AM Roundup

• Markets Need to Break From Digging - Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post
• The Government Is Contributing to the Panic - Jonathan Macey, WSJ
• Swept Up by Insanity of Markets - Joe Nocera, New York Times
• The Light at the End of the Crisis - Lawrence Kudlow, RealClearPolitics
• It's Not Over, But It's Going Obama's Way - Charlie Cook, National Journal
• Can McCain Still Win? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• The Real World Consequences of Republican Rule - Bob Herbert, NY Times
• Obama vs. Free Speech - Michael Barone, RealClearPolitics
• Sorry, Dad, I'm Voting For Obama - Christopher Buckley, The Daily Beast
• Catholics Struggle Over Voting For Obama - Charles Lewis, National Post
• The 'Unitary Executive' Question - Dana Nelson, Los Angeles Times
• Obama's Truth Deficit on Ayers - Maggie Gallagher, Washington Times
• Why the Ayers Attack Isn't Sticking - John Dickerson, Slate
• A Silence About Terror - John Avlon, New York Post
• Back-to-Basics Banking - Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe
• The Excesses of Pragmatism - Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times
• What History Tells Us About the Market - Jason Zweig, Wall Street Journal
• To Some Readers, Bias on Display - Deborah Howell, Washington Post

• We Have the Tools to Manage This Crisis - Paul Volcker, Wall Street Journal
• Crisis Marks New Geopolitical Order - Philip Stephens, Financial Times
• The Time to Act is Now - Paul Krugman, New York Times
• Barack Obama's Magic Act - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
• Obama Embodies a New America - Peter Beinart, Time
• A Question of Obama's Character - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
• McCain's Risky Health Plan - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
• Americans Deserve a Real Health Care Debate - Sens. Coburn & Burr, RCP
• It's Down to Hope vs. Fear - E.J. Dionne, Houston Chronicle
• Why the Ferocity to Stifle Questions? - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
• Palin's Radical Right-Wing Pals - Max Blumenthal & David Neiwert, Salon
• The End Of American Capitalism? - Anthony Faiola, Washington Post
• The Era of Free Trade Has Ended - Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard
• Political Overreaction Will Be the Great Danger - Steve Forbes, Forbes
• We Must Lead the World to Stability - Gordon Brown, Times of London
• The Economy is Stronger Than We Think - Casey Mulligan, New York Times
• A Short Banking History of the U.S. - John Steele Gordon, Wall St. Journal

• Will 2008 Be a Major Realigning Election? - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
• McCain in a Bear Market - George Will, Washington Post
• Can McCain Come Back? - Richard Baehr, American Thinker
• The Obama Surge: Will It Last? - Joe Klein, Time
• Dem Strategists See Landslide in Making - David Paul Kuhn, The Politico
• It's the Culture, Stupid - Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator
• Voting the Fate of the Nation - Chalmers Johnson, The Nation
• News Flash: The Media Back Obama - Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall St. Journal
• Resilient America Struggles - Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald
• Meltdown Has Many Culprits - Rick Santorum, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Our Choice: Recession or Depression - Nouriel Roubini, Forbes
• Fannie and Freddie Must Go - David Oedel, Christian Science Monitor
• Wall Street 101 - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
• Saved by the Deficit? - Robert Reich, New York Times
• Financial Apocalypse Not as Scary as Nuclear One - John Diamond, USAT
• Running From Reality - David Broder, Washington Post
• Dem Chances in Congress Rise on Economic Woes - Wilson & Trygstad, RCP

• Sharp Tone, No Gaffes in Town Hall Debate - Susan Page, USA Today
• A Status Quo Debate - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
• Stalemate Works to Obama's Favor - Vaughn Ververs, CBS News
• Boring Debate Ends in a Lot of Bad Feelings - Byron York, National Review
• Mud Pies for 'That One' - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
• Obama's Friends and the Truth - Maggie Gallagher, New York Post
• For New Contagion, Same Old Prescriptions - Steven Pearlstein, Wash Post
• Competition and Economic Openness is the Answer - Lee Ohanian, WSJ
• Ignoring Reality Has a Price - David Leonhardt, New York Times
• The Bailout & the Vanishing Taxpayer - Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets
• The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil - Thomas Frank, Wall Street Journal
• Over-Regulation is Not the Answer - Alvaro Vargas Llosa, The New Republic
• Prepare for the Worst - Peter Ferrara, American Spectator
• Asia's Fear of a Weak America - Philip Bowring, Int'l Herald Tribune
• Sarah Palin is Nobody's Dummy - Camille Paglia, Salon
• How Can This Woman Be Vice President? - Tom Friedman, New York Times
• Religion, Bill Maher Style - William Murchison, Dallas Morning News

