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The Huffington Post:
McCain Camp Didn't Search Palin's Hometown Paper Archives — The McCain campaign has gone to great lengths to present the selection of Sarah Palin as one made after a careful, meticulous vetting process. But evidence continues to suggest that the Arizona Republican made his VP choice with surprising haste.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Things That Make You Go Hmmm — Questions for the McCain-Palin campaign: … It strikes me as likely that there are reasonable answers to these questions - more reasonable than the only one given so far - … and the rumors buzzing across the Internets and the press corps are unfounded and unseemly.
Amanda Carpenter / TownHall Blog:
Lefty Bloggers Go After Palin's Daughter — The lefty blogosphere hasn't stopped perpetuating the rumor Sarah Palin “faked” her last pregnancy and are now humiliating her daughter Bristol on the blatantly incorrect suspicion she is the real mother of baby Trig.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain chief hits Obama for playing politics as Gustav looms — John McCain's campaign manager today accused Barack Obama of practicing politics as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast. — Rick Davis, in a brief interview following a pep talk he gave to convention volunteers in St. Paul …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
BECAUSE OF THE HYPOCRISY! [NOW UPDATED WITH EVEN MORE DASTARDLY HYPOCRISYNESS!] — Time to keep a running list of Sarah Palin's sins — lovingly gathered, mostly in crazed speculative form — by members of the Church of Diversity and Otherness coddling. — 1) Alan Colmes: Poor prenatal care …
Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
Borderline — This is amazing: … The more I learn about this choice, the more it reminds me of Bush's choice of Harriet Miers. I don't think it's at all similar in its political ramifications — Miers' nomination was seen as a betrayal by social conservatives, the very people who are thrilled by Sarah Palin.
New York Times:
Republicans Drop Most Monday Convention Action — ST. PAUL — Senator John McCain called a halt on Sunday afternoon to all but the most essential activities for the Republican National Convention on Monday, declaring that it was time for members of his party to “take off our Republican hats …
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Lee Stranahan / The Huffington Post:
DailyKos Embraces The Palin ‘Fake Pregnancy’ Rumor But Rejects The Edwards Story — Its the wackiest rumor about Sarah Palin or any other politician so far this election. It's making it's way all through the internet. And of course it came from DailyKos.
See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
Palin attacks counterproductive as well as moronic — I hate to spend any more time or blog real estate on such grabastic buffoons who are digging up-well, making up-crap about Governor Palin, but let me add a comment to the second item Michelle mentioned here.
Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:Sarah Palin's mother-in-law uncertain about how she'll vote
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Michael Moore:
An Open Letter to God, from Michael Moore — The other night, James Dobson's organization asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be canceled. — I see that You have answered Dr. Dobson's prayers …
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Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard Blog:
What Gustav Does — (1) Gets Bush out of St. Paul, where he would have given a speech that the media and the Democrats would have pounced on, and puts him in the eye of the storm, doing the nation's business, where he will be welcomed and greeted by friendly Republican governors.
Tom Kizzia / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin touts stance on ‘Bridge to Nowhere,’ doesn't note flip-flop — When John McCain introduced Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate Friday, her reputation as a tough-minded budget-cutter was front and center. — “I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere,” …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama 49, McCain 48 — ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — On the eve of the Republican convention, a new national poll suggests the race for the White House remains dead even. — A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Sunday night shows the Obama-Biden ticket leading the McCain-Palin ticket …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The National Security Defense — Even Jonah Goldberg realizes the commander-in-chief of Alaska's National Guard line is “really lame” for the party of Eisenhower. But the “Alaska-Is-Close-To-Russia” argument by Cindy McCain. This is what the GOP's national security analysis now is!
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
The Palin effect: crowd size — 17,000+ today for the McCain-Palin rally outside of St. Louis, according to a Secret Service magnetometer count provided by the campaign. — As one veteran of Missouri politics said, that's the sort of crowd usually seen in October for a president — not in August for a candidate.
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Washington Wire:
Obama Says Storm Raises ‘Bipartisan Concerns’ — Corey Dade in Toledo, Ohio, reports on the presidential race. — Barack Obama said a storm like Hurricane Gustav raises “bipartisan concerns” and it's “fine” that John McCain visited Mississippi's emergency operations center Sunday morning .
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John Emerson / Seeing the Forest:
Police at Republican National Convention: links — The police at the Republican Convention have been beefed up with federal money, and they've already made preemptive arrests of protest leaders. I have no special sources or independent information, but I've gathered some links so I can keep …
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Molly Priesmeyer / Minnesota Independent:National Lawyers Guild seeks to have judge review detentions …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Unsafe President — Joe Klein knows McCain: … We have had two big presidential decisions from both candidates - the first time we can clearly judge their decision-making skills. Obama's was prudent, cautious, thoroughly vetted, and serious about governing.
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