Matt Lewis: Liberal CNN Host Campbell Brown Crosses Line
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Campbell Brown is blaming McCain for putting Palin's daughter in the media spotlight. This is irresponsible journalism, to say the least -- and a further example of liberal bias which is permeating most cable news...

It's really about John McCain
Newshoggers.com — By Ron Beasley The Sarah Palin choice for VP is not about her it's about John McCain - his judgment and about who is pulling his strings.  John McCain once joked that his constituency was the media and in large part that's was true.  It was the media that created the myth of the maverick.  St John was already losing that media constituency in part ...

Daily Dolt: Tucker Bounds
ArchPundit — Ouch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYYiw_y2qDI

Thomas Eagleton Watch II
Booman Tribune — I know it won't come as much of a surprise but I'm hearing from anonymous Hill sources (I always wanted to use that kind of weasel sourcing) that the Republicans are getting nervous as all hell about the selection of Sarah Palin as their vice-presidential nominee. It goes without saying that the 'Realist School' on foreign policy isn't remotely amused by this pick. Senators Richard Lugar, Chuck Hagel, George Voinovich, and Secretary Colin Powell, Undersecretary Richard Armitage, Brent Scowcroft, and their ilk were already near their wit's end with John McCain's embrace of neo-conservatism. But this pick is a bridge too far. No one can defend it and it is getting more ...

Media props
The Reaction — By Creature Here are two examples, yes two, of the media doing its job. It's a shame I'm so impressed because reporting should always look like this. First we have Campbell Brown refusing to take spin for an answer from McCain spokesperson Tucker Bounds [h/t TPM]: Next--from ABC News, no less--is Brian Ross exposing the lie that the GOP is on respectful footing as a hurricane lashes America [h/t watertiger]: (Cross-posted at State of the ...

And I thought Campbell Brown was a cream puff
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T's Uncrossed, I's Undotted
Obsidian Wings — by publius Even assuming the Palin post-selection vetting turns out ok, it’s still looking more like a disaster. It just completely undermines McCain’s strongest argument, which is that Obama lacks the experience necessary to lead. The contradiction is starting to bear some poisonous fruit. Check out (via TPM) this Campbell Brown ...

Palin (and McCain) in Loads of Trouble...
The BRAD BLOG — Blogged by Brad Friedman from the road... It's only Monday. John McCain announced his selection of Sarah Palin as his VP on Friday. Given that we've had a hurricane, the wrap of one convention, the beginning of another and all of it over a Labor Day weekend, it's amazing how many questions about Palin --- and McCain's judgment in selecting her --- have come to light in just the past four days. Were it not for the near-total lock on the media by the Rightwing, I can't see how she'd possibly make it through another week, much less the General Election. Even with that lock, I still don't see how she ultimately survives at this rate. ...

I Heart Campbell Brown
Rook's Rant — I might have to be honest and tell The GirlFriend™ I have a crush on Campbell Brown. You will too after watching this YouTube video;

Hullabaloo — Sharks Patrol These Waters by dday When I last left the Internet for a delightful Labor Day barbecue, the questioned raised about Sarah Palin were merely the stuff of blog comment sections and the like. It took what ought to be a private occurrence of the Governor's 17 year-old daughter's pregnancy, but the traditional media has now caught on that this pick is exceedingly strange, and that the only people who knew less about her than the American public were John McCain's Vice Presidential vetting team. Greg Sargent has a great rundown. * The news that Palin once backed the Bridge to Nowhere went ...

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' ...
Talking Points Memo — I think TPM Reader JL may be on to something ... Just a thought, and I doubt I'm the first to think it. Watching that surprising video of Cambell Brown taking Tucker Bounds to the cleaners', I wondered if perhaps what I was really seeing was a mainstream press that is furious with McCain for having embarrassed them. Even if Palin drops out by the end of the week, and Pawlenty or Romney or whomever gets on board and we begin take two of the entire thing, I can't imagine that the press will have retained their abiding love of McCain. After all, they're the ones who nurtured his straight-talkin'-maverick image, and now he has appeared to throw it ...

Campbell Brown: Explain to us why you think Gov. Palin is ready to be commander and chief?
Crooks and Liars — CNN’s Campbell Brown ripped Tucker Bounds on Palin’s national security experience in a way that was pretty stunning.  Brown rightly notes that John McCain’s whole campaign revolves around national security and it would appear that Sarah is mighty thin when it comes to that topic. Does ...

Can't Stand the Heat
Talking Points Memo — If he can't stand up to Larry King, how can he stand up to ... well, anybody. After Campbell Brown's interview with McCain's spokesman Tucker Bounds last night, McCain is pulling out of an interview tonight with Larry King. We'll have more shortly. Here's the 'offending' interview in question ... ...

McCain Cancels CNN Interview As Punishment For Criticizing Palin
TPM Election Central — It looks like the McCain camp is now actively taking steps to punish media outlets that give them bad coverage. CNN just reported that the campaign has cancelled a scheduled interview with Larry King due to an unfriendly segment last night on CNN -- the segment we flagged last night where the network's Campbell Brown grilled McCain spokesperson Tucker bounds over Sarah Palin's lack of foreign policy experience. Here's last night's segment: Wolf Blitzer said the McCain campaign complained that Campbell Brown's grilling of Tucker Bounds over Sarah Palin's lack of foreign policy experience ...

McCain snubs CNN; not ABC
Michael Calderone's Blog — CNN's Wolf Blitzer said on the air this afternoon that the McCain campaign canceled an interview with Larry King because of last night's heated exchange between Campbell Brown and spokesperson Tucker Bounds, regarding Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience. Meanwhile ABC announced that Charlie Gibson will get the only interview with McCain at the convention, airing on Wednesday's "World News."

