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Obama: Enough About Me, What About You?
The Caucus — ... of domestic and foreign challenges facing the nation. “You haven’t heard a word about how they’re going to deal with any aspect of the economy that is affecting you day to day,” Mr. Obama said, speaking to voters outside a hydro power plant here. “They’ve had a lot to say about me, but they haven’t had a word to say about you.” Of all the millions of people tuning into the Republican gathering in Minnesota for the past two nights, one has been Mr. Obama. He watched portions of Gov. Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech from his Pittsburgh hotel room. He intends to watch Senator ...

Clinton-Palin Duels? Not So Fast
The Caucus — ... about to stop now.” Perhaps. But if the Obama-Biden ticket becomes flummoxed by the historic nature of Governor Palin’s addition as a woman to the G.O.P. ticket — by someone who may attract independent women voters and some Democratic women voters who supported Senator Clinton but can’t find a way to back Senator Obama — who better than Senator Clinton to tackle the “18 million cracks in the glass ceiling” that both tickets are now vying for? It was very clear from Governor Palin’s speech last week in St. Paul, and Senator McCain’s comments here and there that his running ...

Media Freak Out Over Palin and Giuliani's ‘Community Organizer’ Jabs
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Apoplectic journalists have spent more than a week now howling with indignation at GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's belittling of Barack Obama's so-called community organizing. To recap, she accepted the veep nod quipping, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities." Neither Palin nor ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, who made similar comments, attacked the honorable American tradition of volunteerism, but the media reacted as if their comments were somehow un-American. ...

LAT Falsely Claims Laura Bush Distancing Herself from Sarah Palin
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Johanna Neuman of the Los Angeles Times yesterday misrepresented First Lady Laura Bush's words to make it seem like she was backing away from GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin's criticism of Senator Barack Obama's community organizing days. ...

Palin Administration Still Pursuing 'Nowhere' Project
Rook's Rant — ... Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has portrayed herself as a foe of pork-barrel spending, pointing in particular to her role in killing the $398 million "Bridge to Nowhere" between Ketchikan (pop. 7,400) and its airport on Gravina Island (pop. 50). I "told the Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,'" she said in her speech accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination. "If our state wanted to build a bridge, we were going to build it ourselves." ...

How Sarah Palin Almost Saved The Campaign
Flopping Aces — ... Sarah Palin came out fighting on her night in the convention spotlight. In her speech, she relied on the same line of attack that catapulted her from Wasilla mayor to governor of Alaska: plainspoken, honest convictions and a sense of humor. ...