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3:25 AM ET, September 19, 2008

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Gateway Pundit:
FATHER OF HACKER Is Tennessee Dem State Rep!!!!! ...  Update: Name- David Kernell ...Update: He's Been Contacted by Feds!  —  FOLKS— MEET DAVID KERNELL—  WOAH!!!!!!  —  Do you remember this from Michelle Malkin's post last night: … Now there's this...  Wired.com has the latest on the Palin scandal:
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Theo Emery / Tennessean.com:
State rep confirms that son is subject of Palin e-mail chatter  —  State Rep. Mike Kernell confirmed Thursday that his son, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student, is at the center of heated Internet discussion into the hacking of the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Michelle Malkin:
AP reporter e-mails: Yeah, it's all Palin's fault  —  Just call them the Associated (With Hackers) Press.  —  A reader e-mailed AP reporter Ted Bridis yesterday after Bridis's article on the Palin e-mail hacking disclosed that the AP was refusing to cooperate with the feds and suggested that Palin was to blame for the crime.
Knoxville News-Sentinel:   State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
McCain Flub?  Republican Says He'd Fire SEC Chair as President  —  ABC News' David Wright reports: At a joint rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, Republican John McCain slammed the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for being “asleep,” saying that if he were president, he would fire Chris Cox …
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stephenbainbridge.com:
McCain's Moronic Critique of Cox  —  I've never really trusted John McCain on the economy.  On this issue, he's simply the lesser of two evils.  Barack Obama knows what he wants to do to the economy and what he wants to do scares the crap out of me.  McCain doesn't know very much of anything …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Camp Removed Bush Criticism From Wall Street Statement
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Statement From SEC Chairman Christopher Cox
Discussion: The Swamp
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin's transparency proposal already exists in D.C.  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) - Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska.  On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.
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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
Palin puts herself on the top of the ticket.  It's now “Palin and McCain”
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
For second time this week, crowds leave after Palin speaks
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Fed and Treasury Offer to Work With Congress on Bailout Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The head of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve began discussions on Thursday with Congressional leaders on what could become the biggest bailout in United States history.  —  While details remain to be worked out …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Wall Street mega bailout ahead?
Discussion: CNBC.com and The Crypt's Blogs
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Emerges After Days of Financial Crisis
Discussion: The Caucus
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush says he's working hard on economic turmoil
Discussion: Big Brass Blog
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
What's on the desk  —  In a picture supplied by Sarah Palin's family to the Associated Press, Palin appears with some rather odd reading matter: The magazine of the ultraconservative John Birch Society.  —  The picture, dating to 1995, when Palin was a member of the Wasilla City Council …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Michael Shaw / BAGnewsNotes:
Early Signs Of Sarah Palin's Radical Agenda?  (Updated.)  —  Here is a biographical and personality insight one would only turn up through a more careful examination of political pictures.  —  Last week, the NYT published a widely-read story about the way Sarah Palin treated her friends and foes as the Wasilla mayor.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Palin disinvited from Iran rally  —  The organizers of an anti-Iran rally Monday rescinded their invitation to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin after Democrats protested that her presence would turn the event into a political rally, McCain campaign and Jewish community sources said.
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Biden's Refusal to Appear At Iran Protest Caused the Disinvitation of Palin  —  Here's the latest news on the withdrawal of the invitation to Sarah Palin (and all other politicians) to Monday's protest of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — withdrawn by the sponsor, the Council of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization.
Discussion: Fox News and Atlas Shrugs
J.F. / Media Matters for America:
Dodgy Journalism: Time's Michael Scherer debates strawman, loses  —  Under the header “Dodgy Politics: Using Old Votes to Obscure Current Policies,” Time's Michael Scherer unsuccessfully debunks a claim Barack Obama didn't make in order to accuse the Democratic candidate of offering misleading criticisms of John McCain.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Cafferty Mocks McCain: Is privatizing Social Security really a good idea?
Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Shocker: Palin Cancels Big California Swing  —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was to star at two major California fundraisers and an Orange County rally for 15,000 next week, has canceled her two-day swing through the Golden State, campaign sources said.  —  The change is a shocker …
Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
Energy Expertise  —  Today, the person who “knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America” let slip some pearls of wisdom: … I'm not sure I fully grasp that, though I am relieved to know that they, whoever they are, don't have to sit around flagging individual molecules all day long.
Discussion: The RBC and Kevin Drum
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CNN:
Palin's husband won't testify, campaign says  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband won't comply with a subpoena issued by state lawmakers investigating her firing of Alaska's public safety commissioner, the McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Matt Volz / Associated Press:
Palin's husband refuses to testify in probe
Discussion: Think Progress
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Michelle Obama: Don't vote because 'she's cute' … CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michelle Obama asked voters Thursday to make their choice on the issues, not because, “I like that guy” or, “she's cute.”  —  Might she be talking about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin?
Discussion: Wonkette
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: McCain ‘A Great Man’; Praises Wife's, Not Obama's Economic Plan
Discussion: Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
SEC Is Set to Issue Temporary Ban Against Short Selling  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission prepared an aggressive assault against short-sellers, saying it would temporarily prevent investors from making bets on stock declines in an attempt to stem some of the worst stock-market slides in years …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama outraged at being accused of not supporting something he doesn't support  —  Obama, on the trail in New Mexico, had this to say of McCain:  —  “And today he accused me of not supporting what the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank did with AIG despite no evidence whatsoever that that's what I had said.”
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denies Raines ties, accuses McCain of throwing stones from his “seven glass houses”  —  The campaign puts out a statement from former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines, disowning ties to Obama, after a McCain ad attacked him for the ties.  —  The Washington Post reported …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Palin asked daughters on veep vote after they were already in OH for announcement  —  Appearing on Fox last night, Sarah Palin told Sean Hannity a heartwarming story of how she asked her teenage daughters for their opinion before accepting the vp offer.  —  “So ask the girls what they thought …
Saul Hansell / Bits:
How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers  —  CORRECTED 5 p.m.: Spelling of Leslie Rahl.  —  So where were the quants?  —  That's what has been running through my head as I watch some of the oldest and seemingly best-run firms on Wall Street implode because of what turned out to be really bad bets on mortgage securities.
Discussion: Angry Bear and PrestoPundit
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Wall Street's Just Deserts
 
 
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John Bresnahan / The Crypt's Blogs:
Rangel blames everyone else for his ethics problems in ‘Open Letter to New Yorkers’
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Randi Kaye / CNN:
Palin's hometown legacy left trail of legal bills
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Retiring, McCain-Style  —  Though he's now coy, John …
Discussion: American Spectator and Wonk Room
MSNBC:
Records reveal Palin's push for earmarks
Discussion: TBogg
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Did Palin's Pay As Wasilla Mayor Really Get Cut?
Megan Chuchmach / ABCNEWS:
FEMA Says No to Ice For Hurricane Survivors
Discussion: Corrente
New Scientist:
Software spots the spin in political speeches
Discussion: Hot Air
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