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  • October 2008

    • Bush Moves Quickly, Signs Bailout Bill Into Law

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 3, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Bush Moves Quickly, Signs Bailout Bill Into Law

      (Newser) - Less than 2 hours after the House passed the $700 billion bailout bill, President Bush signed it this afternoon. With a stroke of a pen, he set in motion $110 million in tax cuts and sent the legislators on both sides of the 263-171 vote home to explain themselves to their constituents just over a month before Election Day, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Election 2008  • George W. Bush  • bailout  • House of Representatives  • legislation  • House Republicans  • House Democrats

    • Fake Polls Smear 'Muslim' Obama

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 3, 08 12:15 PM CDT

      Fake Polls Smear 'Muslim' Obama

      (Newser) - The ugly tactic of “push polling” has resurfaced in key swing states, as fake pollsters seek to influence voters with scam questions that present an unfavorable view of Barack Obama, the Guardian reports. On one call, a Jewish voter in Pennsylvania says, she was asked if she would vote for Obama if she knew he was supported by the militant organization Hamas. "It is scare tactics," she said. "It is terribly underhand." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Florida  • poll  • Ohio  • Jeremiah Wright  • Muslim  • smear campaign  • political activism

    • Wolverine? Weathergirl? Pundits Reach for Words

      Newsweek  |  Oct 3, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Wolverine? Weathergirl? Pundits Reach for Words

      (Newser) - Think Sarah Palin's performance was folksy and colorful last night? Pundits reached to do it justice: "I always wondered what a wolverine would sound like chewing through plywood," writes Howard Fineman of Newsweek . "Now I know: like Sarah Palin 'debating'  Joe Biden." “Somewhere in heaven, Norman Rockwell is smiling,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times.   More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • vice presidential debate

    • Palin's Winning Strategy: Ignore the Question

      Slate  |  Oct 3, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      Palin's Winning Strategy: Ignore the Question

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin made last night's debate work for her by answering whichever questions she wanted, not the questions she was asked, writes Christopher Beam in Slate. The Republican seemed to barely notice her opponent and the moderator, at one point telling Joe Biden, "I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people." More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential debate  • Gwen Ifill

    • Perky, Populist Palin Saves McCain Again

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 3, 08 10:05 AM CDT

      Perky, Populist Palin Saves McCain Again

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin starred in her own political "infomercial" last night and once again revived John McCain's flagging campaign, writes Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal. Palin looked "not petrified but peppy," her style far more suited to a debate than a cerebral interview. Biden seemed to be waiting for her to make a fool of herself. She didn’t. Instead, she talked straight to the people in a baldly populist, if transparent, pitch to “soccer moms” and “Joe Six-Pack.” More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • George W. Bush  • Sarah Palin  • bailout  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • vice presidential debate

    • Obama's Cool Will Win the White House

      Washington Post  |  Oct 3, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      Obama's Cool Will Win the White House

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has kept his cool while his rival hurls frantic Hail Mary passes—and that will be what wins him this election, Charles Krauthammer writes in the Washington Post . John McCain tempted fate one time too many with his campaign-suspension stunt, Krauthammer argues, leaving his rival—who did not distinguish himself in the crisis—looking calm and steady. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008

    • Biggest Loser in VP Debate Was Gwen Ifill

      Atlantic Monthly  |  Oct 3, 08 8:55 AM CDT

      Biggest Loser in VP Debate Was Gwen Ifill

      (Newser) - Last night's debate will provide "no fundamental change" in the race, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic, which is much better news for Obama than McCain. Here are some other quick takes from Fallows: Moderator Gwen Ifill was "terrible." She seemed not to care at all about "looking for ways to follow up the unanswered questions or self contradictory answers." More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential debate  • Gwen Ifill

    • Debate Polls: Biden Wins, Palin Gets a Boost

      CNN  |  Oct 3, 08 8:38 AM CDT

      Debate Polls: Biden Wins, Palin Gets a Boost

      (Newser) - Joe Biden won last night’s debate, polls from CNN and CBS show, but Sarah Palin held her own, improving her image with many responders. Some 51% of viewers polled told CNN that Biden did “the best job,” compared to 36% who preferred Palin. In the CBS poll, uncommitted voters—who may have a preference but aren’t settled on a candidate—said Biden performed better by more than two-to-one. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • poll  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential debate

    • Palin Survives, But the Ticket Still Struggles

      New York Times  |  Oct 3, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      Palin Survives, But the Ticket Still Struggles

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin acquitted herself at last night's debate with her charm and a show of basic coherency, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times . Her face-off with Joe Biden didn't prove to be a point of no return for the faltering McCain campaign, but neither was it the decisive blow against Barack Obama that McCain needed. More »

    • Judge Refuses to Block Troopergate Probe

      Anchorage Daily News  |  Oct 3, 08 5:40 AM CDT

      Judge Refuses to Block Troopergate Probe

      (Newser) - An Alaska judge has refused to halt the Troopergate probe, declaring it a "legitimate" investigation, despite a Republican lawsuit against it, reports the Anchorage Daily News . The judge upheld subpoenas against Sarah Palin's husband and several aides. Five Republican state legislators had filed a lawsuit claiming that the investigation into the firing of a state commissioner was tainted by partisanship and was being used to damage Palin's election chances. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Alaska  • Todd Palin  • Troopergate  • Walt Monegan

    • Sarah 6-Pack All But 'Popped Open a Cold One'

      Washington Post  |  Oct 3, 08 2:40 AM CDT

      Sarah 6-Pack All But 'Popped Open a Cold One'

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin worked her perky just-plain-folks act to the nauseating end in yesterday's debate, Dana Milbank grumbles in the Washington Post. It promised to be "long night" when Palin, "wearing a glittery flag pin, blew a kiss to the audience." But Palin "had no problem meeting exceptionally low expectations" at her "public IQ test," notes Milbank. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • debate  • vice presidential debate