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politico.com - 8/30/2008
Palin boosts McCain's online haul
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TPM Election Central:  Election Central Saturday Roundup

The Jawa Report:  Palin News Brings McCain $4.5 Million in One Day

RedState: Conservative News and Community:  Palin thoughts, a day later.

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Election Central Saturday Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... Jonathan Martin reports that Sarah Palin's selection was able to give John McCain a boost in excitement and fundraising. A campaign aide says they took in about $4.5 million yesterday, a very impressive number. ...

Palin News Brings McCain $4.5 Million in One Day
The Jawa Report — ... August 30, 2008 Palin News Brings McCain $4.5 Million in One Day If there is any question whether the GOP faithful are happy with Sarah Palin, yesterday's 4.5 Million dollar haul should go a long way to answering it. (h/t: ...

Palin thoughts, a day later.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... the Left. But really quickly: I'm juggling baby and last-minute travel stuff. On the Right: McCain's pick has energized and pleased Republicans, particularly conservative ones. Yes, yes, there's all sorts of people trying to say otherwise, usually by reading off emails purporting to be from disgruntled members of the GOP. Alas for them, McCain's people reported that they received $3 million dollars in six hours yesterday, with a total haul for the day of $4.49 million. I think that we need to take the money more seriously than the emails. ...

Required Reading: Palin Playing in Peoria
Weekly Standard Blog — ... I guess the Nervous Nellies in the conservative press can now stop muttering about 1988 and blindly speculating about how Palin will play with the great unwashed. We now have some empirical data. The polls are nice, but still nicer is the cool $4.49 million that the McCain campaign raised yesterday. Anyone with memories of 1988 will know Dan Quayle’s elevation didn’t trigger quite the same reaction. ...

Heather MacDonald: Thanks for destroying the GOP with identity politics, McCain
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , half-sneering and half-marveling at how helpless they were to challenge her likeability with policy. Money quote: “You know, that’s kind of like Obama.” McCain, a guy known for topping out in his monthly fundraising in the high twenties, pulled $4.5 million yesterday in about 14 hours after the pick was announced. Just five days ago, when she wasn’t on anyone’s radar screen, I noted again how ...

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