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talkingpointsmemo.com - 8/29/2008
Palin's the One
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So now we've learned that Sarah Palin is McCain's choice for nominee. I have to say. It's a daring pick but I think a very weak pick. I'm perfectly happy with it. Palin is in the midst of a reasonably serious scandal in her home state. Her brother-in-law is a state trooper who is in the midst ...

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Daily Digest: Split-Screening Obama Speech and Palin VP Pick
techPresident — ... happy: "Syrin" describes herself as a "Republican women" [sic] "committed to strengthening our Republican Party [and] empowering conservative women." Liberal investigative bloggers like Josh Marshall are already salivating at the prospect of digging yet further into Alaska's political cesspools, which he notes include a ...

Palin Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... the pick, surely figured into the McCain strategy of hoping to woo upset Hillary Clinton supporters. Plus, Palin's an interesting character: a former beauty queen, she was a star high school basketball player (she was known as “Sarah Barracuda” for her intense play). Palin married her childhood sweetheart, a blue collar oil field worker (who is on leave, so as not to create a conflict of interest). She hunts, she fishes, and earlier this year, she posed for Vogue. Josh Marshall: It's a daring pick but I think a very weak pick. I'm perfectly ...

Sarah Palin's Abuse-of-Power Scandal ("Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome State Trouper?" Department)
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Palin's the One: So now we've learned that Sarah Palin is McCain's choice for nominee. I have to say. It's a daring pick but I think a very weak pick. I'm perfectly happy with it. Palin is in the midst of a reasonably serious scandal in her home state. Her brother-in-law is a state trooper who is in the midst of an ugly custody battle with her sister. And she's accused of getting the state police to fire him. Recently she was forced to admit that one of her aides had done this, though she insists she didn't know.... John McCain... a cancer survivor who turns 72 years old today, ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... , Clinton's former campaign spokesman, at The Plank. Palin, however, was the mayor of a small town just two years ago and is far less qualified than Obama, whose experience has been questioned, writes TalkingPointsMemo's Josh Marshall . Republicans will rue the pick once people realize that the untested Palin would be first in line to succeed McCain, who would be 72 years old when the next president takes office, writes TalkLeft's ...

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