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October 2008
- McCain Gets Testy in Des Moines
  
  Politico | Oct 1, 08 1:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain showed his combative side in a videotaped interview with the Des Moines Register yesterday, taking umbrage at questions about whether Sarah Palin might be inexperienced and whether some of his campaign ads might have stretched the truth. “I have always had 100%, absolute truth, and that's been my life of putting my country first," McCain asserts with annoyance in one clip. "And an assertion that I've ever done otherwise, I take strong exception to." More »
September 2008
- Anti-Palin Screed Makes Wasilla Woman Many Friends
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 30, 08 4:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Wasilla, Alaska, woman just wanted to share her Sarah Palin experiences with 40 friends, but the none-too-flattering email she wrote ended up on computer screens nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now Anne Kilkenny, who became involved in local politics while Palin was mayor because of a fight to pave her driveway, has been receiving hate mail for criticizing the popular vice presidential candidate. More »
- Chicago Bar Hangs Nude Palin Portrait
  
  Chicago Tribune | Sep 30, 08 3:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Perhaps the most revealing depiction of Sarah Palin is the one hanging at a Chicago tavern: A naked, smiling, high-heeled Palin holds a shotgun in front of an Alaskan landscape in a portrait displayed at the North Side bar, the Tribune reports. The owner's husband, who is crushing on Alaska's governor, had his lookalike daughter pose for the maverick's body . More »
- Her Star Falling, Palin Crams for Debate
  
  New York Times | Sep 30, 08 7:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Things don't look good for Sarah Palin: her popularity is slipping, conservative columnists are turning on her, and in two days she faces Joe Biden in a debate she is widely expected to lose. After her roundly derided interview with Katie Couric, Palin has been awake into the wee hours cramming for the debate, reports the New York Times , and yesterday she arrived at John McCain's ranch in Sedona for intensive preparation. More »
- Mac Blames Bailout on Obama, Who Returns Fire
  
  Reuters | Sep 29, 08 6:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain blamed Barack Obama and the Democrats for injecting partisan rancor into a House vote that killed the $700 bailout plan today, Reuters reports. They "infused unnecessary partisanship into the process," McCain said in Iowa. A McCain advisor went further, saying Obama had "failed to lead, phoned it in" during negotiations. Obama's camp called the statement "hyper-partisan." More »
- Limbaugh May Hold Key to McCain's Fate
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 29, 08 2:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rush Limbaugh may be John McCain’s best friend in the fight against Barack Obama, writes Zev Chafets in the LA Times . Vociferously anti-McCain during primary season, Limbaugh is now on board and can't be underestimated. "A lot of Limbaugh's critics dismiss him as a buffoon or a fanatic," Chafets writes. "These are people who don''t listen to his show." More »
- DC Trip Nets Mac Little More Than Muddled Campaign
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 29, 08 2:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's insistence on rushing to Washington to involve himself in the bailout process left his campaign reeling, gave critics new ammunition, and widened Barack Obama's poll margins, Bob Drogin reports in the Los Angeles Times . The Arizona senator, who didn't help draft the plan and also skipped voting on another bill, "needs to be a bit more measured," says his former campaign manager. More »
- Palin Speaks 'Gibberish,' Isn't Ready to be VP: Zakaria
  
  Newsweek | Sep 29, 08 11:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Fareed Zakaria joins a chorus of pundits from both right and left who have declared the Alaska governor unqualified to be vice president. "Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony?" the Newsweek columnist writes. When she goes off script, as she had to in the Katie Couric interview last week, he says, “what she has to say is often, quite frankly, gibberish.” More »
- Bailout Shows Nominees' Divergent Styles
  
  New York Times | Sep 29, 08 9:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Last week's tumultuous negotiations over the federal bailout presented the two presidential candidates in their classic modes: John McCain the impulsive firebrand, Barack Obama the even-keel analyzer. Yet while Obama won praise from Democrats for his level-headed response, many Republicans worried about McCain's behavior, especially his insistence that SEC chairman Christopher Cox be fired, writes the New York Times . More »
- Obama Wins Debate Bump
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 29, 08 5:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama slightly increased his lead over John McCain after last week’s debate and bad economic news, according to a new Los Angeles Times/ Bloomberg poll. The Democratic candidate is up 49% to McCain's 44%, a 1% gain from last week. The results indicated less confidence among Americans that McCain will strengthen the economy and succeed in Iraq. More »
- Stumping McCain and Obama May Skip Bailout Vote
  
  Politico | Sep 29, 08 3:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite the heated campaign debate about the US financial crisis—and John McCain's emergency "suspension" of his campaign until a deal on the rescue package was struck last week—both John McCain and Barack Obama may skip the vote on the bailout, reports Politico. Neither camp has committed to attend, citing campaign events, though both say they are inclined to support the package. Obama is in Colorado today, and McCain in Ohio. More »