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12:45 PM ET, September 29, 2008

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William Kristol / New York Times:
How McCain Wins  —  John McCain is on course to lose the presidential election to Barack Obama.  Can he turn it around, and surge to victory?  —  He has a chance.  But only if he overrules those of his aides who are trapped by conventional wisdom, huddled in a defensive crouch and overcome by ideological timidity.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
‘Substantive’ Press Is Taken for a Spin  —  OXFORD, Miss. — David Axelrod was surrounded by a pack of camera-toting, mike-wielding, pushing-and-shoving media types, one of whom asked whether his man Barack Obama had been “too nice” in the just-completed debate with John McCain.
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Game Plan for Palin Is Retooled Ahead of Debate  —  Top McCain Aides Oversee Preparation After Recent Flubs  —  The McCain campaign moved its top officials inside Gov. Sarah Palin's operation Sunday to prepare for what is certain to be the most important event of her vice-presidential campaign …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
How Democrats set Sarah Palin up to ‘win’ Thursday's VP debate  —  According to a news release from CBS News, Harry Smith will have an exclusive interview this morning with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's parents, Chuck and Sally Heath, on “The Early Show.”  —  It's not really exclusive, of course.
Jeremy P. Jacobs / Politicker MA:
Romney: McCain camp should have provided more access to Palin  —  Former Gov. Mitt Romney at the RNC: RNC Photo  —  Former Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday that the McCain campaign's reluctance to make vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin available to the press has been a strategic error.
Discussion: Stumper
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
More to come from Palin-Couric  —  Howie Kurtz raised some eyebrows by reporting this morning that “the worst may be yet to come for Palin; sources say CBS has two more responses on tape that will likely prove embarrassing.”  —  A source familiar with CBS News' plans clarified that this is part of the …
CNN:
Palin in ‘debate camp’ until Thursday
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
KRISTOL: THE MORE NUTS THE BETTER!
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN
Ari / Firedoglake:
Maureen Dowd Banned
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:   Mitt joins “Free Sarah” chorus
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
The Final Sprint  —  Bill Kristol is right, certainly …
Discussion: CNN
Stanley Kurtz / New York Post:
O'S DANGEROUS PALS  —  BARACK'S ‘ORGANIZER’ BUDS PUSHED FOR BAD MORTGAGES  —  WHAT exactly does a “community organizer” do?  Barack Obama's rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question.  Here's a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit.
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Austin Fenner / New York Post:
DOCS DETAIL BARACK TIES TO RADICAL
Discussion: pandagon.net
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The 3 A.M. Call  —  It's 3 a.m., a few months into 2009, and the phone in the White House rings.  Several big hedge funds are about to fail, says the voice on the line, and there's likely to be chaos when the market opens.  Whom do you trust to take that call?  —  I'm not being melodramatic.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: A SHIFT TOWARD OBAMA  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann  —  *** A shift towards Obama: As the slew of recent national and state polls suggest, our new map reflects a shift in Obama's direction.  Four new states have been added to our Toss-up category …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Post debate, Obama's lead grows  —  Two days after a presidential debate many commentators scored as a tie, it's beginning to look like the public saw things differently, as several polls show a small but significant post-debate boost for Barack Obama.  —  A USA Today/Gallup poll released …
Discussion: Commentary and Gawker
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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Obama Keeps Advantage Over McCain in Post-Debate Poll
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Poll: Obama outperformed McCain in debate
Discussion: BobGeiger.com
Patrick O'Connor / The Crypt's Blogs:
Boehner calls bill a “crap sandwich” — but he'll vote for it  —  In a closed-door session with House Republicans, Minority Leader John A. Boehner just called the financial rescue deal a “crap sandwich” - then said he'll vote for it when it comes to the floor Monday.
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Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
US elections: Barack Obama's team believes he can win by a landslide  —  Barack Obama's senior aides believe he is on course for a landslide election victory over John McCain and will comfortably exceed most current predictions in the race for the White House.
Discussion: Townhall.com and Babalu Blog
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
You won't believe where that $700-billion bailout figure came from  —  Here's something that John McCain and Barack Obama and Sarah Palin and even longtime Washingtonian Joe Biden probably don't know.  Not to mention Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and Ron Paul, who usually knows everything.
New York Times:
Citigroup and Wells Fargo Said to Be Bidding for Wachovia  —  Federal regulators on Sunday night were pressing for the sale of yet another troubled bank — this time, the Wachovia Corporation — in a move that would concentrate power within the nation's banking industry in the hands of a few giant lenders.
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New York Times:
Citigroup Buys Banking Operations of Wachovia
Discussion: TIME.com
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
MCCAIN CAMP TO IFILL: GO EASY ON PALIN  —  The McCain camp is saying that veep debate moderator Gwen Ifill will have to answer for herself if she asks too many foreign policy questions Thursday night:
Discussion: Harry's Place
CNN:
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS  —  Meeting with World Leaders at the United Nations  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST, GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE: Welcome to GPS, the GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE, to our viewers in the United States and around the world.
Rep. Mike Pence / stephenbainbridge.com:
The bailout and conservative principles: Too many to fail … For which Michelle Malkin thanks him.  —  What so-called conservatives like Malkin forget is that right-wingers have an ideology, but true conservatives have principles.  As Russell Kirk once observed:
 
 
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Don Boudreaux / Cafe Hayek:
Who's Qualified?  —  Fareed Zakaria (author of a truly fine book …
Michelle Malkin:
Kill the bailout: The House floor debate is on
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
Casey B. Mulligan / Supply and Demand:
Wall Street Will Drown Alone
Discussion: QandO and Below The Beltway
Frank James / The Swamp:
Justice Dept firings: Mistakes made
Discussion: New York Times
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
One last word on Oxford
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Bailout ushers in the era of Obama
Byron York / The Corner:
The Media Strategy and Palin's Underperformance
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Buffett warns Congress
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Stanley Fish / Think Again:
George Bush: The Comeback Kid
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Dean Baker / TPMCafe:
Why Bail?  The Banks Have a Gun Pointed at Their Head and Are …
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