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8:15 PM ET, October 9, 2008

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Carrie Dann / MSNBC:
BIDEN: SAY IT TO HIS FACE  —  From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli  —  ST. JOSEPH, MO - Joe Biden echoed the campaign's response to continued Republican efforts to highlight Obama's past associations, adding a personal touch to the idea that McCain wasn't willing to make the attacks in person.
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blogger interrupted:
VIDEO: The McCain-Palin mob in Strongsville, Ohio  —  UPDATE - THANK KOS & WONKETTE & DIGG!!  Please donate to keep my camera charged and the gas tank filled for more Ohio fun!  —  It's no wonder that the slightest incitement from Sarah Palin or John McCain will turn one of their rallies into a lynch mob.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
McCain Goes There  —  Waukesha, Wisconsin — In response to a broad question about how Barack Obama “got here” — presumably got his lead — John McCain didn't name Bill Ayers but spoke of him directly.  McCain said “We don't care about an old washed up terrorist and his wife” …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
John McCain is a Coward  —  I am glad higher profile bloggers are beginning to recognize what I have been saying for days.  John McCain is a coward: … John McCain is not man enough to own his s**t.  John McCain will not openly confront Obama with his smears and lies and innuendo.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Pressing Ayers  —  McCain isn't putting any money behind an Ayers ad at the moment, but he is still pressing the issue, Amie Parnes reports from his Wisconsin town hall.  —  There, a man asked how Obama came to be where he is, but didn't mention Ayers.  —  “Everyone here is just tickled …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE COWARDICE ISSUE  —  The image is coming into focus.  Even McCain's confidants are now suggesting that it was his anger and frustration with Obama that led him to embrace Steve Schmidt's Willie Horton-on-Steroids campaign for the White House.  And whether it's the appearance …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rage in the Town of Bethlehem  —  BETHLEHEM, Pa. Now, it's personal.  —  John McCain and Sarah Palin were backstage, and Lehigh County GOP Chairman Bill Platt was warming up the crowd of 6,000 at a rally here for the Republican ticket.  —  “Think about how you'll feel on November 5 …
Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
John McCain Declares ‘Underdog’ Status in Race Against Barack Obama
Discussion: Political Radar, Wizbang and TIME.com
Michelle Malkin:
Reports: Supporter begs McCain to fight; McCain bungles the ball …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Michael Smerconish / Philly.com:
Obama & Ayers: Guilt by association?
Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed:
Exclusive: Obama buys half-hour of network primetime  —  Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirm.  —  The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:   A half-hour of prime time?  —  I'm starting to get the sense …
On Politics:
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll signals that debate boosted Obama, not McCain  —  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama convinced many more viewers to think more favorably of him during Tuesday night's presidential debate than did his Republican opponent, John McCain, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll signals.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 52%, McCain 41%
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE PROBLEM WITH POLLS.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Supreme Court won't block Troopergate inquiry  —  The Alaska Supreme Court today rejected an attempt by a group of six Republican legislators to shut down the Legislature's investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.  —  The ruling means that Steve Branchflower, the investigator hired by the Legislative Council …
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Mudflats
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Keating to McCain in 1986: 'I'm yours til death do us part.'  —  The Washington Times reports that in 1986, John McCain wrote a note on House stationery to Charles Keating, chairman of a failed savings and loan association who went to prison in the late 1980s.
Discussion: Democrats.com
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
McCain and Keating: “Till death do us part”
Discussion: unbossed.com
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
QUESTIONER: ‘I ACTUALLY DID’ KNOW FANNIE  —  From NBC's Michael Levine  —  I tried to get in touch via Facebook with Oliver Clark, the man who McCain said probably didn't know what Fannie Mae was before the financial crisis (at Tuesday's debate).  Apparently others have done the same.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“He's Got The Bloodlines”  —  McCain-Palin supporters at a Palin rally tell us what they think of the “terrorist” running for president.  More accusations from McCain supporters in Pennsylvania that Obama is a “commie faggot” and a Muslim terrorist here.
