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11:35 AM ET, October 7, 2008

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame  —  FORT MYERS, Fla., Oct. 6 John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has a solution.  —  “For me, the heels are on, the gloves are off,” she announced at high noon Monday to a group …
City Journal:
The Bomber as School Reformer  —  Back in the early eighties, in an interview with David Horowitz and Peter Collier, Bill Ayers remembered his reaction upon learning that he would not be prosecuted by the government for his bombing spree as a member of the Weather Underground.
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
OBAMA: NO KNOWLEDGE OF AYERS' TERRORIST PAST  —  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's top political adviser said today Obama “didn't know the history” of unrepentant bomber William Ayers' activities in the violent Weather Underground movement when the candidate attended a political event at Ayers' home in 1995.
James Fallows:
Our capacity for self-government  —  From twelve time zones away …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Crime Passionel  —  From the statement of educators in support of Bill Ayers:
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Garance Franke-Ruta / Washington Post:
In Fla., Palin Goes for the Rough Stuff as Audience Boos Obama
CNN:
CNN Polls: New Obama gains in battleground states  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Polls in five key battleground states in the race for the White House released Tuesday suggest that Sen. Barack Obama is making major gains.  —  The CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation polls of likely voters in Indiana …
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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Washington Post:
Obama Leading In Ohio, Poll Finds  —  Edge Is 6 Points In a State Looming Large for McCain  —  Aided by the faltering economy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has the upper hand in the race for Ohio, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, putting Republican John …
Michael Scherer / Time:
Poll: Obama Gains in States That Went for Bush
Discussion: Donklephant and TIME.com
Rob Crilly / Times of London:
Jerome Corsi, anti-Obama author, detained in Kenya  —  A leading American neo-conservative author has been detained by immigration authorities in Kenya as he tried to launch a book smearing Barack Obama.  —  Jerome Corsi, of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth fame, was this morning being held after failing to reckon with Obamamania.
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WorldNetDaily:
Kenya detains Corsi during Obama probe  —  Officials scuttle WND reporter's news conference on investigation  —  NAIROBI, Kenya - The government of Kenya is holding WND senior staff reporter Jerome Corsi in custody at immigration headquarters after police picked him up at his hotel just prior …
Discussion: Vodkapundit
Lee Glendinning / Guardian:   Author of anti-Barack Obama book detained in Kenya
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated … BOSTON (AP) - Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated.  —  The Massachusetts Democrat, chairman of the House Financial …
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Wall Street Journal:
About That Middle-Class Tax Cut . . .
Discussion: Donklephant
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Planting Seeds of Disaster
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Michelle Malkin:
The missing SNL bailout skit — and the Soros connection  —  Over the weekend, I watched a hilarious, dead-on, and surprisingly honest skit on Saturday Night Live about the craptastic bailout and its Democrat roots.  The skit called out Fannie/Freddie and featured Nancy Pelosi dragging out various sob-story …
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Michelle Malkin:
The forbidden skit: Full transcript and screenshots of SNL's Soros …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and The Campaign Spot
The Huffington Post:
Why McCain's Time With Council Of World Freedom Matters  —  Read More: John McCain, John Singlaub, Mccain, Mccain Begala, Mccain Communism, Mccain Communist League, Mccain John Singlaub, Mccain u.s.  Council Of World Freedom, Meet The Press, Paul Begala, Politics News
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For release at 9:00 a.m. EDT  —  The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the creation of the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF), a facility that will complement the Federal Reserve's existing credit facilities to help provide liquidity to term funding markets.
John Dickerson / Slate:
HOW TOWN-HALL DEBATES CAN GO VERY WRONG FOR A CANDIDATE.  —  In advance of Tuesday's town-hall debate, both candidates have apparently decided to have a cleanse.  Before facing questions from an audience of undecided voters who say they don't like negative campaigning, Obama and McCain are engaging in an orgy of it.
Dirty Harry / Dirty Harry's Place:
CNN Ayers Investigation: Obama Lied In Debate  —  Youtube quote: CNN investigative reporter: “But the relationship between Obama and Ayers went much deeper, ran much longer, and was much more political than Obama said.”  —  It is the lie that furthers the story.  Talk about THE LIE.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama entered their general election contest this summer denouncing American politics as trivial and negative, and vowing to run campaigns that would address the concerns of voters during a difficult time.
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Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Fla. Sheriff Plays The “Hussein” …
Discussion: THE CITIZENS JOURNAL
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Business Cool Toward McCain's Health Coverage Plan  —  American business, typically a reliable Republican cheerleader, is decidedly lukewarm about Senator John McCain's proposal to overhaul the health care system by revamping the tax treatment of health benefits, officials with leading trade groups say.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Youth Decay  —  I used to sometimes think that the relatively left-wing views of the under-30 generation were basically just a reflection of the fact that the under-30 cohort contains many fewer non-hispanic whites than does the over-30 cohort.  This new report from Amanda Logan …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Obama's Personal Ties Are Subject of Program on Fox News Channel  —  During a weekend of Republican attacks on Senator Barack Obama's personal associations, Fox News Channel ran a program Sunday that made provocative assertions about similar connections, called “Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism.”
Discussion: The Corner and TPMCafe
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
This Debate's Biggest Loser  —  Reading William Kristol's column in yesterday's New York Times, I discover that Sarah Palin and I have something in common.  Kristol, who was once Dan Quayle's chief of staff and therefore, shall we say, has a Mister Rogers approach to certain politicians …
Discussion: The XX Factor
 
 
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Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Court Won't Force Testimony On Firings of U.S. Attorneys
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Smith admits to overstating in-state travel
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
IS MCCAIN OBLIVIOUS?  —  Via Andrew, this video of John …
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
A Day (Gasp) Like Any Other  —  Is it ever going to end?
Discussion: folo
Ross Douthat:
Blue America  —  Here's hoping you like the new design around these parts.
Discussion: Eunomia
New York Post:
‘RESCUE’ REWARDS HOUSING HUSTLERS
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Robinson / Associated Press:
Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
John McCain's options narrow on the electoral college map
Discussion: American Power, The Caucus and TalkLeft
Larry Rohter / The Caucus:
Drilling Down on the Facts in McCain's Speech
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Bush Job Approval at 25%, His Lowest Yet
Discussion: The Swamp, Mudflats and Balloon Juice
myfoxkc.com:
Teacher Suspended For Releasing Obama Youth Video
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Hypocrisy Doesn't Begin To Describe It
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Laura Strickler / CBS News:
More Bogus Obama Donors Surface