• Town-Hall Debates Can Go Very Wrong - John Dickerson, Slate
• Can John McCain Pull This One Off? - Roger Simon, The Politico
• McCain Campaign and the Financial Crisis - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
• Low Road to the White House - Walter Shapiro, Salon
• The Bomber as School Reformer - Sol Stern, City Journal
• The Real Obama - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
• Media Gives Palin a Pass - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
• Biden's No Expert - He Just Plays One on TV - Jonah Goldberg, LA Times
• Bailout Vote is Proof: The Center Holds - Mark Penn, The Politico
• McCain Must Talk Growth and Recovery - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
• The Twilight of Conservative Rule - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic
• The Testing Time - David Brooks, New York Times
• We're Not Headed for a Depression - Gary Becker, Wall Street Journal
• Financial System Needs Emergency Surgery - Gerard Baker, London Times
• Catholics & Abortion (Again) - Cal Thomas, Sacramento Bee
• The Candidates and the Supreme Court - Erwin Chemerinsky, LA Times
• There's a Job to Finish in Baghdad - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal

• Is Era of Dominance Over for Conservatives? - John Harwood, NY Times
• Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead - Karl Rove, Newsweek
• The Choice: Barack Obama for President - The New Yorker
• Obama's Words Contradict Deeds - Ralph Reiland, Pittsburgh Trib-Review
• Supreme Court Fate Hinges on '08 Race - Robert Barnes, Washington Post
• McCain's Health Care Destruction - Paul Krugman, New York Times
• Obama's Payoff to Unions - Mark Skousen, Human Events
• Economic Woes Dim GOP Chances - Reid Wilson, Politics Nation
• The Wright Stuff - William Kristol, New York Times
• This Election Will Be Decided on the Issues - Michael Tomasky, Guardian
• Honor versus Unity - Laurence Cooper, Commentary
• Is This a Replay of 1929? - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
• America & the New Financial World - Zachary Karabell, Wall Street Journal
• Reversal of Fortune - Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair
• Blaming Deregulation is Nonsense - Sebastian Mallaby, Washington Post
• The Children of Gordon Gekko - Kevin Rudd, The Australian
• Can Petraeus Bring Order to Afghanistan? - Michael Evans, London Times

• Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Map - Nagourney & Zeleny, NY Times
• How Mac Can Close the Gap, Ford Style - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
• The Fall of America, Inc. - Francis Fukuyama, Newsweek
• Financial Mess Means Loss of Sovereignty - Tom Friedman, New York Times
• Confidence Game - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• What McCain Learned From TR - George Will, Washington Post
• The Next Decider: A Study in Contrasts - Jonah Lehrer, Boston Globe
• The Palin Prejudice - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News
• Mindless Populism is the Palin Problem - Jon Meacham, Newsweek
• McCain Fails to Tell His Story in Michigan - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
• Mac's Michigan Move a Sign of Weakness - Susan Estrich, FOX News
• Ignoring the People - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen
• Instead of Hype, How About Honesty? - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
• Afghanistan: Manhunt or Vital War? - Robert Kaplan, New York Times
• Danger on Remote Pakistan Border - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Behind the Bluster, Russia Collapsing - Murray Feshbach, Washington Post
• Tom Davis Gives Up - Peter Baker, New York Times Magazine

• The Year of Campaign Chaos - Michael Barone, US News & World Report
• Palin Reignites The Culture War - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
• Can McCain-Palin Catch Up? Of Course - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
• Rethinking Campaign Assumptions - Ambinder & Green, The Atlantic
• Palin and the Dumbing Down of the GOP - Joe Conason, Salon
• Palin's Attraction is Authenticity - Janice Turner, Times of London
• Do Facts Matter This Election? - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
• McCain's Kremlin Ties - Mark Ames & Ari Berman, The Nation
• Crossed Paths: Obama & Ayers - Scott Shane, New York Times
• Liberals Rethink Free Speech - Rich Lowry, New York Post
• Joe Sixpack's Hangover Headache - Matthew Dallek, New York Daily News
• The Free Market's Not Dead - Robert Bruner, Forbes
• A House Poisoned by Partisanship - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
• Bailout is Worse Than Main Street Thinks - Arnold King, The American
• The End of Prosperity? - Niall Ferguson, Time
• The Most Difficult Job in the World - Asif Alizardari, Wall Street Journal
• The Late, Great 'New York Sun' - Sol Stern, City Journal

