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Palin=$ (Continued)
The Page by Mark Halperin —
More than $10 million has poured into McCain campaign coffers in the days since the Palin selection was announced.
Total coinage raised in August is now reportedly in excess of $47 million, making it McCain’s best month of the campaign so far.
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“We’re Still Counting”
California Conservative —
According to ABC’s Brian Ross, the McCain-Palin headquarters couldn’t be happier. Here’s why:
The McCain campaign raised more than $10 million in the two and a half days after Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was named as the vice presidential running mate, bringing the total raised in the month of August to more than $47 million, campaign officials tell ABC News.
The final, official figures are expected to be reported in the next few days, but the amount appears to be a record for the McCain campaign, almost twice as ...
Sarah Palin: The Female Teddy Roosevelt?
Flopping Aces —
GOP faithful showing their support for ...
Remainders: 72 Hours Later
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
No remainders for a while, so we've sort of overcompensated.
The Balz-Barnes Palin tick-tock reveals that she had been in the mix for a while.
The Cooper-Bumiller tick-tock focuses on the almost-Lieberman angle.
The Hayes tick-tock includes the nugget that Giuliani wanted Lieberman.
The Post finds the emails behind Trooper-gate.
Romney bets against himself and wins.
Fred Barbash looks at the "Young Guns" of the GOP's future.
Ben reports on the tepid Jewish response -- and dubiousness -- toward Palin. ...
Palin: She’s Not a Senator
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
The initial negatives on Sarah Palin focus on Troopergate, her teen daughter’s pregnancy, and her experience level and gender. Positives are that Palin appeals to the conservative base and could solve McCain’s “sizzle problem.”
For now, Palin’s experience is on the front-burner and that’s probably why McCain and Palin are focusing on their efforts to reform government. Each side claims they will be agents of change but I think American voters have doubts about all 3 ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — HE WAS TOO GUTLESS TO PICK LIEBERMAN AND HE'LL BE TOO GUTLESS TO DROP PALIN Jeralyn Merritt is asking people to bet on when John McCain will drop Sarah Palin from the ticket. I say never. Joe Sudbay at AMERICAblog said just the right thing about the capitulation by the alleged tough guy McCain (citing this New York Times article on McCain's selection process, which says McCain really, really wanted to pick Lieberman or Ridge but was ordered not to): If John McCain was truly the leader he claimed to be, Sarah Palin wouldn't be the v.p., Ridge or Lieberman would be. This was the ...
