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12:35 PM 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 …
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize  —  He is cited for trade theory and, appropriately, location theory and economic geography.  He could have been cited for his work on currency crises as well.  Here are the most basic links on Paul, it is hard to know where to start.
Bloomberg:
Princeton University's Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Economics Prize  —  Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) — Princeton University Professor Paul Krugman, known as much for his criticism of George W. Bush's policies as for his academic work, won the Nobel Prize in economics for his theories on world trade.
Discussion: Michael Bérubé
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
More Krugman  —  Daniel Davies remarks:
Reuters:   Bush critic Krugman wins 2008 Nobel for economics
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 …
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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 …
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.
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 …
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New York Post:
OBAMA'S HOT AYERS  —  Barack Obama blasted John McCain last week for focusing on the Democratic nominee's links to shady char acters instead of the economy.  —  Actually, McCain's said plenty about the economy.  But Obama clearly would rather talk about anything but his past.
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% …
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 …
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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Obama's Associations Matter, Despite McCain's Failure to Explain Why  —  The Left, the Obama media, and the Messiah's campaign cry “personal attacks.”  Sarah Palin trivializes with phrases like “palling around with domestic terrorists.”  McCain wobbles from “liar” to" a decent person …
Gary Langer / The Numbers:
Attack Blowback  —  The McCain campaign's more aggressive tone is prompting pushback from the public: Registered voters by a broad margin now believe John McCain is more focused on attacking his opponent than on addressing the issues in the 2008 presidential election.
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ABCNEWS:
Congressman's $121,000 Payoff to Alleged Mistress  —  Tim Mahoney Elected to Remove ‘Ethical Cloud’ of His Disgraced Predecessor, Mark Foley  —  West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress …
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 …
Times of London:
Time to go home, Nouri al-Maliki tells Britain  —  British combat forces are no longer needed to maintain security in southern Iraq and should leave the country, Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, has told The Times.  —  In an exclusive interview in Baghdad, Mr al-Maliki also criticised …
Discussion: Hot Air, PoliGazette and Harry's Place
Guardian:
Iraqi government fuels ‘war for oil’ theories with biggest ever reserves sale  —  The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London.  —  BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are all expected to attend …
Adam Goldman / Associated Press:
Johnston speaks on Bristol Palin, Obama and baby  —  WASILLA, Alaska - Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing.  —  No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail.  No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Turkey launches more strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Turkey launched another round of airstrikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday, an Iraqi official said.  —  Turkish warplanes and artillery units bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) …
Discussion: PoliGazette
 
 
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Grand Forks Herald:
Obama, McCain in dead heat in ND, poll says
Marist Poll:
The Battleground: The Presidential Race in Ohio
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
What McCain Hasn't Tried  —  John McCain likes Barack Obama.
Discussion: The New Republic
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:
A PreMortem for The McCain Campaign
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Strange Trump  —  The new Time cover has text saying “WHY THE ECONOMY IS TRUMPING RACE.”
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Knocks on Doors in Ohio
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
“Great American Hypocrites”: The paperback
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
McCain: ‘After I whip his you know what’  —  ‘AFTER I WHIP HIS YOU-KNOW-WHAT’
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Unfriendly Rhetoric  —  I've been out of pocket since Thursday …
Discussion: Hot Air
Editor and Publisher:
15 Newspapers Endorse Obama on Sunday, 2 for McCain
Discussion: The Record and MSNBC
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
On the Bus, But With No Reason to Go?
George Soros / Financial Times:
How to capitalise the banks and save finance
NY Daily News:
Prostitution has not suffered drop-off despite economic meltdown
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
 

 
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