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1:20 PM ET, October 17, 2008

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The Trail / Washington Post:
To Avoid Being ‘Depressed,’ Palin Skimps on Campaign News  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — No wonder GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin harbors such hostility toward the mainstream media: her staff imposes limits on her access to it.  —  During a fundraiser here that raised $800,000 last night …
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Michelle Malkin:
Operation Destroy Joe the Plumber  —  My syndicated column today reports on Team Obama and the Obamedia's mission to tear down Joe the Plumber.  Yes, we are in the midst of a new contagion: Joe The Plumber Derangement Syndrome.  JTPDS.  —  Now, pay close attention to how the MSM rushes …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama supporter steals vote from disabled man  —  Georgia state officials have begun an investigation into Primus Industries and the alleged voter fraud committed by one or more of its employees.  Jack Justice attends the adult day care provided by Primus for mentally-challenged individuals …
Discussion: pw, WALB-TV, The Jawa Report and The Corner
Faiz / Think Progress:
‘Joe The Plumber’ Comes Clean: 'I Would Be Receiving Obama's Tax Cuts'  —  As ThinkProgress and many others noted yesterday, the premise of Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher's complaints about Barack Obama's tax plan was ill-informed.  Contrary to Wurzelbacher's claims, “neither his personal taxes nor …
Hayes Hickman / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Knoxville's Joe the Plumber doubts Obama, too
Discussion: Townhall.com and Wake up America
Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?:
MY FAVORITE COMMENT FROM THE DAILY KOS POST WHERE THEY GIVE …
Discussion: The Foundry
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Colin Powell might endorse Obama  —  Retired Gen. Colin Powell, once considered a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), now may endorse his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), according to Republican sources.  But an air of mystery surrounds Powell's planned live appearance Sunday on NBC's …
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Washington Post:
Barack Obama for President
Mike Allen / The Politico:   18 days — Colin Powell on ‘Meet’ on Sunday
Associated Press:
High court rejects GOP bid in Ohio voting dispute  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.  —  The justices on Friday overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio's …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court blocks Ohio voter match order
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
David Brooks / New York Times:
Thinking About Obama  —  We've been watching Barack Obama for two years now, and in all that time there hasn't been a moment in which he has publicly lost his self-control.  This has been a period of tumult, combat, exhaustion and crisis.  And yet there hasn't been a moment when he has displayed rage …
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The New Republic:   Obama's Nature  —  David Brooks makes an important point …
Wall Street Journal:
A Liberal Supermajority  —  Get ready for ‘change’ we haven't seen since 1965, or 1933.  —  If the current polls hold, Barack Obama will win the White House on November 4 and Democrats will consolidate their Congressional majorities, probably with a filibuster-proof Senate or very close to it.
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
Palin's e-mails?  That'll be $15 million  —  Even at that price, many records won't be available until after the election  —  Sarah Palin's office has discovered a renewable resource to bring millions of dollars into Alaska's economy: the governor's e-mails.
Mark Binker / Capital Beat:
Report from Palin rally  —  Newspaper stories from Palin's rally from myself and Joe Killian.  —  Update: Bloggers note: there is editing throughout this post at 10 a.m. or so this morning to clean up grammar and spelling errors committed at the end of a 16 hour day.
Josh Rogin / CQ Politics:
Trader Drove Up Price of McCain ‘Stock’ in Online Market  —  An internal investigation by the popular online market Intrade has revealed that an investor has been attempting to artificially boost the prediction that Sen. John McCain will become president.  —  Over the past several weeks …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Let's Get Fiscal  —  The Dow is surging!  No, it's plunging!  No, it's surging!  No, it's ...  Nevermind.  While the manic-depressive stock market is dominating the headlines, the more important story is the grim news coming in about the real economy.  It's now clear that rescuing …
New York Times:
The Acorn Story  —  In Wednesday night's debate, John McCain warned that a group called Acorn is “on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history” and “may be destroying the fabric of democracy.”  Viewers may have been wondering what Mr. McCain was talking about.
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Warren E. Buffett / New York Times:
Buy American.  I Am.  —  THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad.  Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher.  In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Mahoney trails by 26 in GOP poll  —  A new Republican poll indicates Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) is the most endangered incumbent in the country days after a news report showed he paid a former mistress hush money.  —  The poll, released Friday and conducted for Republican Tom Rooney's campaign …
Michael B. Brodkorb / Minnesota Democrats Exposed:
BREAKING NEWS: ANGRY FRANKEN CONFRONTS COLEMAN AFTER DEBATE; MRS. FRANKEN RUNS ON STAGE TO GET FRANKEN AWAY FROM COLEMAN  —  UPDATE #2: The video starts just as Mrs. Franken has rushed to the stage.  The camera is fixed, so we don't see Mrs. Franken until she gets to the stage.
New York Times:
Polls Cause Campaigns to Change Their Itineraries  —  Confronting an increasingly bleak electoral map, top aides to Senator John McCain said Thursday that they were searching for a “narrow-victory scenario” and would focus in the final weeks on a dwindling number of states, using mailings …
 
 
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Michelle Malkin:
California teachers vs. traditional marriage
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
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Discussion: TPMMuckraker
Associated Press:
Poll: Voters souring on McCain, Obama stays steady
Discussion: Media Blog and Darke Blog
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Who's Playing the Race Card?
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Jindal to visit Iowa next month
Discussion: Commentary
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
The Boss, the Piano Man and the Candidate
Discussion: TIME.com and Salon
CNN:
Sarah Palin to appear on Saturday Night Live
Chris Echegaray / Tennessean.com:
Middle Tennessee ‘Joe the plumbers’ pipe up on debate
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Times of London:
Link between child porn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids
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