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How Did Dems Inherit Ozzie &amp; Harriet Mantle?
How Did Dems Inherit
Ozzie & Harriet Mantle?
OPINION
Sep 5, 2008 5:31 AM CDT

How Did Dems Inherit Ozzie & Harriet Mantle?

Evangelical love for Palin family highlights dramatic switch in 'family values'

(Newser) - The enthusiastic evangelical reaction to a working mother with an unwed pregnant teenage daughter on the GOP ticket highlights the dramatically changing face of conservative Christian America and could spell trouble for the Dems, Hanna Rosin writes in Slate. Evangelicals now actually score worse than the rest of America on...

Fem Dems Called Up in Palin War
Fem Dems Called Up in Palin War
Sep 5, 2008 3:42 AM CDT

Fem Dems Called Up in Palin War

Hillary, other prominent Democrats mobilized in battleground states

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign will mobilize high-profile female Democrats in key states to counter Sarah Palin’s potential appeal to undecided women voters, reports the New York Times. The move follows Palin’s widely watched acceptance speech to be John McCain's running mate at the Republican National Convention. Obama will...

Palin's Address Draws Big Ratings: 37.2 Million

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's big introduction to America last night drew 37.2 million viewers, Variety reports. Her huge Nielsen ratings came in just 1.1 million under Barack Obama's for his acceptance speech last week. Palin, who officially became the vice-presidential nominee today, dwarfed the ratings of Joe Biden (24 million)....

Palin Babydaddy Sports 'Bristol' Engagement Tattoo

17-year-old pregnant daughter of Republican VP pick has actual ring

(Newser) - Levi Johnston, boyfriend and father-to-be of Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol is apparently serious about doing the right thing with the potential first kid: He's sporting a 'Bristol' tattoo in the place of an engagement ring, TMZ comments. “In lieu of a tramp stamp,” the celeb site adds...

Diddy on Palin: Could Anyone Be Less Black?

Rapper says McCain's choice 'completely irresponsible'

(Newser) - P Diddy—“government name" Sean Combs—has a heart-to-heart with John McCain on a dizzying YouTube video complaining that the Arizona senator's choice of running mate is “not respectful to our diverse lives.” Sporting tinted shades, a white tee and serious bling, Diddy, “aka Ciroc Obama,...

Palin's Record Shows Flexibility
 Palin's Record Shows Flexibility 
ANALYSIS
Sep 4, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

Palin's Record Shows Flexibility

Candidate has moderated ideology to achieve goals

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has quickly become known as hard-nosed conservative since being chosen the GOP’s VP candidate, but her political record shows that she has at times bent her ideology to achieve goals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Though staunchly pro-life, as governor she infuriated pro-lifers when she refused to...

GOP Cries 'Sexism'; Some Clintonites Agree

Disagreement among Democrats about attacks on Palin

(Newser) - Cries of sexism are coming from some unusual quarters, Politico reports, as Republicans who “spent a generation ridiculing the politics of victimhood” zealously protest attacks on Sarah Palin's qualifications and doubts about whether she can be an effective VP and still raise her family. And they're finding unlikely allies...

Why Alaska Isn't Like Any Other State
Why Alaska
Isn't Like Any Other State
ANALYSIS
Sep 4, 2008 11:55 AM CDT

Why Alaska Isn't Like Any Other State

'Frontier mentality' leaves openings for politicians like Palin

(Newser) - Alaska, with its short history as a state and its independent spirit, continues to earn its nickname as America’s “last frontier.” But it’s the state’s oil revenues, corruption, and very local politics that enabled Sarah Palin to thrive, the New York Times reports. And as...

Palin Emails Complain In-Law Wasn't Canned

Governor lambasted 'joke' investigation into trooper's behavior

(Newser) - Sarah Palin railed against the "joke" investigation of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper embroiled in a nasty custody battle with her sister, in emails sent to the ex-public safety commissioner she fired in July. “This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he's been promoted,...

'Vicious' Speech Bodes Well
 'Vicious' Speech Bodes Well 
OPINION roundup
Sep 4, 2008 10:29 AM CDT

'Vicious' Speech Bodes Well

Commentators weigh in on how Sarah Palin did

(Newser) - How’d Sarah Palin do in her convention debut? Commentators agree that she showed impressive speaking skills, but part ways on whether she was convincing as a potential VP.
  • The speech was “great” but “vicious,” Dahlia Lithwick writes at Slate. Palin, uses what Lithwick calls a risky
...

