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Steve Holland / Reuters:
To rebut rumors, Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors …
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Exclusive: Todd Palin's 1986 DUI Arrest Called “Lesson Learned” — Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence of alcohol back in 1986. He was 22 years old at the time.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
JUST REALLY ODD — We haven't touched it. But you probably know there have been internet-based rumors claiming that Sarah Palin's newborn son Trig is actually the son of her 17 year old daughter, Bristol. In an effort to knock down these rumors, Palin and the McCain camp have now put …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
What McCain Didn't Know About Sarah Palin — A few days before John Kerry introduced John Edwards as his running mate, a select few members of Kerry's research staff were given five names, told to adopt the mindset of Republican opposition research, and to prepare a political dossier.
The Red Pen / Daily Kos:
Sarah Palin Baby Story Ender — Here it is: — OK, there is a visibly-pregnant Sarah Palin talking with a CBS 11 ( Juneau) reporter at the end of the Alaska legislative session. She clearly appears to be pregnant. — Unless someone has counter evidence, we can drop this crap now.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oy: Palin's daughter is pregnant; Update: Althouse on Palin vs. Edwards; Update: Obama tells media to lay off Palin's daughter; Update: Media knew — Supposedly McCain knew. Did he? … And here's the statement, via Team McCain, from Palin and her husband: … Gathering my thoughts.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin's unmarried daughter is pregnant — Besieged by blog rumors about her 17-year-old daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — named Friday as running mate of John McCain — released a statement Monday saying her daughter is pregnant and plans to marry the father.
The Huffington Post:
Palin On Abortion: I'd Oppose Even If My Own Daughter Was Raped — In November 2006, then gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin declared that she would not support an abortion for her own daughter even if she had been raped. — Granting exceptions only if the mother's life was in danger …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
A picture refutes a thousand nutcase conspiracies — I'd like to share a picture of Governor Sarah Palin's lovely young family, a photo that some may have already seen in connection to a despicable Internet smear against the Palins. Here we have Sarah and Todd with their daughters Piper, Willow, and Bristol.
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Michelle Malkin:
Bristol Palin chooses life. Now leave her alone. — The Palin family values the sanctity of life. They talk the talk and walk the walk. It is driving the Left absolutely insane beyond the farthest reaches of unhingedness. Now comes the news that 17-year-old daughter Bristol is pregnant.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:McCain's Pick May Foster Bigger Campaign Role for Clinton
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:Palin's 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Pregnant
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Bristol Is Pregnant — So that explains the wedding ring I spotted.
John Dickerson / Slate:THE HURRICANE UPSETS THE GOP CONVENTION BUT MAY BE GOOD FOR THE GOP.
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Haaretz:
Biden quoted as saying that Israel will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran — Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoted Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Jewish state will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran.
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Blackballed From The Republican National Convention — This week, the Republican National Convention is kicking off and there are going to be almost 200 bloggers attending. However, I'm not going to be one of them. That's not because I didn't put in an application, it's because they didn't want me there.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
John, Don't Go — It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, another storm is heading for the Gulf Coast — and this has given Republicans a reason to cancel President Bush's scheduled appearance at their national convention.
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Howard Wolfson / Washington Post:
A Clintonite in Denver — For many of us who were part of the Clinton campaign, Sen. Barack Obama's appeal was something we understood only in the abstract — data in polls, faces at a televised rally. — Most of us never heard him speak in person. At work 14 hours a day in the war room …
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