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    McCain Campaign Soaked by Stories of Palin StrifeJust as we suspected, the weekend was spent chronicling the increasing tension between the Republican candidates.
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. chat room
    Charlie Rose on Sarah Palin on Charlie RoseWe talked to the popular PBS host about how influential he really thought his interview was with the Alaska governor.
    By Jada Yuan
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    McCain Campaign a ‘Circular Firing Squad’The McCain campaign gets all melty on the inside, while Obama’s team remains chilled through and through.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Sarah Palin, 2012In a party and campaign already splitting its seams, many people think Palin will come out of this campaign clean, and emerge as the Republican front-runner for 2012.
    By Dan Amira
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    ‘Times’ Endorses Obama, Who’s Totally Not a HotheadThey side with Obama’s politics — and his temper.
    By Jessica Coen
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    Sarah Palin on Her (Maybe Not Quite) $150,000 Wardrobe: ‘The Whole Thing Is Just Bad!’The Alaska governor opens up the closet in her heart during an interview.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Schumer Lays the Smack Down on McCain’s ‘New York Elite’ Claim’Men in Gucci shoes who have seven glass houses,’ observes our dear senior senator, ‘should not cast stones.’
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Elisabeth Hasselbeck to Stump for Sarah PalinThe lovely ‘View’ host will join the lovely vice-presidential nominee in lovely Florida over the weekend.
    By Chris Rovzar
  10. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Times’ Editorial-Page Editors Totally Saw McCain Slap ComingFrom the moment they accepted Barack Obama’s op-ed over the summer, they knew they’d set themselves up for a McCain trap.
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. BREAKING: City Council Votes to Extend Term LimitsHoly cow. In a major victory for Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council just narrowly voted to pass his proposal to extend term limits.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Coming Soon: Stories on How Sarah Palin and John McCain Hate Each OtherAfter comments made by Chuck Todd last night on MSNBC about the pair’s ‘lack of chemistry,’ expect the media to be on the lookout for any and all signs of strife.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    The Chances of — Yes — a McCain ComebackIn the polls, in the known and unknown unknowns, and in the potential for flat-out luck, there remains a reason to hope.
    By Dan Amira
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    Obama Calls Biden’s ‘Test’ Comment a ‘Rhetorical Flourish,’ McCain Calls it ‘Accidental Straight Talk’Oh, what’s in a gaffe, anyway?
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Senior Republican Strategist: ‘McCain Should Campaign Like Dole’This, of course, makes us imagine what else John McCain should do like Dole.
    By Chris Rovzar
  16. early and awesome
    It Was Inevitable: ‘Radar’ Creates Woody Allen–Sarah Palin Mash-upEver wonder why, when Woody Allen is stubborn, nonsensical, inarticulate, incompetent, and infuriating, it’s somehow both hilarious and adorable, but when Sarah Palin does it, it’s somehow both hilarious and TERRIFYING?
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Dean Campaign Officials Don’t Quite Remember Charles O’ByrneThe tax-scandal-ridden Paterson aide is frequently listed as a former speechwriter for the Howard Dean campaign. But two sources there can’t quite remember what he was up to.
    By Jacob Gershman
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    How Obama’s Putting That Big Bank to Its Best UseSo Barack Obama shattered all expectations and records by raising an amazing $150 million last month. Exactly what does that advantage mean?
    By Peter Keating
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    The Final Undoing of Sarah PalinPalin’s problems keep piling up!
    By Dan Amira
  20. Sarah Palin: ‘I’ve Always Wanted a Son Named Zamboni’The hockey mom has a sense of humor!
    By Chris Rovzar
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    ‘Times Magazine’ to Get Behind McCain Campaign NarrativesComing this Sunday, an in-depth story on the McCain campaign that some are calling the first ‘postmortem.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. instant politics
    Dahlia Lithwick and Ayelet Waldman on Michelle Bachmann and Why They’re So Worried About Voter SuppressionToday, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and author Ayelet Waldman discuss Michelle Bachmann’s anti-Obama blunder, the discouraging fight against incipient voter suppression, and George W. Bush’s one enduring, “raging success.”
  23. early and awesome
    Jon Stewart Wants to, Very Quickly, Say ‘F**k You’ to Sarah PalinThe ‘Daily Show’ host was caught on tape at a college stand-up routine expressing his hate for Sarah Palin.
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. Joe Klein Banned From Straight Talk AirDespite the fact that there were empty seats, ‘Time’ columnist and ‘Primary Colors’ author Joe Klein has not been able to get a seat on the McCain campaign plane.
    By Jessica Pressler
  25. early and awesome
    Obama Breaks for Grandmas With Broken HipsWill Barack Obama’s decision to fly to the side of his Nana hurt his campaign?
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. The Billionaires Are at It AgainRonald Lauder has another quibble with term limits, and Tom Golisano says he’ll finance an ad campaign against extending them.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    McCain’s State-by-State Strategy — or Lack ThereofMcCain may give up on Colorado and try to pick off Obama’s old primary bugaboo, Pennsylvania, and its lush bounty of 21 electoral votes.
