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11:35 AM ET, October 5, 2008

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Matthew Archbold / Creative Minority Report:
Hilarious Example of Media Bias  —  You've got to watch this video.  CNN's Soledad O' Brien ran a focus group of self declared Republicans, Democrats and undecideds during the Palin/Biden debate.  —  Soledad asked them immediately after the debate, “How many thought Joe Biden won the debate tonight?”
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Palin, on Offensive, Attacks Obama's Ties to '60s Radical  —  Gov. Sarah Palin seized on a report about Barack Obama's relationship with a former 1960s radical to accuse him of “palling around with terrorists.”
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Dschabner / Political Radar:
Palin Goes After Obama-Ayers Connection
Discussion: Commentary
Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
CNN/NYT Bias Contest
Maggie O'Brien / Omaha World-Herald:
Palin to make a stop in Omaha on Sunday
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain  —  SARAH PALIN'S post-Couric/Fey comeback at last week's vice presidential debate was a turning point in the campaign.  But if she “won,” as her indulgent partisans and press claque would have it, the loser was not Joe Biden.  It was her running mate.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama clinches on Rove map  —  With 30 days until Nov. 4, Karl Rove projects that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) would get at least 273 electoral votes - three more than are needed to win - if the presidential election were held today.  —  But Rove warns that this race is “susceptible to rapid changes …
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Washington Post:
U.S. Fiscal Crisis Seems to Have Altered Political Map  —  McCain's Challenge Is Underscored by Pullout From Mich.  —  The faltering economy has left Sen. John McCain on the political defensive, altering the landscape in many of the most important battleground states and providing a series …
Discussion: TIME.com and Greg's Opinion
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: Obama to preempt McCain assault  —  Branding his opponent as “erratic in a crisis,” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is preempting plans by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to portray him as having sinister connections to controversial Chicagoans.  —  Obama officials call it political jujitsu - turning the attacks back on the attacker.
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Bob Von Sternberg / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Obama leaps ahead of McCain  —  The Democrat's lead in the state is tied to the economy, the debate and new party strength.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a commanding lead in Minnesota over Republican John McCain, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.
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Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken bypasses Coleman as voters react to attack ads
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Obama's ‘Good Will’ Hunting  —  From the magazine issue dated Oct 13, 2008  —  The Obama campaign has shattered all fund-raising records, raking in $458 million so far, with about half the bounty coming from donors who contribute $200 or less.  Aides say that's an illustration of a truly democratic campaign.
New York Times:
Citigroup Says Judge Suspends Wachovia Deal  —  Citigroup announced late Saturday that it had persuaded a New York judge to temporarily block Wells Fargo from acquiring Wachovia, firing the first shot in what could be a prolonged legal battle.  —  Citigroup has accused Wells Fargo of wrecking …
Discussion: Angry Bear and naked capitalism
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sarah's Pompom Palaver  —  I had hoped I was finally done with acting as an interpreter for politicians whose relationship with the English language was tumultuous.  —  There's W.'s gummy grammar, of course, like the classic, “Is our children learning?”  And covering the first Bush White …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Mike Allen / The Politico:
John Warner might vote for Democrat  —  Retiring Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) beat his Democratic opponent, Mark R. Warner, by 6 percentage points in the Old Dominion's “Warner vs. Warner” race of 1996.  —  Now, he might cross party lines and vote for him.  —  Mark Warner, who went …
Discussion: The Swamp, Don Surber and MyDD
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Frank talk of Obama and race in Virginia  —  As Obama supporters push to win the dead-even battleground state, they are talking directly about race, betting that the best way to put neighbors at ease is to open up.  —  WHITEWOOD, VA. — The isolated towns of Virginia's Appalachian coal region …
 
 
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