• Biden, Palin Bring A-Game - George Stephanopoulos, ABC News
• Joe Biden Was No Match for 'Joe Six-Pack' - Peggy Noonan, Wall St. Journal
• Palin Scored Points But Didn't Win - Howard Fineman, Newsweek
• Sarah Palin Changed Her Image Overnight - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
• Palin Gives McCain Ticket New Opening - Rick Klein & Hope Ditto, ABC News
• Campaign Trajectory Remains Unchanged - Smith & Martin, The Politico
• Couric Embarrassed Palin but Missed the Story - Peter Freire, TAS
• Hockey Mom on Thin Ice - E.J. Dionne, Houston Chronicle
• Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
• Financial Crisis Has Shaken Global Politics - Philip Stephens, FT
• That Rubbish About The Credit Crunch - Gerard Baker, Times of London
• The Bailout Bill Is Irresponsible - William Isaac, Forbes
• Why the Bank Bill Should Pass - Rep. Steny Hoyer, Wall Street Journal
• Democrat Fingerprints All Over Crisis - Dominic Lawson, The Independent
• Jitters in the House of Representatives? - Francis & Sasseen, Der Spiegel
• GOP Leaders Face Bailout Pressure - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
• More Troops the Answer in Afghanistan? - Hosenball & Isikoff, Newsweek

• Other Pathways Out of Financial Crisis - David Ignatius, Washington Post
• Maddening for Madisonians - Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator
• Save the Fat Cats - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
• Kill the Bailout - Robert Tracinski, The Intellectual Activist
• US Democratic-Capitalist Model on Trial - Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian
• America's Crisis Could Be Very Ugly for World - Victor Davis Hanson, RCP
• VP Debate Could Be Politically Pivotal - Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times
• Palin May Find Bubba Vote Isn't Enough - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
• Liberals Sneer, Americans Cheer - Michelle Easton, Investor's Business Daily
• Biden's Perks Conflict w/'Regular Joe' Image - Kovaleski & McIntyre, NYT
• McCain's Bold Tactics, Long-Term Problems - Carney & Scherer, Time
• Steering a Suddenly Lost GOP Ship - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
• Democrats, Taxes and Phony 'Facts' - Brent Bozell, New York Post
• Revisiting the 'Bradley Effect' - Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times
• Can Warren Buffett Rescue the Market? - Ben Steverman, BusinessWeek
• Next: The Mother of All Bank Runs? - Nouriel Roubini, Forbes
• Credit Crisis: 36 Hours of Alarm & Action - Joe Nocera, New York Times

• A Vote Against Rashness - George Will, Washington Post
• Give Paulson, Bernanke What They Need - Tom Friedman, New York Times
• How to Start the Healing Now - Brian Wesbury, Wall Street Journal
• The Depths of Palin's Ignorance - Paul Campos, Rocky Mountain News
• Palin's Political Courage Beats DC 'Experience' - Fred Thompson, Townhall
• Obama, The Bailout and The Election - Howard Fineman, Newsweek
• Pelosi, Obama Are Wrong About Crisis - Peter Ferrara, American Spectator
• The Coming Conservative Crack-Up - Paul Waldman, American Prospect
• Nation Owes the House a Big Thank You - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
• A Deepening Leadership Crisis - David Gergen, CNN
• Can the FDIC Save the Day? - Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
• Palin's War on the Press - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
• A Debate "Moderator" in the Tank for Obama - Michelle Malkin, NY Post
• This Nice Guy May Just Finish First - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
• Ahmadinejad Means What He Says - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
• Russia and the U.S. in a Post-Aug. 8 World - Ian Bremmer, RealClearPolitics
• Finding Common Ground on Georgia - Henry Kissinger & George Shultz, IHT

