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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GETTING REAL ABOUT PALIN — I've noticed some people who should know better claiming that bringing up Gov. Palin's troopergate scandal is tantamount to making a victim of or defending her slimeball ex-brother-in-law who allegedly once used a taser on his stepson. — That's awfully foolish.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Vice in Go-Go Boots? — The guilty pleasure I miss most when I'm out slogging on the campaign trail is the chance to sprawl on the chaise and watch a vacuously spunky and generically sassy chick flick. — So imagine my delight, my absolute astonishment, when the hokey chick flick came out on the trail …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain: Palin a “soulmate” — John McCain, in his first television interview since his shocking vice presidential pick, said that he saw in Sarah Palin “a partner and a soul mate.” — “This is a person who will help me reform Washington and change the way they do business,” McCain told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”
Amanda / Think Progress:
Cindy McCain: Palin knows foreign policy because ‘Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia.’ — Today on ABC's This Week, Cindy McCain tried to rebut the criticism that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has no national experience by taking a talking point from Fox's Steve Doocy.
Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Sarah Palin's mother-in-law uncertain about how she'll vote — WASILLA, Alaska - Sarah Palin's hometown rallied around her as mayor - now Republicans wonder if the rest of America will warm up to the surprise pick from cold country. — Though her mother-in-law has doubts.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Palin: Surge? What Surge? — Among the tiny number of occasions on which Sarah Palin has expressed even an opinion on foreign policy, one of the most recent bears putting out there one more time. It's from a critical moment in the war in Iraq, December 2006, which John McCain has made the centerpiece of his campaign.
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Sarah Palin: conservatives find the girl of their dreams — The Alaskan governor's family life and political views press the right's buttons — When Sarah Palin stepped into the spotlight as John McCain's running mate in Dayton, Ohio, and promised that women could “shatter that glass ceiling once …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: PROXIMITY TO RUSSIA IS IRRELEVANT.... On Friday, my friend Kevin …
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post: Cindy McCain on ABC Today: Palin Has National Security Experience …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BIG PICTURE — I've written below how Sarah Palin not only lacks …
BIG PICTURE — I've written below how Sarah Palin not only lacks …
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The Art of the Possible
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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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Republicans Drop Most Convention Action on Monday — ST. PAUL —Senator John McCain said Sunday afternoon that Republicans would suspend most activities on the first day of their convention on Monday because of Hurricane Gustav. — Mr. McCain, speaking by satellite from St. Louis …
Will Thomas / Talking Points Memo:
EXPLOITATION — With news that Gustav is headed towards Louisiana and that New Orleans is under mandatory evacuation, it is reassuring on some fronts to see the Republican response. So far Bush and Cheney have cancelled their appearances in St. Paul and the RNC is trying to determine …
Washington Wire:
GOP Scales Back Convention Program as Storm Nears — Elizabeth Holmes and Laura Meckler report on the Republican convention. — Republicans canceled the program for the first day of the party's convention in St. Paul, Minn., the first dramatic change caused by Hurricane Gustav.
David Espo / Associated Press:
McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav
McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav
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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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Jonathan Martin / Yahoo! News:
Palin electrifies conservative base — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — ST. PAUL, Minn. — The selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate has electrified conservative activists, providing a boost of energy to the GOP nominee-in-waiting from a key constituency …
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Washington Post:
Palin Made an Impression From the Start
Palin Made an Impression From the Start
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE VET — The Post has a new article out, the gist …
THE VET — The Post has a new article out, the gist …
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, Kevin Drum, Anchorage Daily News, The Mahablog and The Daily Dish
Winston Smith / Philosoraptor:
Ham Sandwich McCain's Actual Choice for Veep — John McCain has revealed that his apparent choice of Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running-mate was, as many observers predicted, a carefully-staged hoax. “Yeah, right,” McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said of Palin, laughing with reporters.
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Obama Outwits the Bloviators — STOP the presses! This election isn't about the Clintons after all. It isn't about the Acropolis columns erected at Invesco Field. It isn't about who is Paris Hilton and who is Hanoi Hilton. (Though it may yet be about who is Sarah Palin.)
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Ross Douthat:
Will McCain Ruin Palin? — A reader writes: … I wouldn't say I have quite the same Palin-love that progressives had for Obama in '04 ... but yeah, I'm sure this is part of the reason I'm pulling so hard for her to succeed: She's a politician I've liked for a while who's been thrust onto …