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In making a bid for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters, John McCain risked undercutting his case about Barack Obama’s level of experience. >
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The Saturday Word: Assessing Palin
The Caucus —
DENVER – The assessments of Senator John McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate seem to be in general agreement: bold , true to Mr. McCain’s form , and ultimately undercutting his fundamental criticism that Senator Barack Obama is not ready to be president. “Senior Clinton advisers said there had always been one big card that McCain could play to exploit the rift between Clinton and Obama supporters — and McCain played it,” write Juliet Eilperin and Anne E. Kornblut in The Washington Post in a piece that looks at how ...
THE NOTE: Outside Pressures Leave Clouds Over RNC
Political Radar —
... ."For months, Republicans have attacked the senator from Illinois as not ready to be president. Now McCain has put someone who Democrats argue has even less experience one election and a heartbeat away from the presidency." Peter Baker, in The New York Times : "The selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska proved quintessentially McCain -- daring, hazardous and defiantly off-message. He demonstrated that he would not get boxed in by convention as he sought to put a woman next in line to the presidency for the first time. Yet in making such an unabashed bid for supporters of ...
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time-blog.com 8/30/2008 — I woke up this morning and realized that the most significant aspect of the Palin pick isn't Palin--we really don't know all that much about her yet--but the process by which she was selected. McCain really doesn't know that much about Palin, either. ...
Obama on “60 Minutes”
thepage.time.com 8/30/2008 — IN HIS FIRST REACTION TO JOHN MCCAIN’S RUNNING MATE, BARACK OBAMA SAYS SARAH PALIN IS “AN UP-AND-COMING PUBLIC SERVANT” — SUNDAY ON “60 MINUTES” Dem. Presidential Nominee Says He Picked Joe Biden as His Running Mate Because “He Can Step in and Be ...
Butting Heads: Palin on Obama: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker
newyorker.com 8/30/2008 — Before she was running against him, Sarah Palin—the governor of Alaska and now the Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States—thought it was pretty neat that Barack Obama was edging ahead of John McCain in her usually solidly red ...
McCain and the OODA Loop
americanthinker.com 8/30/2008 — There are two military concepts here that explain the (absolutely spectacular) choice of Governor Sarah Palin. Both of them are important to the training of a fighter pilot.
Obama Ad: ‘No Change’ With McCain-Palin —
FOXNews.com 8/30/2008
ST. PAUL — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama begins airing an ad Saturday that responds to rival John McCain’s selection of a running mate, carefully avoiding any direct criticism of Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor whom ...
Profiles of Palin —
First Read 8/30/2008
“Since long before she became Alaska's youngest -- and first female -- governor 20 months ago, Sarah Louise Heath Palin has been making her mark as an unlikely upstart,” the Washington Post writes. “Yesterday, she did it again, accepting Sen. John ...
McCain’s VP Pick Could De-Fang Biden —
FOXNews.com 8/30/2008
John McCain’s game-changing selection of a first-term female governor from Alaska as his running mate poses a challenge for Barack Obama’s own selection for vice president.
The presence of Gov. Sarah Palin, 44, on the campaign trail ...
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