Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:20 AM ET, October 6, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five  —  Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain's public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer.
RELATED:
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:
It's Over: Why Bill Ayers Won't Save John McCain  —  Perpetually fretting Democrats will not want to accept it.  The campaigns themselves can't afford to believe it.  Many journalists know it but can't say it.  And there will certainly be some twists and turns along the way.
William Kristol / New York Times:
The Wright Stuff  —  I spoke on the phone Sunday with Sarah Palin, who was in Long Beach, Calif., preparing to take off on her next campaign trip.  It was the first time I'd talked with her since I met her in far more relaxed circumstances in Alaska over a year ago.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Keating, coming … A couple of quick thoughts on Keating and Ayers.  First, Obama's campaign has been notably disciplined in not talking about Keating, so this rollout will perhaps have a bit more pop in the media than the Ayers story, which McCain started talking about a while ago …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
McCain ad: “Dangerous”  —  John McCain sharpens his attack on Barack Obama one day ahead of their debate with his new ad, “Dangerous”.  This follows the lead of the campaign chatter over the weekend, which resurrected Obama's comments about American strategy in Afghanistan from over a year ago:
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
McCain Response to Obama Event  —  Please see our campaign's response to Barack Obama's event in Asheville, N.C.. Today, Barack Obama accused our campaign of running ‘swift boat’ attacks for discussing in precise and truthful terms Barack Obama's relationship with William Ayers …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Truthdig
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Barracuda  —  The resentments of Sarah Palin.  —  It's unlikely the name Sarah Palin would mean much to anyone if not for a man named Nick Carney.  Long before she stood up to Republican cronies and “the good old boys” of Alaska, Palin stood up to Carney, a colleague on Wasilla's city council.
Discussion: TIME.com
RELATED:
3news.co.nz:
Annette Bening defends Sarah Palin
Discussion: Don Surber
Joe Malchow / Dartblog:
Sarah Palin in Burlingame, Calif.
Discussion: Bookworm Room and Power Line
Teddy Partridge / Firedoglake:
CNN Truth-Squads Palin's “Palling Around With Terrorists” Charge: FALSE
Jason Szep / Tales from the Trail:
In slip up, Palin calls Afghanistan “our neighboring country”  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin called Afghanistan “our neighboring country” on Sunday in a speech that could revive questions over her tendency to stumble into linguistic knots.
RELATED:
Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Palin Says Omaha Visit Was Not Campaign's Call, It Was Hers
Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Fantasy World  —  Sarah Palin may not know as much about the world, but at least most of what she knows is true.  —  In the popular media wisdom, Sarah Palin is the neophyte who knows nothing about foreign policy while Joe Biden is the savvy diplomatic pro.
Discussion: Power Line, Commentary and Betsy's Page
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
More on an Obama surge: Black Georgians nearly match whites in new voter registration  —  Secretary of State Karen Handel is on record saying that there is no giant surge of voter registration in Georgia — and in the largest context, she's right.  —  Newly released figures from her office show …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
RELATED:
Washington Post:   Registration Gains Favor Democrats
Jerusalem Post:
Ex-officials misled by pro-Obama video  —  A video released by the Jewish Council for Education & Research which appeared to show several retired senior IDF and Mossad officials supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has proven to be misleading, with a number of officials …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and normblog
Los Angeles Times:
Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator  —  Three crashes early in his career led Navy officials to question or fault his judgment.  —  John McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider on an overcast Texas morning in 1960 when he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings.
Discussion: MyDD, Swords Crossed and Macsmind
Nic Robertson / CNN:
Sources: Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace  —  LONDON, England (CNN) — Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict — and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions have told CNN.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The Keating Three  —  McCain spokesman Brian Rogers notes that three of McCain's fellow members of the Keating Five have endorsed Obama: Former senators Dennis DeConcini.  John Glenn, and Donald W. Riegle.  All three are Democrats — McCain was the only Republican in the group …
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Simon Jenkins / Times of London:
We can't defeat Taleban, says Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith  —  The departing commander of British forces in Afghanistan says he believes the Taleban will never be defeated.  —  Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, the commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade, whose troops have suffered severe casualties …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Guardian and Truthdig
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:20 AM ET, October 6, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
With bailout passed, lobbyists look to get in the game
Discussion: Think Progress and Betsy's Page
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Rice says US not trying to undermine Russia
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court's Direction Hinges on Who Wins '08 Race
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Washington Post:
Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate
Discussion: The Caucus and TIME.com
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
What is the Significance of Obama's Ties to Ayers (and Wright?):
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Germany agrees bank rescue
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and Truthdig
Marc Ambinder:
Democrats To Raise McCain Associations To Keating, Others
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Sure, Thatcher Never Winked At Us
John M. Broder / The Caucus:
Biden's Mother-in-Law Dies
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Va. GOP fears McCain could lose the state
 

 
From Mediagazer:

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page