memeorandum: Palin On Fox News: Couric Annoyed Me (The Huffington Post)

10:00 PM ET, October 3, 2008

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Palin Disagrees With Michigan Pullout, Takes Second Stab at ‘Gotcha’ Questions — Sarah Palin, in an interview with FOX News, disagreed Friday with the McCain campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan. — FOXNews.com — Sarah Palin criticized John McCain's decision to pull campaign resources …

Discussion: The Caucus, Wall Street Journal, Jules Crittenden, Wake up America and The Shotgun

The Huffington Post:

Palin On Fox News: Couric Annoyed Me — Appearing on a friendlier news outlet, Gov. Sarah Palin said she was “annoyed” with the way Katie Couric handled their interview and complained that the CBS Evening News host failed to give her the opportunity to take a proverbial axe to Barack Obama.

Discussion: Liberal Values, DownWithTyranny! and Booman Tribune

Fox News:

RAW DATA: Transcript of FOX News' Interview With Palin — FOX News' Carl Cameron interviews Sarah Palin Friday. — FOXNews.com — The following is a transcript of FOX News' Carl Cameron's interview with Sarah Palin Friday. — CAMERON: Governor Palin, thanks so much for joining us.

Discussion: The Politico and Salon

Matt / Think Progress:

Palin Says She Will Seek Some Authority Over Legislative And Judicial Branches — During the vice presidential debate last night, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said that she agreed with Vice President Cheney's belief that there is “a lot of flexibility” in the Office of the Vice President and that she was …

Discussion: Left in the West, Opinion L.A., The Volokh Conspiracy and www.redstate.com

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
SHE READ THE CLIFFSNOTES? — Fox gives Sarah Palin a second bite …

Discussion: The Washington Independent

Frank James / The Swamp:
Sarah Palin: Katie Couric ‘annoyed’ her

Discussion: Washington Post

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Palin Out Of The Loop On Decision To Pull Out Of Michigan

Discussion: Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo and Emptywheel

Shushannah Walshe / FOX Embeds: Cameron Interviews Post-Debate Palin

Faiz / Think Progress:

VIDEO: Watch Sarah Palin Read Her Answers In Last Night's Debate — For Sarah Palin, last night's debate was an open-book exam. She spent much of the evening methodically reading and rehearsing answers from “carefully scripted talking points.” Palin's notes were largely hidden from plain view …

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The Politico:

Palin meets expectations but still falls short — ST. LOUIS — Millions of Americans were watching Thursday night's vice-presidential debate waiting for a demolition derby moment — another crash by GOP running mate Sarah Palin, another serving of raw material for the writers at “Saturday Night Live.”

Discussion: The Swamp, Washington Post, The Republic of T., The Nation, Power Line and Guardian

Aden Nak / ph33r and loathing:

Moosehunter — So, I've been quiet thus far, but I figure it's about time I went moose hunting. So let me start off nice and big for ya, in case there's any doubt as to where I stand. Sarah Palin is a stupid, self important, ignorant bitch who I wouldn't put in charge of wiping her own ass.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, The RBC and Political Machine

Daniel Larison / Eunomia:

Palin And Her Critics — Conor Friedersdorf notes the irony that Palin's fans are thrilling over a single appearance on television (just as they thrilled to her earlier convention speech when it was broadcast on television), even though their main charge against him was that he put too much store …

Discussion: American Spectator

Tv H.H. / Nielsen Wire:
45% Of Households In Top Local TV Markets Watched Palin and Biden's V.P. Debate

Discussion: Think Progress, Gateway Pundit and Jonathan Martin's Blogs

Joe Klein / Time:
Palin Was Fine, but This Debate Was No Contest

Discussion: CNN and Tabloid Edition

George Harris / Midwest Voices:
Who Won VP Debate: A Review of Polls with October 3 pm update

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Final: 69,989,000 viewers — Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever

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Frank James / The Swamp:
Biden won independents in VP debate

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James Pethokoukis / US News:

Why McCain Goes Easy on Fannie and the CRA — Here is the big question of the moment that many GOPers are asking: Why is John McCain not tearing into Barack Obama and the Dems on the huge role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Community Reinvestment Act in the financial crisis on Wall Street?

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Fox News:

Bill O'Reilly Battles Rep. Barney Frank Over Financial Crisis — This is a rush transcript from “The O'Reilly Factor,” October 2, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. — Watch “The O'Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!”

Discussion: Pam's House Blend and Scared Monkeys

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

McCain Campaign's Ad Spending Now Nearly 100 Percent Devoted To Attack Ads — The McCain campaign has now shifted virtually 100 percent of his national ad spending into negative ads attacking Obama, a detailed breakdown of his ad buys reveals. — By contrast, the Obama campaign is devoting less …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, TalkLeft, Balkinization, Firedoglake, The RBC and TIME.com

Rich Lowry / The Corner:

Projecting through the Screen — A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It's one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O'Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy.

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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:

Bush Signs Rescue Bill After House Vote — WASHINGTON — After the House reversed course and gave final approval to the $700 billion economic bailout package, President Bush quickly signed it into law on Friday, authorizing the Treasury to undertake what could become the most expensive government intervention in history.

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Wall Street Journal:
Bush Signs Bailout After House Passage

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Jeanne Sahadi / CNNMoney.com:
Bailout is law — President Bush signs historic $700 billion …

Discussion: Think Progress, Slog and Raising Kaine

CNN:

Fact Check: Is Obama willing to meet with Iran's Ahmadinejad? — The Statement: — Gov. Sarah Palin said at the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate that Sen. Barack Obama “would be willing to meet with” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “without preconditions being met first.” — Get the facts! The Facts:

John McCormack / Weekly Standard: CNN Flubs Factcheck on Obama's Pledge to Meet with A'Jad

Marisa Katz / Washington Post:

The VP Debate: Odd Moments — In every debate, there are odd moments that tend to pass unnoticed because they do not concern the central issues of the day. Thursday night's vice-presidential debate featured two such episodes. In one, Sen. Joseph Biden was illogical on the matter of gay rights.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Patterico's Pontifications

Frances Robles / Americas Conference:

Old flame cited as part of McCain's Latin experience — Sen. John McCain's senior foreign policy adviser cites a steamy romance 50 years ago with a Brazilian babe among the things that illustrate the candidate's decades-long interest in Latin America — Speaking at an Americas Conference …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Shakesville, AMERICAblog News and Think Progress

Andrea Billups / Washington Times:

FBI raids Obama friend's office — The FBI on Wednesday raided the county offices of a former Illinois state senator who is a poker-playing buddy of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. — According to Chicago authorities, the FBI visited the offices in Joliet, Ill. …

Discussion: Commentary, Moonbattery, www.redstate.com, Wake up America and JammieWearingFool

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Obama Leading by 7 Points — Today marks full week of Obama leading by significant margin — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Sept. 30-Oct. 2 has Barack Obama leading John McCain by seven percentage points, 49% to 42%. — Obama has held a statistically significant lead …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain and TPM Election Central

Justin Rood / ABCNEWS:

Record Refutes Palin's Sudan Claim — Palin Administration Against Sudan Divestment Before It Was For It, Documents Show — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fought to protest atrocities in Sudan by dropping assets tied to the country's brutal regime from the state's multi-billion-dollar investment fund …

Discussion: Lonewacko and AMERICAblog News

Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:

Does John McCain's Campaign Own VotefortheMILF.com? — The GOP sure knows its base, you gotta hand it to them. A little digging by Govgap.com reveals that www.votefortheMILF.com links directly back to JohnMcCain.com, then on to Sarah Palin's page and a video message. — Govgap.com: