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5:30 PM ET, September 27, 2008

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Amanda / Think Progress:
McCain on financial bailout: 'Just like Iraq, I'm not afraid to go it alone.'  —  Today, the Washington Post reveals more details about what happened during the White House meeting on Thursday between President Bush and top lawmakers.  Despite indicating that his presence was pivotal …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
How McCain Stirred a Simmering Pot  —  When Sen. John McCain made his way to the Capitol office of House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) just past noon on Thursday, he intended to “just touch gloves” with House Republican leaders, according to one congressional aide …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Gingrich: Bush doesn't understand fiscal crisis, and treasury secretary should resign  —  Former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich, whose criticism helped spark a GOP revolt against the bail-out of Wall Street proposed by the Bush Administration, predicted Saturday that House Republicans …
Patrick O'Connor / The Crypt's Blogs:
Blunt: No ‘artificial timeline’ for deal
Discussion: The Swamp
Libby Copeland / Washington Post:   Rep. Barney Frank Dives Right In On the Bailout
CNN:
Round 1 in debates goes to Obama, poll says  —  OXFORD, Mississippi (CNN) — A national poll of people who watched the first presidential debate suggests that Barack Obama came out on top, but there was overwhelming agreement that both Obama and John McCain would be able to handle the job of president if elected.
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Noah Pollak / Commentary:
CNN's Poll vs. CNN's Spin  —  CNN's poll of debate viewers blares a puzzling headline: “Round 1 in debate goes to Obama, poll says.”  —  But the poll itself actually doesn't say that.  This is blatant editorializing on the part of CNN.  The first problem is the numbers:
Aljean Harmetz / New York Times:
Paul Newman, a Magnetic Titan of Hollywood, Is Dead at 83  —  Paul Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars, died Friday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 83.  —  The cause was cancer, said Jeff Sanderson of Chasen & Company, Mr. Newman's publicist.
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Ned Lamont / Firedoglake:   Remembering Paul Newman and the Battle of Connecticut
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SO ANGRY  —  McCain's unwillingness to make eye contact with Obama through the debate seems to be getting picked up by a lot of observers.  Here's an interesting exchange on the subject between Chris Matthews and the Post's Eugene Robinson ...  Here's one comment we got from TPM Reader EO ...
Discussion: marbury, Althouse and DownWithTyranny!
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why Obama Won Big  —  Nate Silver is a must-read.  This is a fascinating nugget: … The more it sinks in, the more I think Obama actually knocked it out of the park last night.  He is, in some ways, the inverse McCain.  McCain is all drama and explosions but then ... the air smells like damp, finished fireworks smoke.
Discussion: Slog and Ben Smith's Blogs
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Why Voters Thought Obama Won  —  TPM has the internals of the CNN poll of debate-watchers, which had Obama winning overall by a margin of 51-38.  The poll suggests that Obama is opening up a gap on connectedness, while closing a gap on readiness.  —  Specifically, by a 62-32 margin …
CNN:
Next up: Biden and Palin prep for VP debate  —  (CNN) — Now that Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have their first presidential debate out of the way, the focus turns to their running mates.  —  Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin will face off Thursday at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Genuine and Immediate Crisis  —  What Congress has to do now.  —  I've received phone calls in the last hour from two economists I respect, one of them Larry Lindsey, the other in a position where he'd prefer not to be named.  Both have government experience, neither is alarmist by nature, and they say this:
Roger Simon / The Politico:
The Mac is back  —  John McCain was very lucky that he decided to show up for the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., Friday night.  Because he gave one of his strongest debate performances ever.  —  While Barack Obama repeatedly tried to link McCain to the very unpopular George W. Bush …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Horses**t”: Correction  —  I've removed the original post of a little time ago because after listening to the clip about two dozen times, what sounded like McCain saying “horses**t” actually comes through as having a hard “c” at the front of it.  My husband insists that McCain said “Course not.”
Wall Street Journal:
The Washington Panic  —  The Paulson plan is a tool to avoid a deeper downturn.  —  Thursday night's negotiated sale of Washington Mutual to J.P. Morgan Chase was a nifty bit of financial plumbing that minimized the damage to taxpayers while putting a banking zombie in sounder hands.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Markets Can't Wait for Congress to Act
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Catherine Lucey / Philly.com:
Palin grabs a seat at the bar  —  Perhaps it was coincidence that the song “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” was playing as Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin worked the crowd at the Irish Pub last night.  —  But her amorous fans were definitely ready to let the moose-hunting Alaska governor rule.
James Fallows:
On strategy and tactics  —  The least self-aware moment for John McCain in last night's debate came at the half-way point, when he said, “I'm afraid Senator Obama doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy.”  —  In a sense McCain was sticking to his battle plan in saying this …
Time Edit / Swampland:
What Sayeth the Undecideds?  —  From TIME's Amy Sullivan:  —  Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg ran a dial-group with 45 undecided voters in St. Louis during the debate, polling them before and after to judge how the event changed their reactions to Obama and McCain.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Holds 5-Point Lead  —  Momentum in his favor going into debate  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama leads John McCain, 49% to 44%, when registered voters are asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, according to the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update.
Discussion: MyDD and TPM Election Central
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Ratings Shock — Last Night's Audience Smaller than Bush-Kerry's  —  After predictions that these Obama-McCain debates would earn record audiences in the 80-100 million range, the “overnights” from the five broadcast networks are in — and at least where they are concerned, the viewership for last night's debate was surprisingly low.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Behind Insurer's Crisis, a Blind Eye to a Web of Risk  —  “It is hard for us, without being flippant, to even see a scenario within any kind of realm of reason that would see us losing one dollar in any of those transactions.”  —  Two weeks ago, the nation's most powerful regulators …
Discussion: Marginal Revolution
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Palin on CBS  —  I've been swamped with other stuff, but just for the record: I thought Palin was dreadful.  She obviously didn't have the reaction to the Charlie Gibson interview that I had hoped.  She had better be better prepared for next week or she risks damaging her political brand forevermore.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street Executives Made $3 Billion Before Crisis
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Next Day, a New Debate on Who Won
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Jeff Emanuel / www.redstate.com:
“John is right” ... “John is right” ... “John is right” …
Sean Penn / The Huffington Post:
Tonights Debate Loser: You and Me
Discussion: Open Left
Associated Press:
Senate sends big spending bill to Bush
Anne / Nielsen Wire:
Obama And McCain's First Debate Drew One-Third Of Households In Top Local TV Markets
Discussion: The Live Feed and Facing South
 Earlier Items: 
Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
“John Was Right”  —  Last night, the fact that Obama …
Discussion: Open Left and www.redstate.com
Peter Kirsanow / The Corner:
Obama and the Debate: Proud of His Country?
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Gateway Pundit
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Obama's Emotional Deficit
Neocon / The Jawa Report:
Bitter Much?  —  From The People's Cube, we get a painful glimpse …
Discussion: American Power
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Debate Spinners  —  Did anyone notice that in the TV spin …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
The SNL Skit & Focus Groups
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