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6:45 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 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 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 …
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.
Discussion: www.redstate.com
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:   All-In in Oxford  —  Well, I confess I didn't think John McCain would debate tonight.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
McCain Decides to Participate in Debate
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
McCain's flailing panic
Discussion: New York Times and The Caucus
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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The Politico:
GOP concerned about Palin  —  A growing number of Republicans are expressing concern about Sarah Palin's uneven — and sometimes downright awkward — performances in her limited media appearances.  —  Conservative columnists Kathleen Parker, a former Palin supporter, says the vice presidential nominee should step aside.
The Campaign Spot:
If You've Lost Kathleen Parker, Who's Left?  Well, Lots of Folks, But...
Discussion: Crunchy Con
Peter Robinson / Forbes:
Why Regular Citizens Matter
The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin's Beauty Pageant Swimsuit Competition Footage (VIDEO)  —  Sarah Palin's 1984 beauty pageant swimsuit competition video has hit the web.  An Alaskan has uploaded what he claims to be 100% real footage of Sarah Palin in a red tank suit in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest.
Discussion: Althouse, Hot Air and AMERICAblog News
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Out Of Juneau  —  Yep: it's here.  You have to endure this dude yammering on for a 50 seconds but after that, Sarah Heath, now known as Sarah Palin, takes the stage in the Miss Alaska Pageant:
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Slog
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Video: Sarah Palin Swimsuit Competition
Discussion: The Other McCain
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Dem: House GOP not consulted enough on bailout  —  Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) on Friday suggested Democratic leaders did not solicit enough input from House Republicans on the financial rescue package.  —  During an interview on CNBC, Kanjorski pointed out that House Republicans have balked at the new compromise on the bailout.
Discussion: Hot Air and www.redstate.com
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO): McCain “stopped a deal” …
Discussion: Think Progress and USA Today
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
The Role of John McCain in the Bailout Bill
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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.
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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.
Jim DeMint:
What Caused The Economic Crisis?  Watch This!  —  Senator DeMint wanted to share this video on the federal bailout with you.  Thanks for your support.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Memo: We're Really, Really Bad At Debates...  And John McCain is really good.  —  If it's 2pm the day of the debate, it must be an expectations-lowering memo.  —  Read it all after the jump.
CNN:
Evangelist arrested in child porn case  —  (CNN) — Evangelist Tony Alamo was arrested Thursday in Flagstaff, Arizona, on charges related to a child porn investigation, an FBI spokesman said.  —  The 74-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was arrested without incident at 2:45 p.m. …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 48%, McCain 45%  —  Obama's slight edge consistent with his positioning over the past week  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has regained the edge over John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Sept. 23-25, 48% to 45%.  —  Today's three-day rolling average includes interviewing …
Jesse Walker / Reason:
Barack Obama vs. Free Speech  —  Here's an ad the National Rifle Association is running in Pennsylvania:  —  The Obama campaign disputes the accuracy of the advertisement, which is fine.  It has also threatened regulatory retaliation against outlets that show it, which isn't fine.
Discussion: The Opinionator
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 and MoJoBlog
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
MSNBC Refusing To Run Outside Group's Ad Questioning McCain's Health  —  MSNBC has notified an independent group running an ad questioning John McCain's health that it will no longer air the spot, only a half day after Fox's Bill O'Reilly attacked NBC's corporate bosses on the air over the ad, the group tells me.
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Spin Cycle
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
A Paulson-Cantor Plan Is a Win-Win for Taxpayers  —  The single-biggest mistake in the Paulson bank-rescue-plan marketing effort has been the failure to explain clearly how taxpayers are going to recoup $700 billion used to buy toxic assets at auction in order to unfreeze the banking system.
Judd Legum / The Huffington Post:
Ignore The Pundits: How To Figure Out Who Won The Debate  —  There were 23 debates during the Democratic primary and part of my job on the Hillary campaign was to monitor the post-debate reaction in the media.  I watched hundreds of self-described political experts instantly declare who won and who lost.
Discussion: The Marathon Blog and Open Left
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 
 
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Washington Wire:
Ku Klux Klan Members Plan to Appear at Presidential Debate Site
Discussion: Think Progress
Matt Volz / Associated Press:
VP candidate's parents are professional rat killers, helped in 9/11 response
Discussion: Don Surber
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
This is the election you wouldn't want to win
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
DealBook:
Wachovia Begins Early Deal Talks with Citi
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Mike Pence  —  There are very few members of congress …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Wonk Room
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Rudy's ‘crass opportunism’ reflects on Mac: Dems
Discussion: Think Progress
Murray Waas / The Atlantic Online:
The Case of the Gonzales Notes
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
RNC going up in Indiana  —  Two sources familiar with the media …
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The New Republic:
The Danger of Chasing News Cycles: Or Why a War Room Isn't a Campaign
Nicholas Kralev / Washington Times:
Dems bury resolution due to war fears
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
GOP's Senate Stock Falls
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 …
James Pethokoukis / US News:
How Paulson Just Picked the 2012 GOP Nominee
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