The Daily Bric-A-Brac: Palin's First Gaffe; Obama Borrows A Line

Gov. Sarah Palin evidently hasn't gotten around to the Fannie/Freddie lessons yet. They're "too expensive" for taxpayers. Which either puts her at odds with the McCain-endorsed federal bailout, or it puts her at odds with reality.

Ted Johnson is out of jail and back on the beat. He's got news of a Barbra fundraiser for Obama.

Thought that Tom Toles cartoon sounded weird when it was narrated, unwittingly, by Barack Obama? So did the Boston Globe.

Here's NBC News's post-convention electoral map. Mine will come tomorrow, although one big difference is in the status of Pennsylvania: I think it's still a toss-up; they make it lean. And I'm not yet ready to move Missouri just yet....

Here's CNN/ORC's latest poll.

In ABC News's latest survey, McCain has improved among white women and with voters in the Midwest.

Never seen Ross Douthat seem so jazzed about being a Republican.

The official DNC roll call. Sen. Hillary Clinton topped 1000 votes.