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Palinmania: McCain raises $7 million since VP announcement
hotair.com - 8/30/2008
Palinmania: McCain raises $7 million since VP announcement
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Like I said , conservatives love this woman. [...] Read the rest »

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Ace of Spades HQ:  The Seven Million Dollar Woman

Rachel Lucas:  WOW: The Palin Effect.

Slublog:  The Intelligensia's Freak Out Over Palin

Right Wing Nation:  Bounce You Can Believe In

Daimnation!:  It's a trap!

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The Seven Million Dollar Woman
Ace of Spades HQ — The Seven Million Dollar Woman Seven million since she was named VP candidate, as disgruntled Republicans find themselves pleasantly gruntled. Thinking about donating? Better do it fast -- he can only accept donations through accepting the nomination Thursday. ...

WOW: The Palin Effect.
Rachel Lucas — From Jim Carson, genius: And the money rolls rolls rolls in. On the order of $7 MILLION. Also, if anyone hasn’t already seen this: VPILF. Is it just me or have the political (and even non-political) blogs in general completely exploded over this? The Corner is going nuts, as is every other site I regularly check. Good lord. The entire Republican base seems to have a major figurative or literal boner. I’m sorry, that’s crude. The truth hurts. More on ...

The Intelligensia's Freak Out Over Palin
Slublog — ... who she thinks is wrong. In short, Palin's political experience is everything Obama's is not. Personally, I think she's going to make those points clearer in her acceptance speech on Wednesday. Palin's appeal is not based on her experience. It's based on who she is and the choices she made and I think her story will resonate with the middle-class voters who have yet to fully accept or trust Obama. And as an added bonus, Palin brings the base back to McCain. In a big way. Still, I've got to say that no matter what, I like reading the Corner. I don't ...

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. ...

It's a trap!
Daimnation! — ... Debates aren't everything, but everyone expects Obama to hold up pretty well when he squares off against McCain. I am not so confident about Palin debating the very experienced Joe Biden. McCain's pick looks good now, but I don't think it will look so smart come November. ...

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