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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 8/29/2008
CNN: McCain Picks Sarah Palin As Veep
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CNN is reporting that a "senior campaign source" confirmed McCain's pick of the Alaska governor. First thought: If McCain's entire campaign is premised on the idea that Obama lacks the commander-in-chief readiness for the presidency, how on earth can he possibly continue to make this ...

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Panic in McCainland...
Blah3 Feed — How else do you explain picking Sarah Palin as his running mate? He just took Obama's 'inexperience' off the table - when you stack Obama's resume up against Palin's (former mayor of an Alaskan town with a population of 6,400, 19 months as governor of Alaska), Barack starts to look like, well, Joe Biden. Sure, she's pro-life, which will help McCain hold on to the Wingnut Base. But he should have had that constituency locked up on Day One. That he's still pandering to the Loon Contingent suggests that he needed to pick a staunch ...

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