memeorandum: Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000 (Alex Sundby/CBS News)

12:35 PM ET, August 29, 2010

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Alex Sundby / CBS News:

Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000 — An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. — The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance …

New York Times:

A Palin of Our Own — TWO years ago today, Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee, introduced the world to his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. Chosen by Mr. McCain's campaign strategists as a cynical rejoinder to the ill-starred presidential bid of Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TalkLeft, Don Surber and Commentary

Glenn Thrush / The Politico:

Beck rejects running with Palin — Palin-Beck 2012? — “Not a chance,” Glenn Beck told “Fox News Sunday,” in a segment taped the morning after he wrapped up a Saturday political rally and religious revival meeting at the Lincoln Memorial he claims attracted 300,000 to 650,000 people.

Discussion: CNN, Townhall.com, Washington Monthly and Pajamas Media

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Sarah Palin: 'We like what we're doing' — A casually dressed Sarah Palin talked briefly with POLITICO as she walked through Reagan National Airport on her way out of town after speaking at Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally on the Natonal Mall. — Holding her BlackBerry up with one hand …

Discussion: Tammy Bruce, GOP 12 and The Page

Washington Post:
Sharpton's ‘Reclaim the Dream’ event brings thousands to honor MLK

Discussion: Doug Ross, THEROOT.COM, Pajamas Media, YID With LID, Big Government, The Moderate Voice, JustOneMinute, skippy the bush kangaroo and JammieWearingFool

Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Restoring Honor — What an honor it was to speak today at the …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Politics Daily, Mediaite and TPMDC

Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
RESTORING HONOR RALLY - 500,000 Patriots Gather to Honor America

Discussion: The Politico, Left Coast Rebel, Riehl World View, The Other McCain, Don Surber, Pajamas Media, Washington Post, AMERICAN DIGEST and Liberty Pundits Blog

Kevin Dolak / ABCNEWS:
Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck's DC Rally

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, NewsReal Blog and Towleroad News #gay

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Beck, Palin, Faith, Hope, and Charity

Discussion: Grim's Hall, Hot Air and NPR Topics

Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Thanks America's ‘Giants,’ Large And Small, At Restoring Honor Rally

Discussion: RedState, Tammy Bruce, Cubachi, PalinTV, Liberal Values, GOP 12, The Other McCain and Atlas Shrugs

Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
Political Rally Or Not? We Report, You Decide

Discussion: The Other McCain, Left Coast Rebel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Salon, The Sundries Shack, The Political Carnival and Instapundit

David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Snoring Honor: Beck's big rally just a long-winded and boring sermon.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, Wonkette, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Comments from Left Field, Hullabaloo and Riehl World View

CBS News:

Fire at Tenn. Mosque Building Site Ruled Arson — Construction Equipment at Site of Planned Islamic Center Torched; Vocal Protests Against Mosque Have Been Ongoing — Federal officials are investigating a fire that started overnight at the site of a new Islamic center in a Nashville suburb.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Gawker, Outside the Beltway, The Mahablog and Suburban Guerrilla

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Anti-mosque sentiment rages far from Ground Zero — One of the most under-reported political stories is the increasingly vehement, nationwide movement — far from Ground Zero — to oppose new mosques and Islamic community centers. These ugly campaigns are found across the country …

Frank Rich / New York Times:

The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party — ANOTHER weekend, another grass-roots demonstration starring Real Americans who are mad as hell and want to take back their country from you-know-who. Last Sunday the site was Lower Manhattan, where they jeered the “ground zero mosque.”

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Prairie Weather, Hit & Run, The Mahablog and DownWithTyranny!

Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:

Policy Options Dwindle as Economic Fears Grow — THE American economy is once again tilting toward danger. Despite an aggressive regimen of treatments from the conventional to the exotic — more than $800 billion in federal spending, and trillions of dollars worth of credit from the Federal Reserve …

Discussion: The Big Picture, Daily Kos, Newshoggers.com and Calculated Risk

Laura Tyson / New York Times:
Why We Need a Second Stimulus

Discussion: TalkLeft

Dallas Morning News:

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives — tgillman@dallasnews.com — choppe@dallasnews.com — Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005 …

Discussion: National Review, Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

MOVEMENTS ARE ABOUT SOMETHING REAL.... I tried to keep up on today's festivities at the Lincoln Memorial, but as the dust settles, I find myself confused. — For a year and a half, we've seen rallies and town-hall shouting and attack ads and Fox News special reports.

New York Post:

Mosque big owes 224G tax — Tweet — The mosque developers are tax deadbeats. — Sharif El-Gamal, the leading organizer behind the mosque and community center near Ground Zero, owes $224,270.77 in back property tax on the site, city records show. — El-Gamal's company …

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and JammieWearingFool

James Fanelli / NY Daily News:
Park51 developer Sharif El-Gamal has a history of run-ins with the law

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs

Silla Brush / The Hill:

Crist again clarifies healthcare stand — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, running as an independent for the U.S. Senate, sought again to clarify his position on the healthcare overhaul, saying he would have voted against it but does not want a full repeal. — In an interview on CNN, Crist said: “What we need to do is fix it.”

Discussion: CNN

Ali Abunimah / New York Times:

Hamas, the I.R.A. and Us — GEORGE J. MITCHELL, the United States Middle East envoy, tried to counter low expectations for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations by harking back to his experience as a mediator in Northern Ireland. — At an Aug. 20 news conference with Secretary …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and TPMCafe

Paul / Power Line:

The role of information in American “Islamophobia” — One theme in the recent MSM hand-wringing about America's alleged “Islamophobia” is the notion that Americans are giving Muslims a more difficult time now than they did in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

Discussion: Jerusalem Post

Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:

David Vitter wins Senate primary — NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Republicans appear to have forgiven Sen. David Vitter's “serious sin.” — NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Republicans appear to have forgiven Sen. David Vitter's “serious sin.” The first-term Republican brushed aside his primary challengers …

Discussion: The Note

ABCNEWS:
Vitter Overcomes Scandal in La. Primary; Manchin Wins in W.Va.

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

Paul Krugman:

Angela And The Fifty Hoovers — Via Mark Thoma, Dean Baker points out that real government consumption of goods and services — that's government buying things, as opposed to cutting taxes or handing out checks — has risen more in “austerity” Germany than in the United States.

Discussion: Marginal Revolution and Vox Popoli