Iran, Clinton Cancels
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
McCain Mocks Obama's Fundraiser with Streisand
Discussion: Balloon Juice and World-O-Crap
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Romney contradicts Fiorina  —  (CNN) - Mitt Romney and Carly Fiorina, two high-profile supporters of Sen. John McCain, may just have to agree to disagree.  —  On Tuesday, Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, said that neither McCain nor his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is capable …
Discussion: Guardian and Townhall.com
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
McCain campaign stumbles through day
Discussion: Firedoglake and DownWithTyranny!
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain BlackBerry Easily Connects With Gore Internet
NPR:
Listen Now  —  · The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it would lend AIG $85 billion to help stave off a worldwide financial crisis.  In return, the government received a major stake in the giant insurance company.  Two leaders of Senate financial committees say the Fed had no choice.
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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 …
Amir Taheri / New York Post:
OBAMA OBJECTS  —  BUT THE EVIDENCE SAYS I'M RIGHT  —  IN Monday's Post, I discussed how Barack Obama, during his July trip, had asked Iraqi leaders not to finalize an agreement vital to the future of US forces in Iraq - and how the effect of such a delay would be to postpone the departure …
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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.
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Can Obama really pull it off?  —  Can Barack Obama actually blow this thing?  Can he actually lose in November?  —  We have a deeply troubled economy, an unpopular war, a very unpopular president and a historic reluctance on the part of the American people to elect the same party to the White House three terms in a row.
Anne Sutton / Associated Press:
McCain campaign clamps down on questions in Alaska  —  JUNEAU, Alaska - GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is effectively turning over questions about her record as Alaska's governor to John McCain's political campaign, part of an ambitious Republican strategy to limit …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Two Minute Ad  —  This seems like a big gamble:  —  Will people watch for two minutes?  How much will it cost?  Where will it play?  How long will it play.  —  One thing is for sure, because it deals with substance and not lipstick or other bulls**t, it will not get played for free repeatedly on the cable channels.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Does Obama Support the AIG Bailout?  —  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this morning released a statement about the US government's rescue of AIG.  —  “The fact that we have reached a point where the Federal Reserve felt it had to take this unprecedented step with the American Insurance Group …
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 …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
True Whoppers  —  Economists are not generally known for their lyrical phrasing.  But the other day, one told me something about the election that has stuck with me: He cautioned against succumbing to the “symmetry of sin.”  —  This unexpected snippet of political poetry …
Wall Street Journal:
Resurrect the Resolution Trust Corp.  —  We are in the midst of the worst financial turmoil since the Great Depression.  Absent bold action, matters could well get worse.  —  Neither the markets nor the ordinary diet of regulatory orders, bank examinations, rating downgrades and investigations can do the job.
Discussion: Real Time Economics and EconLog
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:
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Christopher Palmeri / Business Week:
Is Washington Mutual the Next to Fall?
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Marc Ambinder:
A Tale Of Two Ads  —  On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scar …
Discussion: The New Republic and MyDD
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll suggests McCain's support softening as race stays tied
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Post:
SARAH HAS SECRET STYLE TEAM
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
‘Barbies for War!’  —  Carly Fiorina, the woman John McCain sent …
Discussion: Hot Air