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9:55 PM ET, September 22, 2008

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
McCain camp criticism rife with errors  —  Sen. John McCain's top campaign aides convened a conference call today to complain of being called “liars.”  They pressed the media to scrutinize specific elements of Sen. Barack Obama's record.  —  But the call was so rife with simple …
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Marc Ambinder:
Sign Of The Times; McCain Camp Accuses Reporter Of Being In Obama “Tank”  —  A reporter asks the McCain campaign to back up some basic claims made by a senior strategist in a public conference call.  —  The campaign refuses, with a prominent spokesperson accusing the reporter, Ben Smith, of being “in the tank.”
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Donklephant
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Palin Claims “Obama-Biden Democrats” Are Regularly Attacking Her Family, But...  The McCain camp has just blasted out to its list a fundraising email by Sarah Palin claiming that Obama-Biden Democrats are waging frequent attacks on her family.  From the email:
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Campaign Slams New York Times: Not A Journalistic Organization “By Any Standard”  —  The McCain campaign is going on the attack against the New York Times for reporting that campaign manger Rick Davis was paid almost $2 million as head of a lobbying organization that represented Fannie Mae …
Paul Krugman:
Dodd  —  Very preliminary, no details — but this sounds like a big step in the right direction.  —  One of the problems with this blog is that I ruffled a few feathers back when Bush had an 80 percent approval rating, and somehow I wasn't impressed.  People remember, and as a result …
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Think Progress
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Dodd bill more aggressive than Treasury plan
Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
Chris Dodd Stares Down Paulson
Discussion: First Draft and Salon
Satyam / Think Progress:
Conflict Of Interest? …
CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP takes brunt of blame for economy, Obama gains  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks …
Signorile / The Gist:
Hypocrisy Bombshell: Antigay John McCain has a Gay Chief of Staff  —  What does John McCain's loyal chief of staff - a man who apparently is in a long-term relationship with another man, and appears to be open about it to John McCain — think about the fact that Sarah Palin devoutly worships …
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Michael Rogers / BlogActive:
John McCain's Chief of Staff outed, wins Roy Cohn Award  —  When the first source on today's Roy Cohn Award recipient came forward approximately six months ago, he and I decided to wait and see where the presidential election went and how this person's boss performed.  Dismally.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Ethan Winner Responds: Claims He Produced Video  —  Ethan Winner responds.  Written like a VP in a public relations firm that specializes in crisis management and grassroots organization.  I'll post the whole thing below.  —  He produced the video?  He paid for the voice-over narration which he found through a talent agency?
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Axelrod Called Ethan Winner?
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Is the Obama Campaign Behind Anti-Palin Online Smears?
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Fox News:
FOX News/Rasmussen Poll: Race in Swing States Mirrors 2004 Election  —  Results from four of the five battleground states in the FOX News/Rasmussen Reports polling are similar to the presidential election four years ago.  Virginia, however, is more competitive than it was in 2004.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Minnesota Senate
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Election 2008: South Carolina Senate
Discussion: Daily Kos and Swing State Project
Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh repeats baseless Obama smear: “He's Arab. ...  [H]e's not African-American”  —  On the September 22 broadcast of his syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh baselessly claimed that Sen. Barack Obama is “not black,” and went on to ask: “Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood?”
Confederate Yankee:
Were Rape Victims Billed in Wasilla, Or is This Just More Astroturfing?  —  Wasilla, Alaska got it's first full-time police force in 1993, when eight uniformed officers formed the city's “thin blue line.”  More than a decade later, the small-town police force has tripled in size, to 24 commissioned officers.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
Palin's town charged women for rape exams
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
Energy Alert  —  While all eyes are diverted to the mess on Wall Street, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are attempting to extend the ban on offshore drilling, which is set to expire October 1.  This just in from Jeb Hensarling's office: … As recently as last week, leading Democrats …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
WHY IS OBAMA SO VAPID, HESITANT, AND GUTLESS?  —  Last week really ought to have been the end of the McCain campaign.  With the whole country feeling (and its financial class acting) as if we lived in a sweltering, bankrupt banana republic, and with this misery added to the generally Belarusian atmosphere …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Spies Warn That Al Qaeda Aims for October Surprise  —  Intercepted Messages Asking Local Cells To Be Prepared for Imminent Instructions  —  WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of two major terrorist attacks on Western targets, America's counterterrorism community is warning that Al Qaeda may launch …
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: Hillary Never Wanted to be Obama's VP  —  ABC News' Russell Goldman Reports: Despite saying she would accept the offer to be vice president, Hillary Clinton never really wanted to be Barack Obama's running mate, her husband former President Bill Clinton told ABC's The View.
David Prosser / The Independent:
Fury at $2.5bn bonus for Lehman's New York staff  —  Up to 10,000 staff at the New York office of the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers will share a bonus pool set aside for them that is worth $2.5bn (£1.4bn), Barclays Bank, which is buying the business, confirmed last night.
Kevin Hassett / Bloomberg:
How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett  —  Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.
Naomi Wolf / The Huffington Post:
The Battle Plan II: Sarah “Evita” Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State  —  Please understand what you are looking at when you look at Sarah “Evita” Palin.  You are looking at the designated muse of the coming American police state.  —  You have to understand how things work …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
 
 
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
JOHN MCCAIN, REFORMER
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Arnold Kling / EconLog:
A Simpler Solution  —  On many occasions, including my Cato paper …
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Cara Degette / Colorado Independent:
Evangelical leader smacks McCain for lack of ‘principle’
Discussion: Talk To Action
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Anxious Investors Push Dow Down 372 Points
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
McCain Bemoans Fate of Undocumented Irish in America
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Voting Your Hates  —  Larison makes a strong case for not …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Andrew Cuomo? Seriously?
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‘Palin Syrah’ Wine Drops in Sales After Sarah Palin Veep Pick
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ACLU:
Appeals Court Orders Defense Department To Release Detainee Abuse …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Playing the Keating card
Discussion: The New Republic
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The End-Times And Sarah Palin
Discussion: Commentary and www.redstate.com
 

 
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
James Ledbetter, a former media critic who wrote for The Village Voice, was Inc. magazine EIC, and started fintech newsletter FIN, died on October 28 at age 60

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
How Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood are trying to revive The Daily Beast, amid conflicts with the staff, tech problems, and skepticism towards their vision

 
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