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7:40 PM ET, September 22, 2008

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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Campaign Slams New York Times: Not A Journalistic Organization “By Any Standard”  —  The McCain campaign is going on the attack against the New York Times for reporting that campaign manger Rick Davis was paid almost $2 million as head of a lobbying organization that represented Fannie Mae …
Marc Ambinder:
Sign Of The Times; McCain Camp Accuses Reporter Of Being In Obama “Tank”
Discussion: The Daily Dish
David Corn / MoJoBlog:
McCain's New Target: The New York Times
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain aide: NYT not legit news source
Discussion: The Corner and Atlas Shrugs
Paul Krugman:
Dodd  —  Very preliminary, no details — but this sounds like a big step in the right direction.  —  One of the problems with this blog is that I ruffled a few feathers back when Bush had an 80 percent approval rating, and somehow I wasn't impressed.  People remember, and as a result …
Discussion: Think Progress and TPMMuckraker
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Dodd bill more aggressive than Treasury plan  —  Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is taking much more aggressive approach to the Treasury bailout plan, demanding foreclosure assistance, limits on executive compensation and profit sharing for taxpayers if the Treasury begins …
Bloomberg:
Dodd Proposes Giving U.S. Equity Stake for Bad Debt  —  Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd offered an alternative today to the Bush administration's financial rescue plan aimed at giving the U.S. Treasury an equity stake when it helps companies burdened by debt.
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Bailout Prevents Great Depression 2.0  —  What would be the dollar cost of not bailing out Wall Street?  Try a number north of $30 trillion.  (The awful math is detailed below.)  That's why Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke were so scared last week.  And, yes, I think “scared” isn't too strong a word.
CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP takes brunt of blame for economy, Obama gains  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist and MyDD
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
Energy Alert  —  While all eyes are diverted to the mess on Wall Street, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are attempting to extend the ban on offshore drilling, which is set to expire October 1.  This just in from Jeb Hensarling's office: … As recently as last week, leading Democrats …
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Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: Hillary Never Wanted to be Obama's VP  —  ABC News' Russell Goldman Reports: Despite saying she would accept the offer to be vice president, Hillary Clinton never really wanted to be Barack Obama's running mate, her husband former President Bill Clinton told ABC's The View.
Discussion: NY Daily News Blogs
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Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Todd Palin Is Hillary Clinton
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Kevin Hassett / Bloomberg:
How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett  —  Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.
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Wall Street Journal:   A Mortgage Fable  —  Once upon a time, in the land that FDR built …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
WHY IS OBAMA SO VAPID, HESITANT, AND GUTLESS?  —  Last week really ought to have been the end of the McCain campaign.  With the whole country feeling (and its financial class acting) as if we lived in a sweltering, bankrupt banana republic, and with this misery added to the generally Belarusian atmosphere …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Is the Obama Campaign Behind Anti-Palin Online Smears?  —  At The Jawa Report blog Rusty Shackleford reports that a professional PR firm appears to be spreading false attacks against Sarah Palin on the Internet.  —  A YouTube video that appears to have been produced by the PR firm Winner …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Ethan Winner Responds: Claims He Produced Video
Discussion: Riehl World View
Signorile / The Gist:
Hypocrisy Bombshell: Antigay John McCain has a Gay Chief of Staff  —  What does John McCain's loyal chief of staff - a man who apparently is in a long-term relationship with another man, and appears to be open about it to John McCain — think about the fact that Sarah Palin devoutly worships …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Spies Warn That Al Qaeda Aims for October Surprise  —  Intercepted Messages Asking Local Cells To Be Prepared for Imminent Instructions  —  WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of two major terrorist attacks on Western targets, America's counterterrorism community is warning that Al Qaeda may launch …
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: South Carolina Senate  —  South Carolina Senate: Graham 50% Conley 41%  —  The first Rasmussen Reports poll of South Carolina's United State Senate race shows Republican Senator Lindsey Graham attracting 50% of the vote while Democratic challenger Bob Conley earns 41%.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Swing State Project
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Election 2008: Minnesota Senate
David Prosser / The Independent:
Fury at $2.5bn bonus for Lehman's New York staff  —  Up to 10,000 staff at the New York office of the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers will share a bonus pool set aside for them that is worth $2.5bn (£1.4bn), Barclays Bank, which is buying the business, confirmed last night.
Tim Krohn / The Free Press, Mankato, MN:
Coleman: Government bailout could earn money  —  Senator makes campaign stop at Christy's Cafe in N. Mankato  —  U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman said the massive government bailout of failing financial institutions is not only necessary but could make money for the federal government.
Ali / Think Progress:
New poll: Zero percent of Americans think national economy is improving.  —  A new American Research Group poll shows that “[n]o Americans say that the national economy is getting better,” while 82 percent say it is getting much worse.  Only 17 percent approve of President Bush's handling of the economy, with 78 percent disapproving.
 
 
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
McCain Bemoans Fate of Undocumented Irish in America
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Voting Your Hates  —  Larison makes a strong case for not …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Andrew Cuomo? Seriously?
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ACLU:
Appeals Court Orders Defense Department To Release Detainee Abuse …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Playing the Keating card
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Statements from Grayson, Darcy, Steve Cohen, Zeitz, Al Franken …
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God, Patriotism and Taxes
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The End-Times And Sarah Palin
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