• Failure to Convince the American People - Dennis Byrne, Chicago Tribune
• The Bailout Defeat: A Political Credibility Crisis - Michael Scherer, Time
• No One's Clean in This Mess - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
• When Madmen Reign - Bob Herbert, New York Times
• Bear Market for Personal Responsibility - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
• The Sarah Palin Pity Party - Rebecca Traister, Salon
• An Opportunity for McCain and Palin - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
• McCain Needs Financial Crisis Off Front Pages - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
• Does McCain Still Agree with Reagan? - Arianna Huffington, Huff Post
• Deregulation Not to Blame for Financial Woes - Peter Wallison, Bloomberg
• Convict Bush, McCain & GOP for Economy - Marie Cocco, Indianapolis Star
• ACORN, Obama & Mortgage Mess - Mona Charen, National Review
• $4 Gas vs. The Green Agenda - Ted Nordhaus & Mike Shellenberger, LA Times
• Putin as Next Peter the Great? - Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
• India: A Land on the March - Edwin Feulner, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Paul Newman Embraced Ordinariness - Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics
• Loose Money and The Roots of the Crisis - Judy Shelton, Wall Street Journal

• The Bankruptcy of Modern Economics - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
• Don't Call It a Bailout. Or a Depression - Irwin Kellner, MarketWatch
• A Bailout is Just a Start - Larry Summers, Washington Post
• Trust Capitalism. It Works - Joseph Calhoun, RealClearMarkets
• Main Street Turns Against Wall Street - Nina Easton, Fortune
• Mr. Cool vs. Mr. Hot - Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas, Newsweek
• McCain Controlled Agenda In First Debate - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
• Obama Holds His Own on Foreign Policy - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
• How McCain Wins - William Kristol, New York Times
• Minorities Scapegoated for Bank Crisis - Cynthia Tucker, Baltimore Sun
• Forced Political Lending Laid Foundation - Ralph Reiland, Pittsburgh TR
• Ohio Still Election's Big Prize - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
• Ohio Undecideds Think It Over - Douglas Belkin, Wall Street Journal
• The Appalachian Problem - Peter Boyer, The New Yorker
• Iraq's Latest Milestone - Ralph Peters, New York Post
• Is This a 'Victory'? - Peter Galbraith, New York Review of Books
• Rush Limbaugh: GOP's Real Go-To Guy - Zev Chafets, Los Angeles Times

• Obama vs. McCain: A Collision of Myths - Todd Gitlin, Los Angeles Times
• Waiting for Obama's Knockout Punch - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
• Three Campaign Lessons So Far - Mark Davis, Dallas Morning News
• McCain as the Alpha Male - David Broder, Washington Post
• Obama Looked Good. Then Came Iran - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
• The Warrior and the Priest - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
• Clarence Thomas, Palin & Affirmative Action - Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
• What's Free About Free Enterprise? - Peter Bernstein, New York Times
• Big Government Meets Corporate Welfare - Steven Greenhut, OC Register
• The Evolution of Capitalism - Robert Shiller, Washington Post
• Frank's Fingerprints All Over Financial Fiasco - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
• The Lost Tycoons - Ron Chernow, New York Times
• Obama Needs Senior Citizens' Vote - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
• For Candidates, It's All About Ohio - Carrie Budoff Brown, The Politico
• The Problem With Early Voting - George Will, Newsweek
• The Long Road to Chaos in Pakistan - Dexter Filkins, New York Times
• Iran, a Threat Bigger Than Wall Street - Greg Sheridan, The Australian

• Economic Jabs, Punches On World Affairs - Dan Balz, Washington Post
• Foreign-Policy Exchanges Highlight Sharp Differences - Gerald Seib, WSJ
• Obama Failed at His Number One Task - David Yepsen, Des Moines Register
• Neither Candidate Won, Tie Goes to Obama - John Dickerson, Slate
• McCain Very Glad He Decided to Show Up - Roger Simon, The Politico
• The Big Winner Was America - Suzanne Garment, Forbes
• McCain, Obama Echo Reagan, Clinton - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
• Obama Wins Debate On Tactics and Strategies - Joe Klein, Time
• 'Senator McCain Is Absolutely Right...' - Byron York, National Review
• McCain Too Mean or Obama Too Green? - Walter Shapiro, Salon
• The Tale of Two Bracelets - Charles Hurt, New York Post
• Question of Debate: Who 'Gets It'? - Mike Littwin, Rocky Mountain News
• It's Not Obama's Race, It's His Policies - Ross Balano, Kansas City Star
• Palin's Words Raise Red Flags - Bob Herbert, New York Times
• Biden's Foot-in-Mouth Disease - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Now That the Bubble Has Burst, Let's Be Frank - Michael Kinsley, Time
• Slimmer, Cleaner Paulson Plan is a Win - Larry Kudlow, RealClearPolitics