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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans Rush In — One of the great sights of American political life — a YouTube moment if ever there was one — was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice and a disaster movie if she moves up to the presidency …
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Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Another AIP Official Says Palin Was at 1994 Convention* — An intense “she said"/"she said" has emerged over whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was ever a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, the third-largest political party in the 49th state. The AIP wants Alaskans to get an opportunity …
Byron York / National Review:
Why the Palin Baby Story Matters — St. Paul — At 6:30 Monday morning, at a hotel here in St. Paul, a team of senior McCain staffers got word from even more senior staffers that there was news about vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin. Everybody had heard the rumors, spread on The Atlantic …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
What the Palin Pick Says — John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He's a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda. As Rush Limbaugh understands, but the Democrats apparently do not …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:
Kristol on Sarah Palin, Hockey Mom — McCain aides whose judgment I trust are impressed by Sarah Palin. One was particularly amused by this exchange: A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she'd …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:The Lesson of Bristol Palin
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Monica Davey / New York Times:Palin Daughter's Pregnancy Interrupts G.O.P. Convention Script
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain Manager: ‘This Election is Not About Issues’ — Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain's presidential bid, insisted that the presidential race will be decided more over personalities than issues during an interview with Post editors this morning. — “This election is not about issues,” said Davis.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Regroup for Compressed Convention — ST. PAUL — Scrambling to put their national convention back on track as the remains of Hurricane Gustav diminished, Republicans assembled a compressed program for Tuesday evening that will try to recapture public attention with a video visit …
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Fred Thompson rips NYT on Palin coverage — ST. PAUL - Former Sen. Fred Thompson lambasted The New York Times for its coverage of Sarah Palin on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper is “trying their best to drag her down.” — Thompson told Fox News that the Times has focused on Palin's children, saying, “I don't think they get it.”
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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
McCain Turns Sour on His Onetime Media ‘Base’ as Election Nears — Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — The longtime love affair between John McCain and what he once called his “base” — the national news media — is on the rocks. — McCain's campaign manager, Steve Schmidt, yesterday lashed out at what he deemed …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Hits 50% for First Time — Leads McCain by eight percentage points, 50% to 42% — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, finds Barack Obama leading the race for president with his highest share of support to date.
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:More And More Polls Show Obama's Lead Expanding
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Byron York / The Corner:
She Is a Small-Town Mayor. She Is Not — Repeat, Not — the Governor of Alaska. — In an interview of Barack Obama last night, CNN's Anderson Cooper mentioned Sarah Palin's experience as a small-town mayor and as governor of Alaska. Obama, hewing to his campaign's talking points, ignored the governor part:
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Ed Hornick / CNN:Obama defends natural disaster experience
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The Huffington Post:
Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview — Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Paul Is Here, and the RNC Isn't Happy — Amid Questions of His Book's Authorship, He Hosts ‘Counterconvention’ — Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has boasted that he wrote a book slamming the Iraq war and challenging the nation's economic system to continue a grass-roots movement …
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
This should play well with the parents of teenagers... Partial transcript from Larry King last evening, featuring liberal radio host Ed Schultz and Republican Moderate, former Rep Susan Molinari: … Of course, by this logic, the fact that Hillary's hubby was getting his gear shaft polished under …
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Laura McGann / The Washington Independent:
Vetting? — ANCHORAGE — I just got off the phone with the very helpful city clerk at the Wasilla City Clerk's office, Kristie Smithers, who is pulling some documents for me from when Gov. Sarah Palin was mayor. — I told her I appreciated her help, since I'm sure she's been bombarded with requests these last few weeks.
Chris Ayres / Times of London:
Sarah Palin: she came from nowhere — Can a mother-of-five who shoots bears and eats moose, and whose political experience is limited to governing a population the size of Bristol, really expect to be Vice-President of the US? We visit Wasilla, Alaska to investigate the Sarah Palin phenomenon
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Nathan Thornburgh / Time:Mayor Palin: A Rough Record
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Michael Asher / DailyTech:
Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century — Drop in solar activity has potential effect for climate on earth. — The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.
Ali / Think Progress:
Scarborough rips Bush for using Gustav to demand more offshore drilling: ‘Just stop!’ — This morning, President Bush discussed Hurricane Gustav, using the occasion to push for more offshore drilling: … Reacting to Bush's statement on MSNBC's Morning Joe, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman …
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