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The Palin Cha-ching Effect
Conservative Belle — ... Any doubt that McCain selected the wrong running mate should be squelched by this news. Sen. John McCain has taken in $7 million in contributions since announcing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a top campaign aide said today. The money bounce may owe to Palin's appeal with conservative donors, many of whom said privately they had planned on sitting out the campaign this year. The money comes in just under the wire -- after McCain accepts the GOP nomination Thursday, he will accept public funds and no longer be permitted to raise private money for ...

McCain Collects $7 Million Since Palin Announcement
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Donations are pouring in to the Republican’s campaign since Friday morning’s announcement. Social and religious conservatives have been particularly energized by the VP pick. ...

Palinmania: McCain raises $7 million since VP announcement
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , conservatives love this woman. Sen. John McCain has taken in $7 million in contributions since announcing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a top campaign aide said today. The money bounce may owe to Palin’s appeal with conservative donors, many of whom said privately they had planned on sitting out the campaign this year. The money comes in just under the wire — after McCain accepts the GOP nomination Thursday, he will accept public funds and no longer be permitted to raise private money for the campaign… Shortly before Palin’s announcement, one senior RNC official ...

Silver Lining
Talking Points Memo — Two advantages that haven't been mentioned about Palin: 1) Cash. The McCain says they've pulled in $7 million since the announcement. 2) Shock. The pick caught everyone by surprise, including the Obama camp: Mr. Obama's advisers said that compared with the mountains of data they had gathered on Mr. Pawlenty and Mr. Romney, they had far less information on Ms. Palin. Their dossier consisted of a thin document based mainly on her run for governor and newspaper clips about an investigation into whether she was involved in pressing a top ...

McCain Raises $7 Million Since Announcing Palin As VP Yesterday
Say Anything — Consider the conservative base re-invigorated. Sen. John McCain has taken in $7 million in contributions since announcing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a top campaign aide said today. The money bounce may owe to Palin’s appeal with conservative donors, many of whom said privately they had planned on sitting out the campaign this year. The money comes in just under the wire — after McCain accepts the GOP nomination Thursday, he will accept public funds and no longer be permitted to raise private ...

Matt Lewis: Palin Boosts McCain's Bucks
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... | Photos | Funnies | [image] Blog [image] | Your Blogs | Issues | Get Magazine [image] [image] Hugh Hewitt | Mike Gallagher | Michael Medved | Mary Katharine Ham | Kevin McCullough | Matt Lewis | Radio Blogger | Your Blogs Directory [image] Saturday, August 30, 2008 Palin Boosts McCain's Bucks Posted by: Matt Lewis at 8:01 PM ... $7 million since the announcement . In other news, The Trail has a good piece up titled: Palin Thanks ...

The 7 Million Dollar Woman … And Then Some
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — McCain Gets $7 Million Bounce from Palin Pick By Matthew Mosk - (WaPo) Sen. John McCain has taken in $7 million in contributions since announcing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a top campaign aide said today. The money bounce may owe to Palin’s appeal with conservative donors, many of whom said privately they had planned on sitting out the campaign this year. The money comes in just under the wire — after McCain accepts the GOP nomination Thursday, he will accept public funds and no longer be ...

WOW: The Palin Effect.
Rachel Lucas — From Jim Carson, genius: And the money rolls rolls rolls in. On the order of $7 MILLION. Also, if anyone hasn’t already seen this: VPILF. Is it just me or have the political (and even non-political) blogs in general completely exploded over this? The Corner is going nuts, as is every other site I regularly check. Good lord. The entire Republican base seems to have a major figurative or literal boner. I’m sorry, that’s crude. The truth hurts. More on ...

The "real" Sarah Palin
The Reaction — ... to many (and McCain got a pretty big donation bounce from the pick), but it's all surface appearance at this point. Whether Americans really want her to be so close to the presidency is another matter entirely. ...

Measuring the Palin Effect
California Conservative — ... I’m telling you, I’ve not seen that kind of electricity in a long time. Dr. Dobson gives several legitimate reasons why he’s changed his mind. Obviously, evangelical Christians are thrilled to have Sarah Palin on the ticket. Her story of giving birth to a baby that she knew would have Down Syndrome is the ultimate pro-life testimonial. There’s other proof that conservatives are getting engaged. Here’s another tidbit of proof: Sen. John McCain ...

McCain Raises $4.5 Million Online in 24 Hours After Palin Pick
The Next Right — ... A source inside the McCain campaign confirms a massive online fundraising haul since Sarah Palin was named as the VP -- $4.5 million in the first 24 hours, part of a $7 million overall fundraising burst. ...

The Base Erupts
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — She's One Of Us! Palin brings McCain $7 million in a little over 24 hours.

The “Real” Sarah Palin
The Moderate Voice — ... to many (and McCain got a pretty big donation bounce from the pick), but it’s all surface appearance at this point. Whether Americans really want her to be so close to the presidency is another matter entirely. ...

Palin and the women's vote
Betsy's Page — ... since the Democratic convention ended. However, I don't think that disaffected Democratic voters are the prime target that McCain was aiming at with his choice of Sarah Palin. I think he was thinking of two different constituencies. One was the conservative base. They were mostly less than lukewarm in their support of John McCain. And boy are they fired up now. This was probably the only thing that McCain could have done to have gotten the Rush Limbaugh listeners fully on board. And they are showing their enthusiasm by having donated 7 million dollars by the day after the ...

"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow"
QandO — ... On the downside of the rise, with stomachs riding uncomfortably inside throats, the roller coaster seems dangerous to Republican electoral victory. Yet, those funding the ride don’t seem upset about the choice of coaster, and the people whom some on the left thought would be most discouraged by this latest twist are apparently ...

Obama Fundraising Goes Bonkers After GOP's Day-Long Attack
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... . Better than the $7 million McCain got after the Palin pick was announced. Democrats I've spoken to since the speech have had two reactions, sometimes simultaneously: (1) anger about the fact that their guy got roughed up pretty bad, and (2) fear that the GOP has a new super-effective and super-likeable surrogate. Both emotions lead to the opening of wallets. ...