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9:40 AM ET, October 13, 2008

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Catherine Rampell / Economix:
Paul Krugman Wins Economics Nobel  —  Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University and an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday.  —  “It's been an extremely weird day, but weird in a positive way,” …
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Associated Press:
Krugman Wins Nobel Prize for Economics  —  STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The American economist Paul R. Krugman won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.  —  Mr. Krugman, 55, a professor at Princeton University in New Jersey …
Associated Press:
Columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize  —  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
Reuters:
Bush critic Krugman wins 2008 Nobel for economics
Discussion: Firedoglake
William Kristol / New York Times:
Fire the Campaign  —  It's time for John McCain to fire his campaign.  —  He has nothing to lose.  His campaign is totally overmatched by Obama's.  The Obama team is well organized, flush with resources, and the candidate and the campaign are in sync.  The McCain campaign …
The Huffington Post:
Obama Aides: Record Cash Raised In September, Polls Show McCain Ads Backfired  —  With the presidential campaign approaching its final stretch, Barack Obama finds himself in an enviable position.  —  One official close to the campaign said that September's fundraising haul set a new record …
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Washington Post:
Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall  —  With just over three weeks until Election Day, the two presidential nominees appear to be on opposite trajectories, with Sen. Barack Obama gaining momentum and Sen. John McCain stalled or losing ground on a range of issues and personal traits …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Discontent Buffets the Nation; Bush Craters, Obama Benefits  —  Obama in Drivers Seat, Amid Economic Worry  —  A tornado of economic discontent is buffeting the nation, sending satisfaction with the country's direction to a 35-year low, George W. Bush's approval rating below Richard Nixon's worst …
Lowell / Raising Kaine:
McCain says he needs more “context” on Jeff Frederick's vicious smears and lies  —  (Karen Tumulty adds that Frederick encouraged volunteers to lie (about Barack Obama saluting the flag): “'You need to go out and tell people that from your heart.' (This, after the woman said that Obama won't salute the flag.)”
Discussion: Swampland and AMERICAblog News
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden  —  Va. Party Leader Criticized, Including By McCain Team  —  RICHMOND — The chairman of the Virginia Republican Party has compared Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden because of the Illinois senator's past association with Bill Ayers …
John Harwood / New York Times:
History Suggests McCain Faces an Uphill Battle
CNN:
Palin: I've been cleared of ‘any hint of unethical activity’  —  (CNN) — Sarah Palin told Alaska reporters Saturday that she had been “cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of unethical activity” in the investigative report released the day before that explored her actions in dismissing …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama's 95% Illusion  —  It depends on what the meaning of ‘tax cut’ is.  —  One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of “working families.”  He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the government's tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama  —  The most persistent falsehood about Senator Barack Obama's background first hit in 2004 just two weeks after the Democratic convention speech that helped set him on the path to his presidential candidacy: “Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion.”
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Struggling McCain debuts comeback speech  —  Three weeks before Election Day, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday is unveiling what his aides call a more forceful new stump speech in which he portrays himself as a scrappy fighter on the comeback trail against an opponent who's already “measuring the drapes” in the Oval Office.
Corey Dade / Wall Street Journal:
In Virginia, McCain Struggles To Hold the South for GOP  —  Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin are scheduled to roll into Virginia on Monday in a bid to stop the Republican ticket's slide in the state and thwart what once was unthinkable: fractures in the “Solid South,” …
Discussion: Naked Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Camp's Travel Seems a Factor In Recent Leads in Battleground States  —  The Democrats Have Appeared at 95 Events, While It's Just 55 for the Republicans  —  Sen. Barack Obama, his running mate and his wife have appeared at twice as many events in swing states as their Republican counterparts …
Discussion: The Caucus and TIME.com
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Gordon Does Good  —  Has Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, saved the world financial system?  —  O.K., the question is premature — we still don't know the exact shape of the planned financial rescues in Europe or for that matter the United States, let alone whether they'll really work.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
On the Bus, But With No Reason to Go?  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The reporters waded gingerly into two-inch-deep mud and settled behind scratched wooden tables as Barack Obama was being introduced to more than 10,000 screaming fans at the state fairgrounds here.  —  Before the Democratic nominee took …
Discussion: Romenesko
 
 
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Patrick Springer / m.in-forum.com:
Obama leads in ND
Lynn Sweet:
Hillary and Bill Clinton go all out for Obama and Biden in Scranton.
BBC:
Markets surge after crisis talks
Discussion: PoliGazette and Truthdig
George Soros / Financial Times:
How to capitalise the banks and save finance
Paul Krugman:
An interesting morning  —  A funny thing happened to me this morning ...
Discussion: The Swamp
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org:
In 1996, Dems Were ‘Proud to be Associated with’ Ayers and Dohrn
Discussion: Babalu Blog
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Hindu Threat to Christians: Convert or Flee
Discussion: The Agonist
NY Daily News:
Prostitution has not suffered drop-off despite economic meltdown
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Gawker
Mark Hyman / Washington Times:
Obama's Kenya ghosts
Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Stop The ACLU and pw
 

 
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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

 
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