The McCain-Palin Bunch Greet McCain at Airport
voices.washingtonpost.com 9/3/2008 — By Robert Barnes MINNEAPOLIS -- It was an (extended) family reunion for Sen. John McCain when he finally arrived in the city where he will realize his long-held dream of accepting the Republican presidential nomination. Not only were Cindy McCain and ...

Palin Coverage Not Sexist, Former McCain VP Hopeful Says
huffingtonpost.com 9/3/2008 — Just hours after aides to John McCain accused the media and Sen. Barack Obama of engaging in sexist and chauvinist treatment of Sarah Palin, another prominent member of McCain's team said the coverage has been neither sexist nor driven by Obama.  ...

CBS Poll: Palin Remains Unknown Quantity, Before Crucial Convention Speech, Most Voters Have No Opinion Of McCain's VP Pick
cbsnews.com 9/3/2008 — (CBS) Even after Sen. John McCain named her as his running mate on Friday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin remained an unknown quantity to most Americans. Sixty-six percent had no opinion of her in a CBS News poll conducted over the weekend. In polling ...

Why women Dems will vote for Palin
yourish.com 9/3/2008 — I received an email today from a disaffected Hillary fan who plans to vote for McCain come November. I am a died-in-the-wool Democrat, but when Obama turned his ass to Hillary and called her “sweetie,” I didn’t know what to do. I ...

Op-Ed Columnist - A Star Is Born? - Op-Ed
nytimes.com 9/3/2008 — ST. PAUL Thursday night, after Barack Obama’s well-orchestrated, well-conceived and well-delivered acceptance speech in Denver, Republicans were demoralized. Twenty-four hours later, they were energized — even exuberant. It’s amazing what a bold ...

Obama-Biden, McCain-Palin, and the experience question — Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 9/3/2008
Truman and Reagan showed that character and common sense matter more than a good résumé.

Palin faces off against Obama in new ad — CNN Political Ticker 9/3/2008
(CNN) – Sen. John McCain touts his reputation as a political maverick and he is moving quickly to cement the same image for his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The McCain campaign’s latest ad, “Alaska Maverick,” compares Palin not to Sen. Joe ...

McCain Touts Palin’s Mayoral Record, Commitment to Reform — FOXNews.com 9/4/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican John McCain said Wednesday that Sarah Palin is a solid running mate because she’s “in charge of 20 percent of America’s energy supply” as Alaska’s governor, has served as a mayor and ...

Obama camp reaction to Palin's speech — First Read 9/4/2008
From NBC's Mark Murray“The speech that Gov. Palin gave was well delivered, but it was written by George Bush’s speechwriter and sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we’ve heard from George Bush for the last eight years," said Obama ...

Palin Takes Swipes at Obama; McCain Claims GOP Nomination — Wash Post Elections 9/3/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took repeated swipes at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and the news media Wednesday night after accepting the vice presidential nomination before an enraptured audience at the Republican National ...