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talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/3/2008
Palin's Rising Star?
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I know there's a lot of talk in Republican circles that Sarah Palin is going to be the star, the new face of the GOP in the post-Bush, post-McCain era. And this speculation has been goosed by Palin's own hints that it's full speed ahead with Palinism on the national stage if she and McCain fall ...

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Eschaton:  The End

News:  DAY'S END ROUNDUP

If I Ran the Zoo:  QOTD: Not Sugar-Coated Edition

Newshoggers.com:  What and Why

The Next Right:  Talking Points Memo: analysis or flacking?

adn.com - 11/4/2008
New Troopergate report clears Palin
— adn.com — The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Gov. Sarah Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the Legislature. (more) New Troopergate report clears Palin

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guardian.co.uk - 11/5/2008
John McCain's verdict on Sarah Palin: more trouble than a pitbull
— guardian.co.uk — So now we know what John McCain really thinks of his running mate Sarah Palin – and that's not just because of the awkward body language between them during his concession speech in Phoenix, Arizona. An exasperated McCain has been telling friends in ... (more) John McCain's verdict on Sarah Palin: more trouble than ...

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article.nationalreview.com - 11/1/2008
Lopez: Blame Palin at Your Own Risk
— article.nationalreview.com — Do not blame Palin for missteps. (more) Lopez: Blame Palin at Your Own Risk

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The End
Eschaton — I agree with Josh that we won't have Palin to kick around much longer, assuming things go as expected tomorrow. Republicans really hate their losers, and while some will lay all the blame on McCain, she'll get her share of it. ...

DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... Sharp at Pam's House Blend. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Today's Polls, 3 A.M. Edition - N. Silver, FiveThirtyEight [image] My Predictions: A McCain Win - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air [image] Predictions: An Obama Win - Allahpundit, Hot Air [image] Crazy and Alone - kos, Daily Kos [image] One Day From Changing America - K.J. Lopez, The Corner [image] Palin's Brand - Ramesh Ponnuru, The Corner [image] Palin's Rising Star - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo [image] The ...

QOTD: Not Sugar-Coated Edition
If I Ran the Zoo — JMM: Palin wasn't simply unprepared for intense scrutiny of a national campaign. The woman is an ignoramus of almost unprecedented magnitude in the annals of national politics. That about sums her up.

What and Why
Newshoggers.com — ... Josh Marshall takes a look at Sarah Palin and questions if she is really the "rising star" many think she is.  Josh thinks she is probably just a brief shooting star.  I think he is right but perhaps not for entirely the right reason.  Josh says it's because she is: ...

Talking Points Memo: analysis or flacking?
The Next Right — ... Josh Marshall has discovered a distaste for Sarah Palin's alleged "unapologetic appeal to resentment and victimology."   This must be a recent development.  He seemed to think John Edwards' "Two Americas" victimology was a great political tactic (" ...

What The GOP's Next Act?
DownWithTyranny! — ... Josh Marshall seems to be postulating that if the Palin (and Joe the Plumber) crowd actually take over the GOP, it won't just be a regional party but one that caters to those whose "areas of higher reasoning and cognition (frontal lobes and all that) are flat-lining or tracking into oblivion." He doesn't think it can happen. ...

Obama's Win: A Death-Knell For 1960s Cultural Politics?
TPM Election Central — ... Some commentators argued that McCain wasn't a GOP candidate in the Rove-Atwater mode. In reality, however, McCain and Sarah Palin were perfect vehicles for Rove-Atwater politics. As Josh argued yesterday, Palin is the most aggressive purveyor of the culture-war politics of resentment that Rick Perlstein superbly described in " ...

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