oliverwillis.com - 8/31/2008
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Who didn’t see this coming ? Anyone?
In just her second appearance on the campaign trail with John McCain, newly-minted GOP running mate Sarah Palin was showered with boos on Saturday for attempting to praise Clinton’s trail-blazing bid to become the first female president.
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It Could Have Been Worse
The Mahablog —
... people that McCain intends to break with the extremist body of the GOP.
And the Dems sure as hell couldn’t have said he isn’t qualified to be veep.
The next question is, how carefully was Palin vetted? She wasn’t a complete surprise, as I’ve seen her name mentioned a few times in the past several weeks as a possible veep pick. The McCain campaign claims she was well and thoroughly vetted. Josh Marshall has reason to doubt this.
Oliver Willis calls it, I believe:
Increasingly, I’m beginning to believe ...
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McCain: Changes Will be Made to GOP Convention Program —
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THE EDGE: GOP rising stars or not
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