Campaign Trail — 9/16/08

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., kisses his wife Jill Biden after she introduced him at a campaign rally in Media, Pa., Tuesday. Story here .

* Gallup: Statistical dead heat
* Alaska GOP lawmakers sue to stop Palin investigation /Seattle Times
* CBS: Sarah Palin phenomenon doomed
* Neither McCain or Obama will benefit from financial crisis /Slate
* Can you really see Russia from Alaska? /Slate
* Adviser calls Blackberry ‘miracle’ that McCain ‘helped create.’