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1:35 AM ET, October 27, 2008

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CNN:
Palin and Hasselbeck blast ‘ridiculous’ wardrobe story  —  TAMPA, Florida (CNN) - Ensuring that news of the Republican National Committee's sartorial spending spree will remain in the headlines for at least one more news cycle, Sarah Palin on Sunday sounded off on the $150,000 wardrobe …
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New York Post:
PIT BULL TURNS ON MCMAVERICK  —  NOW PALIN'S BUCKING HER OWN TICKET  —  By CARL CAMPANILE in Mesilla, NM, and GINGER ADAMS OTIS in NY  —  Sarah Palin is the rogue elephant in the GOP war room.  —  The maverick mom is distancing herself from John McCain and blowing off the advice …
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Emphasizing Frugal Tastes, Palin Addresses Clothing Issue  —  TAMPA, Fla. — An exasperated Gov. Sarah Palin veered off script on Sunday to confront, as she called it, “the whole clothes thing.”  —  “You know, I tried to just ignore it,” Ms. Palin said, speaking to a crowd of thousands at a rally here.
Discussion: The Politico and NewsBusters.org
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Palin talks clothes at length
The New Republic:
Sarah Palin, Going Rogue
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Dschabner / Political Radar:
Palin a Diva? Ruffled Feathers in McCain Camp
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Albert Aji / Associated Press:
US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria … DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as “serious aggression.”
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Little Green Footballs:
A Guillotine at the Obama Rally  —  Via El Marco, this is what was going on at Obama's festival today in Denver, Colorado.  —  160  —  sngnsgt ::  28 seconds ago
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Looking at the Left:
Festival of Obama, October 26, 2008  —  Nine days before the 2008 Presidential election, the Obama campaign held a rally in Denver, a “blue” city in the important swing state of Colorado.  Behind me, looking east towards the State Capitol, there were tens of thousands of people.
Amanda Scott / Barack Obama and Joe Biden:
Barack Rallies 100,000 in Denver, CO
John / Power Line:
BARBARIANS AT THE GATES—OF THE WHITE HOUSE  —  I don't think there is any precedent in our history for the shameful manner in which the Left has treated Sarah Palin.  Left-winger Andrew Sullivan gleefully posted a particularly disgusting example of the phenomenon today; it's a YouTube video titled “Red, White and MILF.”
Discussion: American Power and TigerHawk
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Red, White And MILF  —  The new face of Republicanism:  —  How many Sarah Palins will be in Halloween parties this year?
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Halloween in Cedar Falls
Discussion: Harry's Place
Redalert / www.redstate.com:
Stunning results in early voting in California.  Smile redstaters  —  California has begun early voting already as well as mail-in balloting.  The number of people who have gone in to vote in person has been extensive.  The results so far prove what we had always suspected.
Bloomberg:
Obama Chants in Spanish With Denver Crowd of 100,000  —  Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, working to win over Latino voters in Colorado, chanted “si se puede,” or “yes we can,” in Spanish along with an outdoor crowd in Denver estimated at more than 100,000.
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Ross Douthat:
Rush Limbaugh Explains It all  —  This Rush Limbaugh monologue is a fascinating document, and should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand one of the most powerful conservative narratives emerging around the looming GOP debacle.  For Rush, there are only two kinds of people …
Discussion: race42008.com and Eunomia
Jonn Lilyea / This ain't Hell …:
More phony soldier stuff  —  This morning, as I began reading the Washington Times, my eyes were assaulted by this image;  —  This is an Obama supporter going into an Obama rally in Fayetteville, NC over this caption; … I get real suspicious of veterans who wear all of their medals when they're not in uniform.
Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Gateway Pundit
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Goodbye To All That  —  Steve Chapman expresses the core reason for Obama's success: … It is what Reagan did as well.  And the great crushing blow of this campaign is to have watched John McCain run a campaign that is, at its worst, “the systematic organization of hatreds.”
Discussion: The Heretik
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Steve Chapman / Chicago Tribune:   Obama's secret  —  Message resonates across race, religion
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
(Audio) Obama the Marxist  —  Update II: For those in the comments saying only Republicans care about redistrubtion of wealth, and that the poor folks who will vote for Obama want it and we are only helping Obama by exposing him as a marxist....Americans Oppose Redistributing Wealth 84% To 13%!
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Former GOP senator, vet backs Obama  —  Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), who was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in the United States Senate, is the latest Republican to back Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Politico learned Sunday.  —  Pressler, who said that in addition …
Financial Times:
Obama is the better choice  —  US presidential elections involve a fabulous expense of time, effort and money.  Doubtless it is all too much - but, by the end, nobody can complain that the candidates have been too little scrutinised.  We have learnt a lot about Barack Obama and John McCain during this campaign.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Buck Naked Politics
 
 
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