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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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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.
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.
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William Kristol / New York Times:
A Star Is Born? — Thursday night, after Barack Obama's well-orchestrated, well-conceived and well-delivered acceptance speech in Denver, Republicans were demoralized. Twenty-four hours later, they were energized — even exuberant. It's amazing what a bold vice-presidential pick who gives …
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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Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
Biden: Palin's good-looking — TOLEDO, Ohio (CNN) - Joe Biden says there are obvious differences between himself and fellow vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, but they're not just on policy. She's good-looking. — “There's a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
McCain's Pick May Foster Bigger Campaign Role for Clinton — ST. PAUL — Advisers to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday that Senator John McCain's selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate would lead to a greater role for Mrs. Clinton as she campaigned this fall …
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Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Experience? Never Mind — In a famous example of ideological flexibility, the American Communist Party changed its mind completely about Adolph Hitler in 1939, when he signed a deal with Joseph Stalin. Previously, they hadn't cared for him much. Suddenly, he looked pretty good.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:Laura Bush warns Dems away from anti-Palin sexism
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The Huffington Post:Palin On Abortion: I'd Oppose Even If My Own Daughter Was Raped
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John Dickerson / Slate:THE HURRICANE UPSETS THE GOP CONVENTION BUT MAY BE GOOD FOR THE GOP.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:LAURA BUSH AND CINDY MCCAIN ADDED TO MONDAY RNCC AGENDA
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:The Sarah Palin arrives at a GOP convention, eager to meet the new star
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:Northern Underexposure — ST. PAUL, Minn. — By all rights …
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Joe Klein / Swampland:Focused—The Sequel — Another week, another Frank Luntz/AARP …
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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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CNN:Hurricane Gustav begins to pound Louisiana
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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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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 …
CNN:
Iraqi troops take control of key province — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Coalition troops on Monday formally handed over security control of Iraq's Anbar province — once the hub of the country's Sunni insurgency, to Iraqis on Monday. — President George W. Bush described the transfer …
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