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Little Green Footballs:
Obama Campaign Behind Anti-Palin Smear Site? — Suddenly appearing among the Google search results for “sarah palin gay,” a web site titled: Sarah Palin Supports Gay Rights. … Interesting. There's nothing else on the page. This sure looks like the work of the dastardly right-wing anti-gay attack machine, doesn't it?
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American Power, Founding Bloggers, The Strata-Sphere, American Spectator, Gateway Pundit and Confederate Yankee
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The Politico:
6 things the Palin pick says about McCain — The selection of a running mate is among the most consequential, most defining decisions a presidential nominee can make. John McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says a lot about his decison-making — and some of it is downright breathtaking.
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Associated Press, Yahoo! News, Washington Post, The Gun Toting Liberal, QandO, The Impolitic, TIME.com and Reuters
Rasmussen Reports:
Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden — Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain's running mate, 67% of voters didn't know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion. After her debut in Dayton and a rush …
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Weekly Standard Blog, Riehl World View, Patterico's Pontifications, Hot Air, Power Line, TalkLeft and JammieWearingFool
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Desperation from Democrats — Now that almost a full day has passed since John McCain has named Sarah Palin as his running mate, we can already see the themes his political opponents will take in criticizing her. Irony runs through a number of these arguments, as most of them apply …
Daily Kos:
Palin's faked “pregnancy”? Covering for teen daughter? UPDATE #2! — Okay, I just have to diary about this, although in many ways this falls into the “none of our business category”. — But it appears that Pallin's last child, a baby with Down's syndrome, may not be hers.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... I'm not sure if the McCain campaign has thought this line through. … First, it's not an especially good idea for top McCain aides to joke about whether McCain is going to survive four years in office. — Second, it's not an especially good idea to describe McCain as …
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Obama on “60 Minutes” — IN HIS FIRST REACTION TO JOHN MCCAIN'S RUNNING MATE, — BARACK OBAMA SAYS SARAH PALIN IS “AN UP-AND-COMING — PUBLIC SERVANT” — SUNDAY ON “60 MINUTES” — Dem. Presidential Nominee Says He Picked Joe Biden as His Running Mate
Anchorage Daily News:
Choice stuns state politicians
Choice stuns state politicians
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Denver Post, AMERICAblog News, DownWithTyranny!, New York Times, Think Progress, Midwest Voices, TPM Election Central and Mudflats
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Let Palin Be Palin — Why the left is scared to death of McCain's running mate.
Let Palin Be Palin — Why the left is scared to death of McCain's running mate.
Matthew Continetti / New York Times:
Two-Front Republicans — THE country is at war. The economy is in shambles.
Two-Front Republicans — THE country is at war. The economy is in shambles.
MataHarley / Flopping Aces:
Palin's Trooper'Gate: Beating MSM distortions to the truth
Palin's Trooper'Gate: Beating MSM distortions to the truth
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Right Wing News, Feministe, protein wisdom, The Strata-Sphere, JammieWearingFool, Fausta's Blog, The New Republic and Washington Post
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
McCain's ‘Hail Sarah’ Pass
McCain's ‘Hail Sarah’ Pass
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Newsweek Blogs, The Confluence, James Fallows, Fox News, Daily Kos and Jack & Jill Politics
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE CRIME AND THE COVER-UP.... At her kickoff event in Ohio yesterday …
THE CRIME AND THE COVER-UP.... At her kickoff event in Ohio yesterday …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain: I may postpone convention — John McCain said the Republican National Convention may be postponed as federal officials said Hurricane Gustav was gathering to a devastating Category 5 as it headed toward star-crossed New Orleans. — “It just wouldn't be appropriate to have a festive occasion …
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
The hostess with the moosest — Over in the Frumistan province of the NR caliphate, our pal David is not happy about the Palin pick. I am - for several reasons. — First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, “all-American”, but hyper-American.
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Julia Hoppock / Political Radar:
Cindy McCain tells Stephanopoulos that Obama Offended Her — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Democrats' attacks on her family's wealth are unfair and offensive, Cindy McCain said today in an interview airing tomorrow on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Continues to Lead 49% to 41% — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama maintains an eight percentage point lead over John McCain when registered voters nationwide are asked whom they would vote for in the presidential election if it were held today, according to the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking figures.
Moira Whelan / The Huffington Post:
What's wrong with this Hurricane? — I just noticed that the daily brief customarily done in advance of a hurricane is happening because Gustov is bearing down on the Gulf Coast...but a big shift here: the briefing is being given by NORTHCOM. So what does this tell us and why does it matter?
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Sarah Palin's Judicial Appointments — Share This: Digg! — Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has appointed one justice to the Alaska Supreme Court: Daniel Winfree. Here's part of her statement on his appointment. (US States News November 16, 2007.) … More....
Absentee / www.redstate.com:
Fowler Fouls: Hurricane is God's Favor to Democrats — Plus, it's totally funny! — On a plane from Denver to Charlotte following the Democrats' convention, I found myself seated behind former National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Don Fowler and Congressman John Spratt of South Carolina.
Lindsay Beyerstein / Firedoglake:
Inside an RNC Raid — Thanks to the miracle of cellular technology, I was able to talk to a homeowner while his home was surrounded by police conducting an RNC-related raid. At approximatedly two-thirty this afternoon, I reached Mike Whelan, a waiter and army veteran, at his duplex at 951 Inglehart Dr. in St. Paul, Minnesota.