CNN Does its Job, McCain Punishes It
Informed Comment — Campbell Brown of CNN asks McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds some hard questions about Sarah Palin's national security experience and refuses to let him get away with illogical and self-contradictory answers. John McCain was furious (and no one can be furious the way he can) and cancelled his planned interview on CNN in a fit of pique.

Impossible dilemmas
The Poor Man Institute — There are a number of very good reasons why I don’t want to vote for John McCain.  For example: he’s crazy.  And in those areas where he isn’t actually crazy, he is willing to act crazy to appease the Crazy Bush Base.  He is a very angry little man.  And now, in his one pre-executive decision, he has managed to pick the ...

Daily Digest: GOP Convo Burns Up the Tubes
techPresident — The Web on the Candidates Watch Along with Bloggers in the Know: If you're following along from home with the Republican National Convention action coming out of St. Paul, you may well want pop on over at some point to C-SPAN's new RNC '08 Convention Hub tonight. The site serves as something of a one-stop shop for major online coverage of the Republican gathering. But beyond that, it also provides useful pointers to what's bubbling up in local blogospheres. Like, saaaaay, the Alaskosphere. Consider devoting a share of your multi-tasking during this evening's address by vice-presidential nominee ...

Angry Amateurs
Swampland — The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate--and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past--have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year. But things have gotten much worse in recent days: there was McCain's rude, bizarre interview with Time Magazine last week. Yesterday, McCain refused to an interview with Larry King, for God's sake, because Campbell Brown had been caught in the commission of journalism on CNN the night before, asking McCain spokesman Tucker ...

Bludgeoning The Refs To Within An Inch Of Their Lives
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Jesse Taylor What happens when whining like a baby doesn’t work?  You whine even more, motherfucker. I can’t particularly blame the media here, the simple pack animals that they tend to act as.  What McCain did was issue a challenge - he threw out someone virtually untouched by any investigative reporting whatsoever to potentially be next in line for the presidency, and then appeared to do the sort of vetting you’d do for your pottery teacher rather than the Vice President of the United States.  Here’s an example of the “tough” reporting that’s bringing the McCain campaign to their ...

Palin's military command experience
Angry Bear — Notice the comments at the end of the video by CNN's Campbel Brown. Palin has military command experience? McCain has reportedly cancelled Larry King Live and future CNN appearances. Anyone know anything?

Joe Klein Upset That Angry Amateurs Are Fighting Back
Pirate's Cove — Joe Klein at Time magazine is proving once again that the media really is ensconsed in their own Arugula laced fish tank. He has a screed up, which comes pretty darned close to mirroring the talking points emails I receive from the Barry campaign. About the only difference is Joe doesn’t ask me to donate or sign up to receive Time magazine. The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign’s war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate–and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past–have been subject to ...

Joe Klein Upset That Angry Amateurs Are Fighting Back
Stop The ACLU — Joe Klein at Time magazine is proving once again that the media really is ensconsed in their own Arugula laced fish tank. He has a screed up, which comes pretty darned close to mirroring the talking points emails I receive from the Barry campaign. About the only difference is Joe doesn’t ask me to donate or sign up to receive Time magazine. The story of the day ...

Sarah Palin--The Package Looks Better But The Poison Will Make You Just As Sick
DownWithTyranny! — Remember Monk? I usually try to avoid right wing propaganda. But for some reason I forced myself to listen to the St. Paul HateFest last night. If you thought Giuliani was supposed to be the creature from the black lagoon dug up to infect everyone with his poisonous venom... well that was just an appetizer for what close McCain family ...

Campbell Brown, a new journalism shero
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — I know am coming late to the Campbell Brown party but I just have to post it here because it's so awesome. Campell Brown smacks down McCain surrogate Tucker Bounds for not being able to give not one example of Sarah Palin's alleged experience with National Security. She goes after him like a pitbull and doesn't back down even as he acts insulted by not being allowed to stick to his talking points. Funny because now the Alask National Guard has responded directly to the question and the answer is, No. Sarah Palin has never had to deploy the Alaska National Guard in any situation akin ...

McCain Spokesman Spanked on Fox 'News' (of All Places) for Lies About Obama Tax Plan
The BRAD BLOG — Wow. Poor Tucker Bounds. First CNN's right-leaning Campbell Brown (she's married to Bush Admin loyalist/lacky Dan Senor, despite the fact that CNN rarely, if ever, discloses that serious conflict of interest) committed a rare act of actual journalism by asking Bounds what foreign affairs experience Sarah Palin had. The McCain/Palin shill had nothing, and embarrassed himself under Brown's repeated, and responsible, prodding. So the McCain camp subsequently cancelled an interview with CNN's Larry King, claiming "that exchange was over the line" because Brown bothered to ask actual questions, and follow-ups, of their campaign. And now, it seems, that even ...

Jesse Lee: 43 Days Out: If You Liked What We Did With Wall Street...
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Jesse Lee is the Online Rapid Response Manager for the DNC, this is a daily update on the day's messaging. Regrets, I've had a few... but not John McCain! John McCain's flip flop on his steady record of supporting deregulation (e.g. "I'm always for less regulation") might be somewhat more convincing if he showed just the slightest sense of reevaluation or regret. Well last night on 60 Minutes he got his big chance: Scott Pelley: In 1999, you were one of the senators who helped pass deregulation of Wall Street. Do you regret that now? John McCain: No, I think the deregulation was probably helpful to the growth of our ...