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Palin Hits Campaign Trail, Keeps Up Attacks On Obama 
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
Sarah Palin made her post-convention debut on the campaign trail today in Wisconsin, and left little doubt that she's going to keep playing her "pit-bull with lipstick" role with gusto.
Palin seized on Obama's interview with Fox's Bill
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The Mystery Of McCain's Walter Reed Backdrop
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
As many of you know, one of the odder aspects of McCain's speech last night was the image of an unidentified mansion-like building on the big screen in the background behind him.
The image first appeared behind McCain around a minute into his speech, and stayed up for four or five minutes. It then faded out and was replaced by a plain blue background with an American flag.
So w
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A Word On McCain's Heroism And His Speech Tonight
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
John McCain told powerful stories about his own heroism tonight. He suffered in a way few of us can imagine.
But why do we have to accept the idea that he's also modest and reticent to discuss his own suffering? Why do we have to grant both his heroism and the superior character underlying his supposed reluctance to discuss the experiences that he just talked about in fron
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Obama Camp Has Now Raised More Than $10 Million Since Palin Speech
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
The cash keeps flowing in to the Obama campaign in the wake of Sarah Palin's speech, suggesting that whatever effect she's had on the GOP base has been duplicated on the Democratic side.
Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor confirms that the campaign has now pulled in over $10 million since her speech -- a "one day record," Vietor says.
"I hope she gives a speech every day," Vietor j
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Megalomaniac
Greg Sargent via Talking Points Memo on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Confirmed: Rudy ran way long in his convention speech, forcing planners to nix a planned soft-focus bio video of Palin that was set to run before she spoke.
You can view the Palin vid
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Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit -- Elitist?
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Vanity Fair tallied up the cost of Cindy McCain's outfit on her night at the GOP convention:
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000-$25,000
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WaPo: Palin's Critics Deride Her For Being From Small Town
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Okay, here's something to keep an eye out for: The big news orgs playing along with Sarah Palin's bogus argument that critics of her experience are "looking down" on her for her small-town background.
From today's Washington Post writ
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Noses In The Air
Greg Sargent via Talking Points Memo on Wed, 03 Sep. 2008
Sarah Palin to say in speech tonight that her Dem critics "look down" on her experience of small-town America.
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McCain's National Co-Chair: Media Coverage Of Palin Is "Completely Fair," Not Sexist
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 03 Sep. 2008
Meg Whitman, McCain's national campaign co-chair and former CEO of e-Bay, veered off message today in an interview with Fox News, describing the media vetting of Palin as "completely fair" and saying that there hasn't really been any sexism to speak of in the coverage.
Take a look:
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Obama Hammers McCain On "Not About Issues" Quote
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 03 Sep. 2008
The Obama campaign has been promising to hit McCain hard over campaign manager Rick Davis' unfortunate claim that the campaign "is not about issues," and Obama himself made good on this promise today on the trail in Ohio.
"I mean think about it," Obama told the crowd, as per CNN. "John McC
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Why Isn't AIP Founder Sarah Palin's Reverend Wright?
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Wed, 03 Sep. 2008
Reverend Jeremiah Wright said this:
And they will not only attack you if you try to point out what's going on in white America, U.S. of K.K.K.A.
...and this:
"The government gives them the drugs, buil
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Just As Bad As Reverend Wright
Greg Sargent via Talking Points Memo on Tue, 02 Sep. 2008
The founder of the Alaska Independence Party -- which Sarah Palin has courted -- professed his "hatred for the American government" and cursed our "damn flag."
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New Obama Ad: "The Same, The Same, The Same"
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Tue, 02 Sep. 2008
Those who are fans of the "McSame" strategy will be thrilled by this new Obama ad attacking McCain that's hitting the airwaves today, just in time for Bush's address to the convention via satellite tonight.
The spot flashes "The Same" across the screen in huge white letters, and runs through a litany of areas where Bush and McCain are "the same" -- Iraq, the economy, etc.
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David Frum: Palin "Makes Barack Obama Look Like George C. Marshall"
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Tue, 02 Sep. 2008
A prominent Republican writer says it's legit to bring up McCain's age -- and makes the interesting argument that the choice of Sarah Palin as Veep candidate should make us put McCain's age front and center as an issue.
Check out this absol
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The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 01 Sep. 2008
On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day...
* The news that Palin once backed the Bridge to Nowhere
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Did McCain Know About Pregnancy Before Picking Palin?
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 01 Sep. 2008
Is it really possible that the McCain campaign is refusing to say whether McCain knew about Bristol's pregnancy before picking Sarah Palin as his running mate?
Apparently so:
Reporters at the Republican national convention hammered McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt about the Palin pregnancy during a press
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Obama Hits Back On Pregnancy Rumors
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 01 Sep. 2008
Obama smacks back at the anonymous McCain aide's suggestion of ties between Obama and the rumors that Trig Palin is actually the son of Sarah Palin's daughter:
Asked about the insinuation from
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Report: Palin's Spokesperson Didn't Know About Pregnancy Two Days Ago
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 01 Sep. 2008
The Anchorage Daily News, in its write-up of the announcement that 17-year-old Bristol Palin is pregnant, reveals that Sarah Palin's spokesperson didn't know about this two days ago:
The Daily News had asked Palin's press secretary, Bill McAllister, over the weekend to address rumors that Bristol was pregnant.
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Sarah Palin And The Alaska Independence Party
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Mon, 01 Sep. 2008
This seems worth digging into a bit. The Alaska Independence Party, which was formed with the goal of seceding from the union and establishing Alaska as an independent state, says that Palin addressed their 2008 convention.
The AIP has posted video of what it claims is her address on its Web site
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Top McCain Adviser: Palin Will Learn National Security From McCain Before He Keels Over
Greg Sargent via TPM Election Central on Sat, 30 Aug. 2008
We already noted this in today's roundup, but if anything deserves its own thread, this one does.
Check out how a top McCain adviser is now defending the decision to put Sarah Palin within reach of controlling the most powerful military in human history, despite McCain's own frequent c
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