Discussion: Reason and The New Republic
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The Huffington Post:
McCain Co-Chair Calls Obama “A Guy Of The Street,” Raises Drug Use  —  Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a McCain campaign co-chairman, edged up to an explicitly racial attack on Barack Obama on Thursday, describing the Illinois Senator as a “guy of the street” before raising his youthful drug use.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Two kinds of fraud  —  “Acorn” may not exactly be a household word, but it was on the cover of one of the newspapers I read in hard copy today, so it seemed worth getting into a marginal story that the GOP is trying to make central.  —  The key distinction here is between voter fraud …
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Inside Account of US Eavesdropping on Americans  —  US Officer's “Phone Sex” Intercepted, Recorded, Shared Across NSA Listening Post  —  Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropped …
Phil Izzo / Wall Street Journal:
Economists Expect U.S. Crisis to Deepen  —  The U.S. economy has sunk into a recession and government action is critical to stem the damage, according to economists in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey.  —  “We're in the middle of a very dark tunnel,” said Brian Fabbri of BNP Paribas …
Discussion: The Swamp and Econbrowser
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama: ‘Unravel’  —  A new Obama ad, airing (at least) in Florida, paints an alarming picture of McCain's health care plan, warning that it could cause viewers to lose their health care.  —  The campaign hasn't released the ad, or other attacks on McCain's plan, but the Republican National Committee caught …
Discussion: The Hill and Real Clear Politics
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Most Left-Wing Ever?  —  I was just chatting this over with Jonah.  If Obama is elected, won't we have our most left-wing government ever?  Obama is to the left of FDR and LBJ, Democrats who existed in a different world, prior to the cultural revolution in the Democratic party.
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Whiskey Fire
ipsos-na.com:
After Second Presidential Debate, Undecideds Move Toward Obama - Obama 57%, McCain 43%  —  Nearly Two Thirds (61%) Think Obama Performed Better in Town Hall Debate  —  Undecided voters perceive Obama as stronger on key issues — change (Obama 69%/McCain 31%), helping the middle class …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Andrew Roth / Club for Growth:
Obama vs. S&P 500  —  A friend of mine who works in the finance industry sent this to me:
Discussion: The Corner
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Third Party Groundswell  —  I don't think we can look to Ralph Nader draining enough lefties away from Barack to save a few purplish states.  His big campaign stop at Dartmouth College on Monday drew an audience of eight.  The Connecticut Valley Spectator reported the news on its obituaries page.
Paul Krugman:
Dow 9,000!  —  Stock prices are, however, the least of our worries.  The money markets are frozen; the TED spread is 4.14%.  —  G7 meeting tomorrow, IMF-World Bank over the weekend.  Now is the time for major action — an announcement of coordinated capital injections, liquidity measures, and more.
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Rothenberg Warns of GOP “Bloodbath”  —  The horizon looks bleak for House and Senate Republicans.  AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite  —  UPDATE, 4 pm: The Cook Political Report is also amping up their predictions of Democratic gains in the House and Senate next month.
Discussion: Swing State Project
 
 
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Michael Mathes / Agence France Presse:
‘Rednecks for Obama’ want to bridge yawning culture gap
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Fear and loathing bubbling up at GOP events
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
The Obama Discount  —  I have no idea whatsoever if there's merit …
Discussion: pandagon.net
Las Vegas Sun:
McCain's absence vexes Nevada backers
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Caleb Hellerman / CNN:
Poll: Half concerned McCain wouldn't finish term
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Tim Paradis / Associated Press:
Dow plunges more than 678 to fall below 9,000
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
And McCain Is An Honorable Man I
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
In Manner, Obama Is Far From Clintonesque
Discussion: The New Republic
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama as “terrorist”  —  A sad video taken by an Obama backer outside …
Discussion: Hullabaloo