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The Palin Pick: It's Isn't About Hillary Voters - UPDATED
Sound Politics — ... story, her rise to office, her family...the whole nine yards. Interestingly, this blogger's mother and mother-in-law (also not Republican partisans) fall into the same boat: raw, palpable enthusiasm for the Palin pick...where none existed before for a McCain-led ticket. Yes, it's just anecdotal. But it would be foolish to assume it's isolated, especially since these women fit exactly the profile of those that a Palin pick is most likely to energize. UPDATE: Jonathan Martin has some national reporting on women coming out of the woodwork for Palin. This might well be a story ...

Palinmania: McCain raises $7 million since VP announcement
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... no longer be permitted to raise private money for the campaign… Shortly before Palin’s announcement, one senior RNC official said McCain’s pick “better like doing fundraising.” Like almost everything else she does, hosting these events will be something of a new experience for Palin. When running for governor of Alaska in 2006, Palin raised a total of just $468,400. She’s tapped to do a dozen events for the RNC. Meanwhile, Politico reports more grassroots excitement in the form of spiking volunteerism , carefully balanced by Democratic reports of angry PUMAs ...

McCain Raises $7 Million Since Announcing Palin As VP Yesterday
Say Anything — ... Volunteerism among Republicans is up too.  Meanwhile, scrambling Democrats have resorted to digging up old footage of Palin as a sports newscaster. ...

The 7 Million Dollar Woman … And Then Some
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... of a new experience for Palin. When running for governor of Alaska in 2006, Palin raised a total of just $468,400. Incidentally, Bill Burton, a spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama, declined to reveal how much money the Democratic nominee took in after his speech to 84,000 supporters in Denver and 38 million television viewers. Me here: Heh … Heh-Heh-Heh … Heh! Palin Power By Jonathan Martin - (Politico) My mention below of just how juiced many in the grass roots of the GOP are about ...

Measuring the Palin Effect
California Conservative — ... the various Republican ‘alphabet organizations’ not doing well on the fundraising front. His opinion was pretty straightforward: The minute Republicans start acting like Republicans is the minute the fundraising floodgates will open wide. I’d say that he’s been proven right again. Saturday morning, I got responses from members of the House GOP leadership on what they think of the Palin pick. It was positive to say the least. Here’s Jonathan Martin’s report on Palin Power: Speaking about ...

Bounce You Can Believe In
Right Wing Nation — As of some time yesterday, the McCain campaign got seven million dollars in donations after announcing Sarah Palin as VP. Jonathan Martin at Politico reports that volunteerism is exploding. Color me unsurprised. Palin is a rock star. More on that later today.