pajamasmedia.com - 10/28/2008
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Beltway insiders Peggy Noonan and Kathleen Parker are placing self-interest over principle.
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/28/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are now
trying to throw McCain aide Nicolle Wallace under the...
proverbial bus, and as they do so those in McCain’s circle are wary of the impact on Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., himself. Since...
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Ooooooh, Barracuda!
dyn.politico.com - 10/25/2008
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dyn.politico.com —
Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble
to close the gap in the final days of...
the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign's already-tense internal dynamics. Four Republicans close to Palin said she has ...
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Palin allies report rising campaign tension - ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/28/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
Just a few days after John McCain announced
first term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his VP...
pick bloggers and broadcasters were buzzing about the so called Palin Effect-- Sarah's ability to, as Howard Fineman told TPMtv , energize the GOP. "Oh she'll ...
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The Palin Effect
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Tokyo Peg? [someone]
Ace of Spades HQ —
Tokyo Peg? [someone] This piece at PJM starts out by telling us what I've been saying all along about the Palin-bashing "right": Palin is reviled by Beltway insiders conservative and liberal alike because shes not one of them and has made it clear that she doesnt want to be. And some conservative insiders, being a minority, may be afraid that if Obama wins theyll be, according to Charles Krauthammer, left out in the cold without a single state dinner for the next four years. Rush Limbaugh agrees, saying, this is about the social structure of Washington. So they feel ...
“Even Female Conservative Pundits Embrace Palin Bashing”
protein wisdom —
It’s been said before — quite often here, in fact, by yours truly, who has taken pains to dissect the phenomenon rigorously (conclusion? stuck up, unserious coozes, the lot of ‘em!) — but as I’m busy just now learning how to fashion makeshift bombs out of old wireframe glasses, ammonia, compost, and some of my son’s battery-operated Thomas the Train engines, I’ll let Pam Meister hammer home the point one last time: For a number of weeks now, conservative Beltway insiders Kathleen Parker and Peggy Noonan, among others, have narrowed their sights not on the Democratic candidate ...
Noonan for Obama’s Press Sec’y?
The Anchoress —
... I suspect that history, including great historical novelists of the future, will look back and see that many of our elites simply decided to enjoy their lives while they waited for the next chapter of trouble. And that they consciously, or unconsciously, took grim comfort in this thought: I got mine. Which is what the separate peace comes down to, “I got mine, you get yours.”
Over at Pajamas Media, Pam Meister takes a look at Noonan’s motivation:
…one of my sources, who is very well ...
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Peggy Noonan - Not One Of Those "You Must Vote" People
crooksandliars.com 10/30/2008 — Download | Play Download | Play On Morning Joe, Peggy Noonan said, "I am not one of those 'you must vote' people." This should come as no shock since Republicans always lose when we have a larger turnout, but her argument is that ...
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blogs.villagevoice.com 11/21/2008 — Peggy Noonan has the Catholic equivalent of a hard-on for Hillary Clinton, who is the subject of Noonan's book The Case Against Hillary Clinton and, in political season, her every third or fourth column. When Meryl Streep based an evil movie ...
Quote of the Day: Peggy Noonan on Sarah Palin
the-reaction.blogspot.com 10/18/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings Most of Peggy Noonan's column in yesterday's WSJ was predictably awful: -- McCain won the debate on Wednesday? Really? -- McCain succeeded in ridiculing Obama's "eloquence"? Seriously, what debate was she watching, ...
May: Fork in the Road
article.nationalreview.com 10/30/2008 — The West is engaged in a conflict as consequential as those that were fought against Nazism and Communism.
A Note to Noonan from Hicksville, USA
wizbangblog.com 10/18/2008 — Peggy Noonan has a real piece of work in the WSJ today. Here is a sampling: "More than ever on the campaign trail, the candidates are dropping their G's. Hardworkin'...
GOP makes last-minute TV buy in Montana —
CNN Political Ticker 10/28/2008
The RNC has increased ad spending in Montana.
QUAKERTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) — In a sign of last-minute concern about a traditionally red state, the independent arm of the Republican National Committee is launching television ads in Montana.
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Obama: McCain 'riding shotgun' with Bush —
First Read 10/28/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones CHESTER, Pa. -- A jean-clad Obama , speaking on a rainy, windy day outside Philadelphia, told the crowd McCain was “riding shotgun” with President Bush when it came to economic policies that have hurt working ...
Palin calls for Stevens to resign —
CNN Political Ticker 10/28/2008
(CNN) – Sarah Palin said Tuesday Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens should resign his Senate seat, in a statement released hours after John McCain made a similar declaration.
The comments come a day after Palin would not say what she thought the best ...