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Washington Post:
McCain Gains Momentum in New Poll — Both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain solidified support among party loyalists during the conventions, but it was the Republican nominee who entered the presidential campaign's final stretch with newfound momentum, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Why Palin Scares Me — Before I get to that, let me explain what I'm not scared of, which is that Palin has somehow altered the demographics of the race. I have a hard time believing that female Hillary supporters, or Rust Belt men, are suddenly racing to support McCain because of Palin.
John McCain / Telegraph:
Sarah Palin dolls go on sale as John McCain's running mate's popularity soars — Two new action dolls have gone on sale of Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor who John McCain has chosen to be his Republican presidential running mate. — The dolls are the latest in a line of American political candidates …
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Wake up America
CBS News:
Read The Complete Poll — Fifty-three percent of registered voters - including 85 percent of McCain supporters - are glad Palin was selected as McCain's running mate. Obama supporters are less enthusiastic about Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden: Just 65 percent of Obama backers …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Huge: 20-point shift towards McCain among white women since last month in new ABC poll — He's still down one overall among registereds and up two among likelies, but Gallup pegged white independents last week as the only demographic group where there's still a major gender gap and thus room for movement.
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GINA COBB
Byron York / The Corner:
She's An Extremist. Yeah, That's It. An Extremist. — It's no secret the Obama campaign has been trying to figure out how to counter the new popularity of Sarah Palin. Today's approach: she's an extremist. Campaigning in Wisconsin today, Joe Biden said that Palin holds “some fairly extreme views.”
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Confederate Yankee
Associated Press:McCain leads Obama in 2 polls, race even in 3 more
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The Huffington Post
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:A Hillary vs. Sarah smackdown? Don't bet on it
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Don Surber
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:No “Cat Fights”
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Washington Wire, Boston Globe, Spin Cycle, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, MyDD and TalkLeft
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Upconverts His Musings On Palin — In Flint, Michigan today, Barack Obama hinted that, far from being off-limits, Gov. Sarah Palin is coming into focus as a target for the Democrats. — According to CBS News's Maria Gavrilovic, here's what Obama said:
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SCF / Senate Conservatives Fund:
Alaska Democrats pull web page crediting Palin for killing Bridge to Nowhere — We linked last week to a web page sponsored by the Alaska Democratic Party, which attacks Sen. Ted Stevens and credits Governor Sarah Palin for killing the Bridge to Nowhere. Our post is here.
Think Progress:
Lies To Nowhere: The McCain Campaign's Inaccuracies On Palin's Bridge To Nowhere Support — From the day he named Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) to be his vice presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been citing Palin's opposition to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere as the prime example …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Claiming the ‘Maverick’ Brand — The Ad: Announcer: The original mavericks. He fights pork barrel spending. She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. He took on the drug industry. She took on big oil. He battled Republicans and reformed Washington. She battled Republicans and reformed Alaska.
Sara Kugler / Associated Press:McCain, Palin criticize Obama on earmarks
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Washington Monthly
The Huffington Post:
Palin Makes Her First Gaffe — Gov. Sarah Palin made her first potentially major gaffe during her time on the national scene while discussing the developments of the perilous housing market this past weekend. — Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed …
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Rasmussen Reports:
FOX/Rasmussen Swing State Polling — Background — Rasmussen Reports conducted five state telephone surveys in partnership with Fox News Channel on September 7, 2008. The surveys were conducted in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. A total of 500 Likely Voters …
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FactCheck.org:
Sliming Palin — False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate. — We've been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain's running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.
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Hot Air
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain's Bounce Gives Him 5-Point Lead — Leads Obama 49%-44% in first results conducted fully after GOP convention — PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain leads Barack Obama, 49% to 44%, in the immediate aftermath of the Republican National Convention, according to the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results.
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Bart Motes / The Huffington Post:National Review Says McCain is Still Gonna Lose
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The Corner
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
DON'T PATRONIZE SARAH PALIN. — In The Best Man, the only useful or amusing film—or play—ever to have been set at an American political convention, Gore Vidal presents us with Joe and Mabel Cantwell (Cliff Robertson and Edie Adams in the 1964 movie version), who are a right-wing “family values” couple with a large and grisly brood.
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Vodkapundit
Adam McKay / The Huffington Post:
We're Gonna Frickin' Lose this Thing — “Stop saying that!” my wife says to me. But this is not a high school football game and I'm not a cheerleader with a bad attitude. This is an election and as things stand now, we're gonna frickin' lose this thing.
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Moonbattery, BlueOregon, Confederate Yankee, StephenBainbridge.com, Perfunction, Blue Crab Boulevard and Wake up America
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PRIMAL SCREAM — The TPM email bag this morning is chock of emails saying, in so many words, is it time to panic? I'm actually not taking much summary license here. Most of the emails I'm talking about actually ends with some form of that sentence. Since a lot of you are asking this I thought I should provide some sort of answer.
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