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11:20 PM ET, October 11, 2008

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Lynn Zinser / Slap Shot:
A Misplaced Hockey Mom Moment  —  Let me start this off by saying, I would object to this sideshow whichever political party it involved.  Having vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin drop the ceremonial first puck at the Flyers' opener Saturday night was problematic not because it was Palin …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Booed on the ice  —  It's hard to blame Sarah Palin for her booing on the ice in Philadelphia this evening.  It's almost a truism of politics that if you send a pol to a sporting event, he's going to get booed.  Politicians, as a class, aren't all that popular, and it's what sports fans do.
Discussion: BobGeiger.com and Salon
Ryan Cormier / Pulp Culture:
The Boo Birds  —  So, how did Philadelphia Flyers fans greet Sarah Palin, who was on hand tonight for the ceremonial puck-drop?  —  Watching on Comcast, it seemed like there was an avalanche of boos when she walked out — boos that were almost immediately drowned out by blaring, bombastic music.
Discussion: State of the Day
Shushannah Walshe / FOX Embeds:
Palin Drops Puck at Flyer's Game Receives Mixed Reaction  —  Sarah Palin has become known as “The Most Famous Hockey Mom in America” for her constant referral to herself on the stump as “just a hockey mom.”  This evening, she met that title head on by dropping the first puck …
Discussion: TBogg
Faiz / Think Progress:
Philadelphia Flyers fans boo ‘hockey mom’ Palin.  —  Watch Sarah Palin get booed in Philadelphia before the Flyers' hockey game tonight:  —  The AP reports it as “a mixture of boos and cheers.”  The Wilmington News Journal describes it as “an avalanche of boos.”
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
John Lewis, invoking George Wallace, says McCain and Palin ‘playing with fire’  —  UPDATED WITH MCCAIN STATEMENT AND OBAMA REACTION  —  Civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis is accusing John McCain and Sarah Palin of stoking hate, likening the atmosphere at Republican campaign events …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis  —  WASHINGTON — As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that blames the global financial crisis on a government push to make housing more affordable to lower-class Americans has taken off on talk radio and e-mail.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Maxine Waters Caught Lying About Fannie Mae Ties on ‘Real Time’
John Deeth / Iowa Independent:
John McCain: Davenport Liveblog  —  Why is John McCain in Iowa when polls show him trailing?  Will he again defend his opponent Barack Obama from personal attacks as he did Friday?  What is his response to an Alaska legislative report charging his running mate Sarah Palin with abuse of power?
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Washington Wire:
Pastor Delivers Odd Invocation at McCain Rally  —  Laura Meckler reports from Davenport, Iowa, on the presidential race:  —  Sometimes the most interesting stuff happens before John McCain even arrives.  At a McCain rally today in Davenport, a pastor delivered an odd invocation.
Discussion: The RBC and RADAMISTO
Marc Ambinder:
A Religious War In Davenport?
Discussion: TIME.com
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
This could be the game changer  —  Someone with the unlikely name of Molotov Mitchell has produced a 10 minute and 52 second video [watch it below] that could well change the terms of the election — if enough people watch it.  Illuminati Productions has posted it to YouTube.
New York Times:
Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain  —  After a turbulent week that included disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin and signs that Senator John McCain was struggling to strike the right tone for his campaign, Republican leaders said Saturday that they were worried Mr. McCain was heading …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama  —  IF you think way back to the start of this marathon campaign, back when it seemed preposterous that any black man could be a serious presidential contender, then you remember the biggest fear about Barack Obama: a crazy person might take a shot at him.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Did Obama Write “Dreams from My Father” ... Or Did Ayers?  —  There has been speculation about this which I've ignored, no doubt because there are enough policy reasons to oppose Barack Obama and I don't want to feed into what sounds, at first blush, like Vince Fosteresque paranoia.
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Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Obama's Ghostwriters — ObWi Exclusive!!
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Man At Palin Rally Displays Monkey Doll Donning Obama Sticker  —  From CBS News' Scott Conroy:  —  (PHILADELPHIA) As the crowd cheered at a Sarah Palin rally this morning in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a man in the audience grinned as he held up a stuffed monkey doll with a Barack Obama bumper sticker wrapped across its forehead.
Discussion: The Swamp and AMERICAblog News
Spiegel Online:
‘The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System’  —  The linguist and public intellectual Noam Chomsky has long been a critic of American consumerism and imperialism.  SPIEGEL spoke to him about the current crisis of capitalism, Barack Obama's rhetoric and the compliance of the intellectual class.
Discussion: normblog
CNN:
Palin heightens rhetoric on abortion  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged into the culture wars Saturday in Pennsylvania, painting Sen. Barack Obama as a radical on abortion rights.  —  The stop comes amid news that Palin violated Alaska ethics law by trying …
Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
Biden to Palin: Don't lecture me on patriotism  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (CNN) - Joe Biden Thursday night told Sarah Palin not to lecture him on patriotism, after weeks of attacks mocking him for his statement the wealthy should be patriotic and pay higher taxes because not enough has been asked of them.
Discussion: Mudflats and Crooks and Liars
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Ahead by 9 Points  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 8-10 finds Barack Obama holding a sizeable lead over John McCain in national voter preferences, as he has continuously for the past six days.  Today's report puts Obama ahead by nine percentage points, 51% to 42%.
Discussion: MyDD, Jules Crittenden and PoliGazette
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: McCain, Palin at odds over how hard to hit Obama  —  It's too thinly sourced to be taken very seriously, but since our readership revels in the idea of the 'Cuda being the scrapper to McCain's squish, I figured you'd dig it.  —  The bit about Mark Salter does strike me as plausible.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Insider's Projects Drained Missile-Defense Millions  —  WASHINGTON — They huddled in a quiet corner at the US Airways lounge at Ronald Reagan National Airport, sipping bottomless cups of coffee as they plotted to turn America's missile defense program into a personal cash machine.
 
 
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