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Obama’s first instinct: Attack Palin
Southern Appeal — No congratulations. No acknowledgment of the historic nature of McCain’s pick. Just this petty cheap shot by Born Alive Barry :“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency,” said Obama spox Bill Burton. “Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies — that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same.” Is it any wonder so many women find the idea of voting for Obama so ...

More on Palin
Swampland - TIME.com — ... UPDATE2: And as Jake Tapper notes, the surprise choice seemed to have knocked the Obama campaign at least temporarily off balance.

Snobama retreats
Michelle Malkin — Snobama retreats By Michelle Malkin•August 29, 2008 05:12 PM Now , Snobama is all about congratulating his opponents in his civil, New Politics, HopeNChangey way? Flip . Flop . Too late. Like they say: You only get one chance to make that first impression. Posted in: Barack Obama , John McCain Send to a Friend Printer Friendly comments (9) [image] trackbacks (0) See what others have said Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I ...

Obama, McCain, Palin & generosity
The Anchoress — ... What I mean is, yesterday, on the fourth day of the Democrat National Convention, John McCain made an ad congratulating Obama - and the Obama campaign appreciated it and wished he would do more ads like those. McCain didn’t have to do that, but he did, and it was a fairly classy thing to do. No, not classy, it generous . It showed a generosity of spirit. Today, McCain named Palin, and Obama’s first reaction was ungracious and ungenerous . That got cleaned up and reconsidered , and Obama even took the corrective further, by calling Palin to congratulate ...

Democrats' energy hypocrisy: Palin versus Obama
The Next Right — Barack Obama's first statement on Sarah Palin attacked her on a number of issues, including energy: Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies -- that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same."  It has been well-noted that the politics of this attack are completely tonedeaf. But the substance of these attacks are completely ...

Michelle Obama: Don’t vote for a candidate just because “she’s cute”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... her credentials as governor on CNN, just like his campaign did on the day she was announced as McCain’s pick. That’s defensible, at least, as not so much a personal attack as an attempt to draw a more favorable contrast with his own meager resume. But what about the second time, when the Bride of The One ...