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2:50 PM ET, September 26, 2008

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain Wins Debate  —  Although the fate of tonight's presidential debate in Mississippi remains very much up in the air, John McCain has apparently already won it — if you believe an Internet ad an astute reader spotted next to this piece in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal this morning.
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The Politico:
McCain will go to debate  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ended three days of suspense on Friday morning and announced that he will leave bailout negotiations in Washington and fly to Oxford, Miss., for the opening presidential debate.  —  McCain had previously said that he would suspend …
The Huffington Post:
Ex-Adviser: McCain “Blinked,” Campaign “Governed By Tactics, Not Ideology”  —  Scroll down to see McCain ad...  After days of saying that John McCain would not attend Friday's presidential debate unless an agreement on a bailout package for the markets was “locked-down,” the McCain campaign has gone back on its word.
The Caucus:
Debate Is On  —  11:52 a.m. |  Updated: Senator John McCain's campaign said Friday morning that he will attend tonight's debate with Senator Barack Obama at the University of Mississippi, reversing his earlier call to postpone the debate so he could participate in the Congressional negotiations …
Fox News:
Huckabee Calls McCain Debate Ploy a ‘Huge Mistake’  —  MOBILE, Ala. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Sen. John McCain made a “huge mistake” by even discussing canceling the presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama.  —  McCain's campaign has said the Republican …
Paul Volpe / Washington Post:
McCain Blinks  —  The news that John McCain will debate Barack Obama tonight in Mississippi is a concession by the Arizona senator that his attempt to score a quick political victory on legislation to bail out the financial sector did not pan out as he had hoped.
New York Times:
Fate of Bailout Plan Remains Uncertain  —  WASHINGTON — The day began with an agreement that Washington hoped would end the financial crisis that has gripped the nation.  It dissolved into a verbal brawl in the Cabinet Room of the White House, urgent warnings from the president and pleas …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Debate commissioner: If McCain doesn't show, it's cancelled …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
McCain Decides to Participate in Debate
Pachacutec / Campaign Silo:   McCain's Online Ads Say He Won Debate. . . Before Debate Occurs
John Paulson / Wall Street Journal:
The Public Deserves a Better Deal
Discussion: Washington Post and protein wisdom
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Statement By McCain Campaign On Negotiations
Discussion: Reason
New York Times:
McCain Leaps Into a Thicket
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: LET'S DEBATE (OR NOT)
Discussion: New York Times
Kathleen Parker / National Review:
Palin Problem  —  If at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming downstream — away from Sarah Palin.  —  To express reservations about her qualifications to be vice president — and possibly president — is to risk being labeled anti-woman.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PUSHING FOR A GRACEFUL EXIT.... Kathleen Parker, a columnist syndicated …
Discussion: Boztopia.com
The Campaign Spot:   If You've Lost Kathleen Parker, Who's Left?  Well, Lots of Folks, But...
David Brooks / New York Times:
Thinking About McCain  —  I've been covering John McCain steadily for a decade.  A few years ago, I worked on a book, which I foolishly never completed, on the U.S. Senate with McCain as the central character.  So when I step back and think of McCain, even in the heat of this campaign …
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The New Republic:
Putting Country Last  —  I don't know John McCain as well as David Brooks does.  In fact, I don't know him personally at all.  But I covered his 2000 and 2008 primary campaigns, and I spent considerable time interviewing him, including several long interviews I did for a profile in 2006.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Memo To House Republicans  —  Here's a shocker: No one likes the risks involved in Paulson 2.0 or the precedent of using so much public money to rescue reckless bankers, both private and semi-private..  —  But there is a very good chance that (1) it will actually make money for the Treasury and …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:   McCain's Choice
Slate:
SLATE PREDICTS MCCAIN'S NEXT 10 HAIL MARY STUNTS.  —  1. Returns to Vietnam and jails himself.  —  2. Offers the post of “vice vice president” to Warren Buffett.  —  3. Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for oil offshore.  —  4. Learns to use computer.
Discussion: Liberal Values, MoJoBlog and Spin Cycle
Don Kaplan / New York Post:
MAD ABOUT LETTERMAN  —  MCCAIN VIDEO 'JACKED FROM KATIE  —  CBS News executives were red- faced yesterday trying to explain how David Letterman used unaired news footage of Sen. John McCain with Katie Couric to embarrass the Republican presidential candidate.
Washington Post:
Away from Wall Street, Economists Question Basis of Paulson's Plan  —  The Bush administration's pitch for a sweeping bailout of the financial system has centered on two simple premises: that the economy could suffer a crippling downturn if action is not taken very quickly and that this action …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
National Review asks: Did WaMu fail because it employed minorities?  —  (updated below)  —  National Review's Mark Krikorian notes that (1) Washington Mutual became the largest bank to fail in American history yesterday and (2) its last press release touted the fact that it was named …
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
A Hostile Audience  —  One side effect of McCain's debate gambit is, I'm told, that everyone at Ole Miss now hates him.  It will make for a very hostile audience tonight among those students and faculty attending.  He might have to apologize for creating the uncertainty or make some explanation up front, which is never ideal.
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
AP poll: Few support Bush's market rescue plan  —  WASHINGTON - There is scant public support for President Bush's $700 billion federal rescue plan for the financial industry and little expectation it would solve the crisis that has roiled the markets and hobbled some of the country's largest …
 
 
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Dorothy Samuels / New York Times:
Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits
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Scott Kraus / Morning Call:
Obama has slight lead over McCain in statewide poll
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
A Shift in Mood?  —  A source in the middle of all this detected …
Discussion: Concurring Opinions
James Pethokoukis / US News:
How Paulson Just Picked the 2012 GOP Nominee
Discussion: www.redstate.com and Pajamas Media
Time:
Gerald Ford's Denial
Matt Kelley / USA Today:
$6.6 billion in special projects rides on federal spending bill
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Diverse web coalition asks McCain, Obama to alter debates
Discussion: Lessig Blog and Lonewacko
The Campaign Spot:
Why Did McCain Decide to Go to the Debate Tonight?
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick O'Connor / The Crypt's Blogs:
Boehner letter to Pelosi
Discussion: The Swamp and Don Surber
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Second Justice Opts Out of a Longtime Custom: The ‘Cert. Pool’
Discussion: Law Blog
Michael Dobbs / Washington Post:
Four Pinocchios for Biden's Tax Fabrication
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Palin on the Bailout  —  Sarah Palin gives her view of the economic crisis:
 

 
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