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"Real" America Looks Different to Palin, Obama
"Real" America Looks Different to Palin, Obama
fivethirtyeight.com — Yesterday, at a fundraiser in Greensboro, North Carolina, Sarah Palin said the following : We believe that... the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being ... (more) "Real" America Looks Different to Palin, Obama
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Palin apologizes for patriot 'pro-America areas' comment
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (CNN) – Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin apologized Tuesday for any misunderstanding that resulted when... she referred last week to the patriotic values of "the real America" and the "pro-America areas of this great ... (more) Palin apologizes for patriot 'pro-America areas' comment
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The Corner on National Review Online — Wednesday, October 22, 2008 [image] Around the Web: 2008 [Katherine Connell] The latest on the candidates . . . McCain Push May Not Budge Pennsylvania Los Angeles Times [image] Palin Apologizes for 'Real America' Comments The Washington Post [image] Fights to Keep Crucial Blue State in Play The New York Times [image] Camp Shaves Its Ad Targets The New York Times [image] Trails in States that Backed Bush The Washington Times [image] As Clock Ticks, Hope Dims for Savior Politico [image] Pounds Away at Biden's Crisis Remark The Boston Globe ...

How long are the coattails? How many Senate seats will the Democrats take on Nov. 4?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — We've spent a lot of time on the presidential race. And a lot of time on Sarah Palin. I know I would have written far fewer pieces on Joe Lieberman or Lindsey Graham. But there are plenty of other races going on: House and Senate races galore. Unfortunately, due to the structure of House districts, close races are plenty rare, unless of course, you screw up mightily. Three races that has jumped into the spotlight lately are Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), ...

Today in The Nation: After Hardball
The Nation: Top Stories — ... from approximately 20,000 people since Bachmann gave voice to her politics of (self) destruction. According to the Washington Post , he has quadrupled his television advertising , the Cook Political Report now calls the race a "tossup," and Bachmann's Republican primary foe has decided to conduct a write-in campaign. ( ...

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Last week I took on Michelle Bachmann -- Now the Red-Baiting Rep. Might Lose Her Job
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... from approximately 20,000 people since Bachmann gave voice to her politics of (self) destruction. According to the Washington Post, he has quadrupled his television advertising, the Cook Political Report now calls the race a "tossup," and Bachmann's Republican primary foe has decided to conduct a write-in campaign. ( ...

Michelle Obama Says South Side is 'Real Chicago'
Politics Daily — ... Gov. Palin was forced to clarify similar remarks she made during the campaign, telling an audience that the rural parts of the country comprise the "real America." ...

Palin on O’Reilly . . . Again – But What the Hell’s a “Guttural Instinct?”
News Hounds — ... And you know something else? Shocking but true -- Palin isn’t a very quick study. During the campaign, if you recall, she made her harshly criticized “real America” comment, “praising small towns as ‘the real America’ and the ‘pro-America areas of this great nation’” (a comment she later apologized for). Now, here she goes again, except this time it’s the “heartland of America.” ...

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From NBC's Carrie DannThe Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, which caused a stir by launching this ad slamming Palin on her support for aerial wolf hunting, is back.  Their newest offering, now running in Virginia and expected to expand to ...
Newsweek: Is Palin making plans for 2012?msnbc.com: Politics 10/22/2008
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