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Palin Comes Out Fighting
Palin Comes Out Fighting
GOP Nominates McCain After Running Mate Attacks Obama on Experience Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 4, 2008; Page A01
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The Early Word: It's McCain's Night
The Caucus — ... to supporters, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe criticized what he called Mr. McCain’s “attack squad of negative, cynical politicians,” and singled out Ms. Palin and Mr. Giuliani. “It’s now clear that John McCain’s campaign has decided that desperate lies and personal attacks — on Barack Obama and on you — are the only way they can earn a third term for the Bush policies that McCain has supported more than 90 percent of the time,” Mr. Plouffe wrote in his message. Palin’s Night The Washington Post’s Michael D. Shear notes that Ms. Palin’s speech “focused on almost every ...

Around the Web: 2008
The Corner on National Review Online — Thursday, September 04, 2008 [image] Around the Web: 2008 [Katherine Connell] The latest on the candidates . . . GOP Convention Palin Assails Critics and Electrifies Party The New York Times [image] Palin Comes Out Fighting The Washington Post [image] Palin Takes On 'Washington Elite' The Washington Times [image] Gov. Palin Makes Her Case The Wall Street Journal [image] Giuliani Questions Obama's Qualifications The New York Times [image] [image] McCain Speechwriter Hunkers Down The Wall Street Journal [image] Address to Be Wake-Up Call for ...

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