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So it will be McCain - Palin 2008 for the GOP
The Moderate Voice — ... she doesn’t make sense. If you’re running on “the country’s security is too important to be run by neophytes,” you can’t have one as next in line. While Joe Biden was, twice, an awful presidential candidate, he’s a plausible president. Sarah Palin is not. Fausta is clearly excited about the pick. “Welcome to the party, PUMAs!” American Princess at BlogHer has a “girl crush” on Sarah Palin. ThinkProgress is immediately focusing on Palin’s “anti-choice” record in ...

Who Is That Again?
Eschaton — Who Is That Again? It's kind of funny watching teevee journalists basically admitting that they know nothing about this person . That'd be fine, except for all the time spent telling us about mittens-pawlenty-etc over the past several weeks. But one does wish that at moments like this they'd take 10 minutes or so to... learn about her before they start bloviating.

I still can't get over them playing "Power to the People"
The Sideshow — So, Palin - someone who, as Atrios observes, none of the "expert" talking heads even thought of for the GOP veepstakes. A governor of a deep red state who is a long-time anti-choicer and gung-ho advocate of drilling in ANWR - why wouldn't they think of Palin? Oh, right, girl parts. But this is a year when the Republicans think they can make hay out of having a woman on the ticket, and the gods know they got nothin' else, so here we are: Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. Down in comments, Dan remarks: "So the entire Alaska GOP has either been ...

Sarah Plain and Tall
BlondeSense — Sarah......It's plain and simple From Thinkprogress Among other things, she supports drilling in Alaska, with limits, she’s pro-life and she’s a fiscal conservative. … Plus, Palin’s an interesting character: a former beauty queen, she was a star high school basketball player (she was known as “Sarah Barracuda” for her intense play). Palin married her childhood sweetheart, a blue collar oil field worker (who is on leave, so as not to create a conflict of interest). She hunts, she fishes, and earlier this year, she posed for Vogue. IMHO, this was in the bag months ago folks. ...

McCain Camp Didn't Search Palin's Hometown Paper Archives
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Even McCain's own aides seemed unprepared by the choice. After Palin's name was announced, spokeswoman Nancy Pfotenhauer was asked about the governor's relationship with the Senator. ...

Palin On Abortion: I'd Oppose Even If My Own Daughter Was Raped
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Palin makes no secret of her pro-life stance. A member of the anti-abortion group Feminists for Life, she told the Alaska Right to Life Board in 2002 that she "adamantly supported our cause since I first understood, as a child, the atrocity of abortion." In an Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire during the 2006 gubernatorial race, Palin again restated that she was against abortion unless a doctor determined that a mother's life would end due to the pregnancy. ...