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New Obama ad: Bush is McCain’s real running mate
New Obama ad: Bush is McCain’s real running mate
Not only isn’t Palin attacked, her name isn’t so much as mentioned. [...] Read the rest »
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I have to disagree with Allahpundit on this one.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — He thinks that this is a smart ad: ...because it doesn't mention Governor Sarah Palin by name. I think that it doesn't mention Governor Palin by name because the Obama campaign didn't have the slightest idea that she was in the running, let alone that she was getting the nod. If you think that's unlikely, let me remind you that the DNC didn't even think that she was important enough to profile as "the next Cheney." Heck, they still haven't updated that site, the lazy so-and-sos. Which leads me ...

Blogtalk: All About Palin
The Caucus — ... . = “The more I think about it, the more I find her chief demographic virtue to be not her sex but what her persona communicates about her class,” writes Allahpundit at the rightward Hot Air . “Any sharp attacks right off the bat will look like Obama and Biden bullying someone in the crowd at a town hall event.” Bloggers on the left are also cautioning against going after Ms. Palin too aggressively. Dana Goldstein at The ...

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