theamericanscene.com - 8/28/2008
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Yes, the sins of the parties have been visited upon their candidates. But can Lieberman break McCain out of Bush’s orbit? So David Brooks argued last night on Jim Lehrer’s convention-night show [scroll down]:
I think […] tonight and especially the last couple nights puts a lot more pressure on John McCain, especially the vice presidential pick.
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Breaking Out Of Bush's Orbit
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Poulos mulls over McCain's veep choices in his column. This is a frightening visual: McCain must pick Lieberman to show he isn’t Bush because, if he picks Romney, his body will be colonized and exploded by parasitic Bush breeders leaving their now-dead former host. McCain will wake up one morning with Romney standing beside him holding up a mirror and McCain will look into the mirror and see George W. Bush and then look past his new reflection at the guy holding it and see that Romney, too, is also Bush. Yet, Poulos still thinks ...
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 8/28/2008 — A fried writes: "If you think a Romney pick would be a mistake and that McCain can do
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a name." Which is fair enough. Since I still think, even now that the polls have tightened, ...
Rove in the Middle of McCain Veepstakes —
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Republican strategist Karl Rove strongly denied Thursday an online report that he had called Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman to tell him to remove himself from John McCain’s short list of potential running mates.
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Cindy McCain’s Half Sister to Vote Obama —
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