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blogs.cqpolitics.com - 9/4/2008
What McCain Must Do Tonight
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After watching Gov. Sarah Palin accept the Republican party's vice presidential nomination last night, the common reaction is that the party's base loved what they heard in her speech. She generated real excitement among the delegates. Conservative talk radio sees Palin as the Republican version ...

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  What McCain Must Do Tonight

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines:  McCain Must Succeed Where Palin Failed

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What McCain Must Do Tonight
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Political Insider: John McCain needs to do what Sarah Palin didn't do last night.

McCain Must Succeed Where Palin Failed
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... entirely unknown, or is known as [a] US Weekly caricature of a woman who eats mooseburgers and has a pregnant daughter. To change someone’s opinion, you have to do one of two things. Either you have to be a trusted voice of authority, or you have to persuade them. Palin is not a trusted voice of authority—she’s much too new. But neither was this a persuasive speech. It was staccato, insistent, a little corny. It preached to the proverbial choir.” Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

McCain Delivers Flat Speech
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Unlike nearly every speaker from last night, Sen. John McCain started his acceptance speech with an appeal to independents and moderate Democrats. He spoke with a very respectful tone when referring to Sen. Barack Obama and his supporters. It's what he needed to do. ...

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