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The War Against the Press — I've talked to many political professionals over the years who were mad at the media, or me in particular. — But I've never quite had a conversation like the one Tuesday night with Steve Schmidt. — He was absolutely furious as he unloaded on the journalistic community …
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McCain: Palin more qualified than Obama — Mounting a ferocious defense of his embattled running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he is buying a TV ad arguing that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has more experience than the Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
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McCain Strategist Blasts Media — Top Aide Says News Organizations Are ‘on a Mission to Destroy’ Palin — Sen. John McCain's top campaign strategist accused the news media Tuesday of being “on a mission to destroy” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by displaying “a level of viciousness and scurrilousness” …
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Palin working nonstop in lead up to her big speech — ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) - Gov. Sarah Palin has been working around the clock on a speech that will focus on introducing herself to voters, proving she has what it takes to handle the economy and making the case for John McCain, two McCain aides told CNN Wednesday.
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Angry Amateurs — The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate—and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past …
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FIRST THOUGHTS: AMERICA, MEET SARAH PALIN — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — ST. PAUL, MN — And we thought Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton would give the most highly anticipated convention speech. Well, that was before McCain selected the first-term governor …
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Dems Call Palin Experience Ad ‘Ridiculous’
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MCCAIN CREATES A DISASTER STORY FOR THE NEWS-STARVED PRESS.
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The Anonymous Liberal
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McCain Pick is Paying Off Big Time
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The New Republic
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Another Controversy for Sarah Palin — Former Police Chief Says He Was Fired for Challenging Palin's Campaign Contributors — Gov. Sarah Palin is already facing ethical questions over her firing of the Alaska public safety commissioner, and now she faces questions over the firing of a longtime local police chief.
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PALIN REFUSES TO TESTIFY — It didn't take long. We've already brought you news of the official investigation into Gov. Palin's firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Steve Branchflower, the lead investigator, began trying to arrange a deposition of the governor days before her veep selection.
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Sarah Palin and Motherhood — I am extremely disappointed in the choice of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican Party. I will still vote for Senator McCain, because I am very concerned about having a fundamental leftist, especially one who is a marvelous orator, as President.
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McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin — Three times in recent years, the Arizona senator's lists of ‘objectionable’ pork spending have included earmarks requested by his new running mate. — WASILLA, ALASKA — For much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts …
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What Palin Will Do Tonight — I've been talking to a member of the McCain/Palin team this morning about what to expect from Palin's speech to the convention tonight. These speeches often feature a lot of biographical material, introducing an unknown candidate to the world.
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“I'm the freaking Governor of Alaska. I didn't get there by just eating mooseburgers and popping out kids.” — This is brilliant. (You will hear “f**k”... once):
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Post Politics
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A Clear and Present Danger To the American Left — Notes from the convention: — Drafts of John McCain's acceptance speech have been bopping around the inside of the campaign for at least a few days, and a question is whether or how much it will be changed to account for the hurricane in New Orleans and the Gulf coast.
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Democrats attack Lieberman, saying he lied to delegates — (CNN) — Democrats accused fellow lawmaker Sen. Joe Lieberman of misleading the Republican National Convention when he addressed them in a speech Tuesday night. — A senior Barack Obama campaign adviser said Lieberman flat-out lied …
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Website with Speeches and Sermons from Palin's Former Church Shuts Down as Religious Views of Candidate Face Scrutiny — Officials of Gov. Sarah Palin's former church, Wasilla Assembly of God, in Alaska, shut down part of their website Wednesday, stating that their server could not handle the higher-than-normal traffic.
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OY ... LIVE MICS ARE SUCH DANGEROUS THINGS — Just watch (the voices are Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan) ...
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CHOREOGRAPHY — Since there is widespread agreement that the children of candidates should not become topics of campaign debate, it behooves us to note that the McCain campaign has almost singlehandedly made Sarah Palin's daughter a central figure in the Republican convention.
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A Shameful Week for the Press — I have always tended to think that conservative complaints about the media are a little exaggerated. There are occasionally obvious instances of bias and clear examples of a double standard, but most reporters don't want to fall into those and some conservatives are surely too sensitive to them.