9/18 Morning Links

Steve Benen on just how spectacularly unqualified Sarah Palin is.

Josh Marshall analyzes McCain's Spain gaffe.

Salon: Karl Rove says Palin choice was political.

Joe Klein: McCain is "flailing."

Omaha World-Herald: Chuck Hagel says Palin isn't qualified.

Shorter Wall Street Journal: We're fucked.

Microsoft is dropping Seinfeld. That was fast. And yet, paradoxically, it wasn't painless. Jerry really jumped the shark.

Huffington Post: McCain adrift.

David Corn: McCain vs. McCain on regulating Wall St.

Kos: Focusing on Palin was the smart approach.

More unsettling news from the brilliant financial blog, Calculated Risk.

TAPPED: More McCain cluelessness

Digby on why the city of Wasilla charged rape victims for forensic exams when Palin was mayor. (Hint: It wasn't about the money.)

Lots of news. Busy day, busy people.