Palin's on the Wrong Side of Women's History: Steinem

But her rise has its benefits, Steinem says

(Newser) - Republicans may have thrown Sarah Palin a grand old party last night, but Americans can see through the bluster, Gloria Steinem opines in the Los Angeles Times. “This isn’t the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything...

Palin's Speech a Roaring Success
 Palin's Speech 
 a Roaring Success 
analysis
Sep 4, 2008 8:19 AM CDT

Palin's Speech a Roaring Success

Crowd wild for 'sharpshooter' governor

(Newser) - Sarah Palin "lit up the Republican National Convention last night,” writes Nancy Gibbs in Time. "The hall that felt like a tomb on Monday might as well have seen the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan, so ecstatic was the crowd." As the Alaskan governor spoke amid...

Noonan: 'Over' Didn't Mean Mac
 Noonan: 'Over' Didn't Mean Mac 
OPINION
Sep 4, 2008 7:19 AM CDT

Noonan: 'Over' Didn't Mean Mac

But she does apologize for 'vulgar epithet'

(Newser) - Columnist Peggy Noonan has been catching flak since being caught on tape saying "It's over" during a frank assessment of John McCain's veep choice. But the Wall Street Journal writer insists she wasn't pronouncing Mac's White House hopes dead —she was simply remarking that the days of the...

Rove: Palin Could Decide Race
 Rove: Palin Could Decide Race 
OPINION
Sep 4, 2008 6:33 AM CDT

Rove: Palin Could Decide Race

May emphasize McCain's virtues and fare well against Biden

(Newser) - Vice-presidential nominees usually have little direct effect on the outcome of an election, writes Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal, but Sarah Palin could be the exception. Rove consults two experts, who agree that some VPs can have an unusually large “indirect effect,” as they underscore a...

For Palin, Speech Was Easy Part
 For Palin, Speech 
 Was Easy Part
analysis
Sep 4, 2008 5:20 AM CDT

For Palin, Speech Was Easy Part

Real test: can she woo undecideds?

(Newser) - Sarah Palin earned roars from the primed Republican crowd last night in St. Paul—but it remains to be seen whether she can translate that enthusiasm to undecided voters, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times. “It’s more difficult with someone of her background to go on...

Palin Fires Back at Critics
 Palin Fires Back at Critics 
updated
Sep 3, 2008 9:53 PM CDT

Palin Fires Back at Critics

(Newser) - Sarah Palin tonight played up her small-town credentials, cast herself as a political outsider, and took a swipe at her critics in the media during her much-anticipated address to the Republican convention, Politico reports. After formally accepting the nomination to be vice president, she took a not-so-subtle shot at Barack...

Romney Blasts Liberal Washington
Romney Blasts
Liberal Washington
Sep 3, 2008 8:23 PM CDT

Romney Blasts Liberal Washington

(Newser) - Mitt Romney, once a top contender for each of the top spots on the Republican ticket, took to the stage tonight to shore up John McCain's conservative credentials and hammer home the point that "liberals don't have a clue," CNN reports. "We need change all right, change...

Hot Mic Catches Noonan on Palin: 'It's Over'

Right-leaning pundits overheard ridiculing McCain's VP pick

(Newser) - The hot microphone strikes again. Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan was caught today saying "It's over," as she assessed John McCain's chances in the wake of his Sarah Palin pick, Politico reports. Fellow righty Mike Murphy called the choice of Palin "gimmicky" and "cynical."...

Tonight's RNC Viewing Guide
 Tonight's RNC Viewing Guide 
ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2008 5:30 PM CDT

Tonight's RNC Viewing Guide

Palin has plenty on her speech must-do list ... and, oh yeah, Giuliani speaks, too

(Newser) - Tonight, Sarah Palin takes center stage at the Republican National Convention, and Politico's Martin Kady II has your viewer's guide:
  1. What pregnancy? The maverick will focus on proving she can "do the heavy lifting on policy."
  2. Geography round: Palin will drop some knowledge on "despots and dictators"
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Palin Might Also Have Pastor Problems

Wasilla church leader Kalnins says Bush critics will go to hell

(Newser) - It turns out Sarah Palin has a controversial preacher of her own: Ed Kalnins, senior pastor at the Wasilla Assembly of God, which the Alaska governor has attended much of her adult life. Radar compiles some of his greatest hits:
  • On the Bush Administration and Katrina: "I hate criticisms
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