    By Dan Amira
  28. instant politics
    Jennifer Senior and Dahlia Lithwick on Palin’s ‘SNL’ Appearance and McCain’s Problems With WomenToday, ‘New York’ writer Jennifer Senior and Slate editor Dahlia Lithwick discuss Sarah Palin’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ appearance, how McCain and his campaign relate to women, and the trap of becoming a ‘mean girl.’
  29. McCain Campaign Manager ‘Rethinking’ Using Reverend Wright in Obama AttacksWith only fifteen days left until the election, the McCain team realized that they already threw the kitchen sink, but forgot to use the best part — the hose.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    Powell: How Important Is the Most Important Endorsement of the Campaign?The political commentariat seems to agree on two things right now: (1) Endorsements never matter, and (2) Colin Powell’s endorsement does matter, somewhat.
    By Dan Amira
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    A Giuliani-Paterson Matchup Would Be Like ‘Luke Skywalker Against Darth Vader’The ‘Times’ reports that the former mayor is weighing a run for Albany in 2010.
    By Chris Rovzar
  32. early and often
    So Who Thought Colin Powell Only Endorsed Obama Because He’s Black?Turns out, not as many people as you might think.
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. press-box confidential
    The Sports Media Goes Political!This week: The local sporting press turns its attention to the presidential race.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  34. early and often
    Scott McClellan on ‘W.’“At best, Stone’s interpretation is educated conjecture.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. early and often
    Does Joe the Plumber Matter? The Answer Might Surprise You!While it’s interesting to see Mr. Plumber transformed into an ephemeral celebrity, does he have any real relevance to the election? Yes!
    By Dan Amira
  36. City Council Meetings on Term Limits Are ScaryIn which we imagine what was going on inside the head of the girl who told off Mayor Bloomberg.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    At Last, the Candidates Find Their Senses of HumorOn ‘Letterman’ and at last night’s Alfred E. Smith dinner, the candidates get some laughs — and not the nasty, ‘I hate you’ type of laughs they earned during the debates.
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. the most important people in the world
    Joe Wurzelbacher Is the Britney Spears of Election 2008Joe the Plumber is getting the full celebrity treatment.
    By Jessica Pressler
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    Heilemann: Obama Nails the Debate TrifectaYou might be able to argue that McCain won more specific points, but his cranky tone and incessant smirks practically handed the debate to Obama.
    By John Heilemann
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    Those Mysterious Undecided Voters, and Why Obama Should Be Worried About ThemObama may have already skimmed as many voters as he’s likely to get from the undecideds.
    By Peter Keating
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    It Was McCain’s Best Debate, But Was It Good Enough?Unless Joe the Plumber becomes a national rallying cry (please, God, no), there was nothing McCain did that fundamentally altered the course of his campaign.
    By Dan Amira
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    Joe the Plumber Is PeopleWho is this guy, and why did he hijack the debate last night?
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. early and drunken
    One Last Time: Where to Watch the DebatesHere’s a roundup of some of the bars that will be hosting debate-watching parties tonight. C’mon, you weren’t going to watch sober, were you?
    By Mike Vilensky
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    Bon Jovi to Sarah Palin, ‘I Say YOU Can’t Go Home’Obama supporter Jon Bon is pissed Palin is using one of his songs at her campaign rallies.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. instant politics
    Byron York and Craig Unger on McCain’s Quagmire’National Review’ correspondent Byron York and Craig Unger, author of ‘The Fall of the House of Bush,’ discuss McCain’s challenge at tonight’s debate, whether the race holds any surprises, and how Obama resembles Bush in his response to the financial crisis.
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    The Final Debate: McCain Needs a MiracleMcCain must create a game-changing moment without being negative; Obama just has to stand there. Who would you rather be?
    By Dan Amira
  47. early and often
    Et Tu, GOP? The Conservative Betrayal SpectrumSo which Republican pundits have undercut McCain the most?
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Care About Life AnymoreClinton supposedly no longer has any higher goals than being a measly New York senator.
    By Dan Amira
  49. debatable
    One Reason Why the Third Debate Won’t SuckMcCain says Obama’s taunts have ‘probably ensured’ that William Ayers will be brought up in Wednesday’s debate.
    By Dan Amira
  50. instant politics
    Matt Taibbi and Byron York Butt Heads Over Whether McCain Deserves Blame for the Wall Street Meltdown’Rolling Stone’ columnist Matt Taibbi and ‘National Review’ correspondent Byron York argue over the headwinds facing McCain, what Phil Gramm had to do with the financial crisis, and the importance of credit default swaps.
  51. early and often
    What Part of ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ Doesn’t McCain Understand?While McCain will (we assume) produce his new economic plan today, it seems clear that he still has a struggle ahead of him.
    By Dan Amira
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