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Palin in the Green Room — NEWSWEEK's Karen Breslau shares a personal moment with the Alaska governor. — When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived backstage for our NEWSWEEK Women & Leadership Event in Los Angeles last March, John McCain had just wrapped up the GOP nomination.
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TalkLeft, Talk To Action, Sister Toldjah, Boston Globe, The Politico, Dr. Melissa Clouthier and MyDD
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Sarah Palin, Buchananite — Very quickly. Remember when Pat Buchanan ran a number of hard-right, fringe campaigns for president in the late 1980s, 1990s and 2000? Well, guess who was supporting him: — From an AP report in 1999: … In fact, [a very committed Buchananite] …
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Wonk Room, Ben Smith's Blogs, The Huffington Post, Harry's Place, American Spectator and American Street
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Cold Water on Palin — Both the pros and the cons are pretty obvious. I'm going to focus on the cons, mostly because conservatives right now seem to be paying them less attention. — The pros: She's a pro-life conservative reformer from outside Washington, and a woman.
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Post-Ed Notes, Hot Air, The Jed Report, The American Scene, Ross Douthat and Reason Magazine
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Gallup Daily: Obama Stretches Lead to 8 Points — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Barack Obama moving to an eight percentage point lead over John McCain, 49% to 41%. — Obama's significant lead over McCain almost certainly reflects the effects of the Democratic National Convention.
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Associated Press, Power Line, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Open Left, Tim Blair and Weekly Standard Blog
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PALIN A HUGE HIT AT THE CLINTON FORUM.— You would not believe how the Sarah Palin pick is playing out at the Hillary Clinton Forum (tip to a VC commenter). In order, these are all the posts on the first (and only) page I've looked at (page 8 of the Palin thread; this link may not point to exactly the same posts).
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Palin dissed veep job — If Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin got the job as running mate for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), count her as one of the most surprised. — In an interview just a month ago, she dissed the job, saying it didn't seem “productive.” — In fact, she said she doesn't know what the vice president does.
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The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Crooks and Liars, Booman Tribune, The Swamp, Top of the Ticket, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Huffington Post, Wake up America, Guardian, John McCain 2008, Newshoggers.com, Brilliant at Breakfast, Obsidian Wings, Political Machine, MOMocrats™, Comments from Left Field and Jack & Jill Politics
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An Astonishingly Arrogant V.P. Selection — It may be John McCain's birthday, but it seems like he's the one giving out gifts today. The selection of Palin doesn't simply, as others have pointed out, undermine the notion that Obama is too inexperienced to be president …
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38 Million View Obama's Speech; Highest-Rated Convention In History — A crowd gathers on the lawn near the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to hear the acceptance speech of Barack Obama on a giant TV screen. (Bradley C Bower/Associated Press)
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What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective. … “Is this a joke?” That seemed to be the question du jour when my phone started ringing off the hook at 6:45am here in Alaska. I mean, we're sort of excited that our humble state has gotten some kind of national ‘nod’....but seriously?
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Analysis: Palin's age, inexperience rival Obama's — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — DENVER - John McCain's risky choice of Gov. Sarah Palin gives him a running mate who doubles down on his maverick image, may appeal to “hockey moms” and other women, and counters Barack Obama's aura of new-generation change.
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Yahoo! News
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Did Palin Really Fight The “Bridge To Nowhere”? — Republicans have been heavily touting Sarah Palin's reformist credentials, with her supposed opposition to Alaska's “Bridge to Nowhere” as Exhibit A. But how hard did she really fight the project? Not very, it seems.
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American Prospect, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, MyDD and The Washington Independent
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Obama distances himself from “hair-trigger” campaign criticism — At a stop in Monaca, Pa., Barack Obama seemed to distance himself from his campaign's first, harshly critical response to the Palin pick. — “I think that, uh, you know, campaigns start getting these, uh, hair triggers and …
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60 Days To Judge a Commander in Chief? — I'm going to be very blunt, here. I wish Senator McCain a very long and happy life. But, at age 72 with a history of cancer, John McCain may not live through his first term, if elected. That would make Sarah Palin our Commander in Chief.
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Palin on Iraq — Make of this what you will: — I, frankly, have no idea what she's trying to say here. Apparently the McCain campaign didn't think it was important to brief her on their Iraq policy before she did an interview with Time — UPDATE: Apologies, I misunderstood …
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Kevin Drum
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick: Source — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-styled “hockey mom” who has only been governor for a little over a year, is GOP Presidential candidate John McCain's choice for Vice President, CNBC has learned. — According to a Republican strategist …
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Palin on “Troopergate” and Abortion — We're not even eight hours into the era of the McCain - Palin ticket, but I am quickly becoming more and more convinced that John McCain had previously decided upon T-Paw or Romney but hit the panic button and selected Sarah Palin after Obama's Mile High Stadium speech without full vetting.
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Rahm: ‘Panic’ — Rahm Emanuel piles on: … As a reader points out, this is a pick that pumps up both sides. Democrats genuinely see it as a sign of panic. Republicans are thrilled that McCain picked a real conservative, with a compelling story and a real presences besides.
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MSNBC
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Why McCain Picked Palin
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The New Republic, Democratic Strategist, Think Progress, Taylor Marsh and American Street
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Gov. Sarah Palin: Midnight runs and caribou dinners
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The Caucus
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McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate
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Jonathan Martin's Blogs, The Huffington Post, The Caucus, Guardian and American Spectator
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Five Things You Didn't Know About Sarah Palin
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The Seattle Times
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McCain's VP Choice Is Under Ethics Investigation For Abuse Of Power In Alaska
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Palin Speaks to Newsmax About McCain, Abortion, Climate Change
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Boston Globe, DeSmogBlog, The RBC, Matthew Yglesias, The Huffington Post, Opinion L.A., Spin Cycle, Climate Progress and Wonk Room