The Hill Articles: October 2, 2008

Biden, Palin avoid expected pitfalls in face-off Blogging The Veep Debate Palin Mistaken on Generals’ Names Palin goes right at Biden Bailout heads for 218 Stevens’s trial hangs by a thread Coleman, Cornyn both want to run the NRSC Lame-duck will take up Coburn bill Constituents’ phone calls and e-mails on bailout continue to flood lawmakers Weyant’s World: October 3, 2008 Analysis: GOP leaders take turns driving the bailout bus DAY’S END ROUNDUP LaTourette Offers Amendment to Decrease Initial Bailout to $250 Billion Vulnerable senators broke in favor of bailout package Stevens case still open, but hurdles remain La. primaries start Saturday Business celebrates late Bush foreign policy win Bush gives business marching orders: Lobby for the bailout For S. Korea, a win to buy U.S. weapons Oversight The Senate’s victory Dems revive Social Security scare tactics as election nears FEC Outlines Changes to ‘Millionares’ Amendment’ Plan B, as in Buffett How Fannie, Freddie sank No singing, no dancing, no crazy hats – just colorful words 20 Questions with Bob Barr Meet the Lawmaker: Sen. Blanche Lincoln McCain out of Michigan Senate Won’t Leave Until House Approves Bailout The New Yorker Endorses Obama Vote-switchers emerge in the House Congress’s phone lines jammed with bailout calls Nielsen: McCain, Obama Run Same Number of Negative Ads on Local TV Barr: ‘I Think McCain Is A Hypocrite’ Clinton to Hold Rally for Obama in Little Rock Begich and Stevens Go Back and Forth Over Debates GOP Lawmaker: Bailout Will Lead to ‘Decline of Democracy in America’ White House: House bailout votes switching to yes Secret Service must hand over Abramoff logs McCain: ‘I’m Not A Rich Man’ Corporate Tax Rate Illusions Wash. Democrat looking to hitch stimulus to bailout MIDDAY ROUNDUP Rasmussen: Obama Holds Slim Lead in N.C. The Expectations Game Asked About Polls, McCain Jokes ‘Life’s Not Fair’ Palin Prediction YouTube Yanks Obama Ad With NBC Newsmen Fred Thompson Cuts Ad for McClintock in California Sarah and the Apocalypse: Tonight’s the Night Judge may dismiss Stevens case Palins Reportedly Worth More than $1.2 Million McCain reverses course on bailout credit McCain Cool to Obama’s Handshake RedState Obama Stretching His Lead McCain Confident New Wall Street Bill Will Pass House The Huffington Post Drudge Report The Corner Townhall.com TalkingPointsMemo MyDD Daily Kos McCain Distances Himself from GOP, Praises Bailout Bill MORNING READ McCain: Palin Will Do Fine