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Passage: Politico Playback -- the best late-night clips.
BULLETIN: AP, "General wants help in Afghanistan now: The top American military commander in Afghanistan says more troops and other help in fighting a growing insurgency are needed 'as quickly as possible.' Gen. David McKiernan says it's not just a question of troops - but more economic aid and more political aid as well. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, the head of NATO forces in Afghanistan said there has been a significant increase in foreign fighters coming in from neighboring Pakistan this year. He did say Wednesday he's encouraged by recent Pakistani military operations against insurgents waging cross-border attacks into Afghanistan."
TOP STORY: Hank Paulson’s 3-page economic rescue plan is now the Senate’s 451-pager. Vote expected close to 8:30 p.m. ET. Other votes start at 7:30.
Release: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today launched an inside-the-beltway radio advertising campaign urging Congress to act immediately to pass a responsible bill that will stabilize our financial system and ensure that consumers and businesses will continue to have access to credit. The 30-second ad calls on leaders in Congress to come together in a bi-partisan manner and to address this crisis."
TOP BUZZ – VP DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT IN ST. LOUIS -- Katie Couric’s 90 minutes of interviews with Gov. Palin (on the bus, on the plane, walk-and-talk and sit-down) are the gift that keeps on giving. Tonight on the “CBS Evening News,” Katie and Executive Producer Rick Kaplan launch “Vice Presidential Questions,” in which Senator Biden and Gov. Palin are asked the same questions, with the answers played back to back. Tonight: Roe v. Wade and other Supreme Court decisions, and the separation of church and state.
Politico’s Jonathan Martin learned from Republican sources that when Palin was asked another Supreme Court decision besides Roe that she might disagree with, her answer was a total blank.
Tomorrow, Gov. Palin comments about the best thing and the worst thing Vice President Cheney has done. She actually answers both of them. It’s must-see TV. The D.C. elites will be abuzz.
PUNDIT PREP: We want to warn the folks on this list that you’re not her target. She’s trying to reach struggling moms in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Missouri. They just might like her answers better than you do. Nevertheless, top Republicans are sick with worry about the effect her answers could have on the ticket in these trying days. And Couric has been widely praised for her cheerful persistence. The conversations were so remarkable that Couric devoted nine minutes to the segment, which is possibly the longest “Evening News” segment since Walter Cronkite famously laid out the evidence on Watergate.
ANOTHER KEY CAVEAT, AND THE ISSUE THAT TOMORROW'S DEBATE WILL TURN ON: Non-committal answers are a strategy she has used successfully throughout her political career. She is the master of these. You ask her “Do you like black or do you like white?” And she’ll say, “Colors are wonderful.” You say, “Is red or orange the prettier color?” She’ll say, “All colors are important, and they’re important to make the country stronger.” In the Couric interview, he’s even a little vague about Roe v. Wade going forward, beyond saying that she’s against it. She cleverly doesn’t really give either side much to grab onto, which may frustrate some pro-lifers. So the key to tomorrow's debate will be whether voters are impressed by her answers that focus on big themes like getting the terrorists, or are bewildered by her inability to defuse simple follow-up questions.
"SNL" BAIT: When Katie asked Gov. Palin twice what newspapers and magazines she regularly read before she was tapped to be Senator McCain's running mate, she repeatedly didn’t answer: “I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media. ... All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years. I have a VAST variety of SOURCES where we get OUR news. Alaska isn't a foreign COUNTRY where it's kind of suggested, it seems like, 'Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking and doing when you live up there in Alaska?' BELIEVE me, Alaska is like a MICROCOSM of America.”).
JACKPOT: The “Today” show opening includes part of the McCain campaign’s favorite bites from Gov. Palin’s interview yesterday with popular conservative radio talker Hugh Hewitt: “I think they’re just not used to someone coming in from the outside saying you know what? It’s time that normal Joe six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency, and I think that that’s kind of taken some people off guard, and they’re out of sorts, and they’re ticked off about it, but it’s motivation for John McCain and I to work that much harder to make sure that our ticket is victorious, and we put government back on the side of the people of Joe six-pack like me, and we start doing those things that are expected of our government, and we get rid of corruption, and we commit to the reform that is not only desired, but is deserved by Americans.
RNC launches: " OBAMA SPEND-O-METER -- OBAMA'S LIBERAL FISCAL AGENDA: OVER $1 TRILLION IN NEW SPENDING."
MAZEL TOV: TIME magazine’s Michael Grunwald last night won Understanding Government's Prize for Preventive Journalism for his August 2007 story on the Army Corps of Engineers and the levees of New Orleans. Mike was up against some other great investigative talents like Dana Priest and Eric Lipton. He’s donating the $50,000 prize to help victims of Katrina.
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