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2:50 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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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.
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
Discussion: The Jawa Report, WALB-TV and The Corner
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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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Ohio Democrats Win at Top U.S. Court in Voting Fight
Discussion: TalkLeft
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court blocks Ohio voter match order
Fox News:
Supreme Court Rules With Ohio Secretary of State on Voter Fraud Rules
Discussion: FOX Forum, MyDD and YID With LID
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 …
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.
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 …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Webb Knocks Palin  —  Appearing in Virginia with Barack Obama, Senator Jim Webb was characteristically blunt, taking a few shots today at Sarah Palin, and defending Barack Obama against attempts to cast him as an outsider, saying voters in more conservative southwest Virginia could trust him, Carrie Budoff Brown reports.
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama: McCain hurt Medicare
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Nation could face short Election Night  —  Network news executives said they are preparing for an unusual Election Night challenge: How to be honest with the audience, and still keep them tuned in, if the race between John McCain and Barack Obama is effectively decided before most Americans have finished dinner.
Discussion: Reason and AMERICAblog News
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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 …
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 …
Melissa DiPane / myfoxorlando.com:
Central Florida 7th grader called racist for wearing Palin t-shirt  —  VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) — She's only 12 years old but Ashleigh Jones is feeling the heat of this election year.  —  That's because the seventh grader at New Smyrna Beach Middle School was called …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama tells NY Times he'd do better without Fox News around  —  The New York Times, of all places, has a long interview coming out Sunday with the freshman senator from Illinois, Barack Obama.  —  In it, the Democratic presidential nominee, who's leading in most recent political polls …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Wake up America
Associated Press:
Poll: Voters souring on McCain, Obama stays steady  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to the public's image of John McCain, it's as if somebody dialed the electricity down in the past month.  For Barack Obama, the juice is still flowing.  —  People's regard for the Republican presidential nominee …
Discussion: Media Blog
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
The Obama Diet — Not Just Arugula  —  The “people's ticket” ordered a little snack from room service at the Waldorf, as the N.Y. Post's page Six reports: … I'd guess the bill for that snack came in at around $350.  Iranian caviar ain't cheap — even if you negotiate for it yourself.
Discussion: Pawatercooler.com and Cogitamus
Bruce Alpert / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
New Orleans mentioned only once in presidential debates  —  WASHINGTON — Through the six hours of presidential and vice presidential debates during the past month, New Orleans was mentioned only once, and that in the final minutes of the last debate Wednesday night between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
Rolling Stone:
How We Lost the War We Won  —  A Journey Into Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan  —  The highway that leads south out of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, passes through a craggy range of arid, sand-colored mountains with sharp, stony peaks.  Poplar trees and green fields line the road.
 
 
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Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Obama bets big on Florida turnout
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Davis sketches out econ-heavy final 18 days
Discussion: TIME.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Defending Joe  —  In his prepared remarks for a rally in Florida …
Discussion: Think Progress
AlterNet.org:
The 10 Biggest Differences Between Obama and McCain That Will Affect Your Daily Life
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Scott W. Johnson / Christian Science Monitor:
Obama, Joe the plumber, and the gospel of envy
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Mahoney trails by 26 in GOP poll
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