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1:45 AM ET, October 23, 2008

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The Huffington Post:
Chuck Todd On McCain-Palin: No Chemistry, No Trust, Possibly No Chance  —  Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust.
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Sarah Palin's Personal Shopper  —  M  —  ove over Carson Kressley.  A new celebrity shopper has emerged!  —  The attention from Jeanne Cummings's much-talked-about Politico story has naturally focused on the $150,000 in luxury clothing purchased for Sarah Palin at Neiman Marcus, Sak's Fifth Avenue, and Barney's.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OFF THE RAILS  —  MSNBC just ran what we can only call an extraordinary interview with NBC News' Chuck Todd and Brian Williams.  They were discussing the interview NBC just did with John McCain and Sarah Palin.  We'll have the video shortly.  But what really stood out was the candidness …
Discussion: Althouse
Marc Ambinder:
Palin: McCain Supports GOP Abortion, Stem Cell Platform Planks  —  Dr. James Dobson today asked Gov. Sarah Palin about her private conversations with Sen. McCain about the Republican platform's planks on life and marriage.  —  “In your private conversations with Senator McCain is it your impression …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Palin: God will do the right thing on election day
Discussion: The Heretik
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Tax Expert: Palin Has to Declare Clothes
Discussion: Wonkette
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
GOP donors critical of Palin's pricey threads
Discussion: Swampland
The Huffington Post:
GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say  —  Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties are running for cover.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
House Republicans Bow to Political Reality  —  Storm clouds are gathering for House Republicans.  Photo by J. Scott Applewhite of the Associated Press  —  With only 13 days left before the November election, the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee is coming to grips …
Discussion: MyDD
Reid Wilson / The Politico:
Republicans out of Musgrave seat, too  —  Last week, Republicans were forced to make difficult financial decisions that impacted several of their top challengers.  Today, those hard choices are impacting incumbents.  —  Multiple sources with knowledge of GOP spending decisions tell …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Reid Wilson / The Politico:
NRCC abandons Bachmann  —  Less than a week after controversial comments about investigating the patriotism of members of Congress, the National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled out of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's district, a well-placed GOP source tells Scorecard.
Discussion: Salon, Townhall.com and Hotline On Call
Marc Ambinder:
The AP/GFK Poll: Evangelical Surge?  —  Curious...  44% of the likely voter sample in the AP/GFK-Roper poll — Matt Drudge's “shocker” of the day, which has Obama up by one — are self-identified evangelicals.  That's about double the weighted average that pollsters generally assume.  —  Al;s
Discussion: Oliver Willis
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch … WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running …
zombietime:
William Ayers' forgotten communist manifesto: Prairie Fire  —  William Ayers is a communist.  But don't take my word for it.  He said so himself:  —  And not some nicey-nice peace-and-love kind of communist.  Through his group the Weather Underground, Ayers was planning to “seize power” …
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Stephanie Bernhard / CNN:
3,000 professors sign to support Ayers  —  Editor's Note: Stephanie Bernhard is a writer for the Brown Daily Herald, the leading news source for Brown University.  This article was brought to CNN.com by UWIRE, the leading provider of student-generated content.
Discussion: American Power and The Raw Story
Little Green Footballs:   Ayers' New Book: America is a White Supremacist Nation
Journalism.org:
WINNING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN  —  How the Press Reported the 2008 General Election  —  The media coverage of the race for president has not so much cast Barack Obama in a favorable light as it has portrayed John McCain in a substantially negative one, according to a new study of the media since …
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PewResearch.org:
Canvassing Campaign Media: An Analysis of Time, Tone and Topics
Discussion: Open Left and Salon
The Trail / Washington Post:
Study: Coverage of McCain Much More Negative Than That of Obama
Discussion: Don Surber and Townhall.com
Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Making (and Remaking) of McCain  —  On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 24, John McCain convened a meeting in his suite at the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan.  Among the handful of campaign officials in attendance were McCain's chief campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt …
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Mike Murphy / Swampland:   Zing the Bling...  I saw the RNC statement on Gov. Palin's $150 …
Paul Bedard / US News:
GOP “Death List” Predicts Democratic Blowout in the House  —  Voter displeasure with the war and economy, coupled with Sen. Barack Obama's popularity, has the House GOP running for cover.  Even though polls have shown that Americans don't like congressional Democrats any more …
Discussion: Daily Kos and MyDD
Faiz / Think Progress:
Palin stumped when asked to explain her preconditions for meeting foreign leaders.»  —  Gov. Sarah Palin has attacked Sen. Barack Obama for being “so off base in his proclamation that he would meet with some of these leaders around our world who would seek to destroy America and that, and without preconditions being met.”
Discussion: VetVoice
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
IN NBC INTERVIEW, PALIN HITS OBAMA
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
In New McCain Robocall, Rudy Giuliani Suggests Obama Opposes Jailing Murderers And Rapists  —  It was perhaps predictable that the task of recording the worst of McCain's robo-slime — the worst so far, at least — would fall to Rudy Giuliani.  —  Giuliani has recorded a new McCain robocall …
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The Huffington Post:
Another GOP Senator Decries Ayers Robocalls
Discussion: TPM Election Central and MSNBC
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
McCain Advisers Freaked Out by Al Qaeda Preference for McCain  —  I just got off a conference call held by the McCain campaign to deny that Al Qaeda, contrary to reports in the AP and the Washington Post, is rooting for their man.  To describe the call as panicked would be an understatement.
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Washington Post:
On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for McCain
Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Preconditions  —  So much for Obama's diplomacy.  —  Barack Obama's declaration that, if elected, he would be willing to sit down and talk to Iran “without preconditions” has been widely discussed in this country.  It's a key policy difference between him and John McCain, who rejects unconditional talks with Tehran.
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Townhall.com
James Kirchick / NY Daily News:
Who are left-wing haters to point fingers at John McCain?  —  In his endorsement of Barack Obama last week, former Bush administration Secretary of State Colin Powell said that “I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, 'He's a Muslim and he might be associated [with] terrorists.' ”
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TIME.com:
Tina Fey plays you sort of bubble-headed...  Sarah: “That's funny.  I play her bubble-headed too when I imitate her.  —  ...but you don't get to be governor without being smart.  Do you think you're intellectual?  —  Sarah: Yehhh-sss.  And you have to be up on not only current events …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
 
 
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Megan McArdle:
Libertarianism is dead . . . vive le libertarianism!
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New York Post:
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Discussion: The New Republic and Hot Air
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama adviser to McCain adviser: Are you a Muslim?
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Obama Grabs Nine Point Lead Over McCain