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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried 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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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Palin's Teen Daughter Is Pregnant; New G.O.P. Tumult — ST. PAUL — The 17-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, is five months pregnant, Ms. Palin announced today, adding a new element of tumult to a Republican convention that had already been disrupted by Hurricane Gustav.
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Stevens's 527 Group — ST. PAUL — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began building clout in her state's political circles in part by serving as a director of an independent political group organized by the now embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
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cbn.com:
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 …
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.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Palin opposed sex-ed — Sarah Palin's personal story, and her views on personal morality, are at the core of her politics and of why she was nominated, and why she'd energized the conservative base. — Now, her daughter's pregnancy has cast her views on teenagers and sex directly into the spotlight.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Assessing the Political Impact of Bristol Palin's Pregnancy — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's family at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, gust 29, 2008. Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, is holding four-month-old Trig Palin. (Melina Mara / The Washington Post) — ST. PAUL — Alaska …
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.
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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.
Ann Friedman / American Prospect:
PALIN AND THE MEANING OF CHOICE.
PALIN AND THE MEANING OF CHOICE.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rebuttal — A reader points out what is left implicit in the Palins' statement:
The Rebuttal — A reader points out what is left implicit in the Palins' statement:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Bristol Is Pregnant — So that explains the wedding ring I spotted.
Bristol Is Pregnant — So that explains the wedding ring I spotted.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
PALIN BACKED ABSTINENCE-ONLY EDUCATION
PALIN BACKED ABSTINENCE-ONLY EDUCATION
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
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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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Tammy Haddad / Newsweek Blogs:
A Leading Hillary Supporter Defects to McCain — Newsweek Exclusive: Top Clinton Supporter John Coale Endorses McCain — John Coale, a prominent Washington lawyer, husband of Fox TV host Greta Van Susteren and a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, announced today that he was supporting John McCain for president.
CBS News:
Post-Democratic Convention Poll — The eight-point lead for the Democratic ticket is up from Obama's three-point lead before the convention. But there are still a significant number of voters who have yet to firmly make up their minds. — Before the Democratic convention …