Republicans Think Palin Can Help Close the Enthusiasm Gap

Even as the GOP was making plans on Sunday to truncate its convention, Republican officials bubbled about McCain's new running mate. They said she will energize grassroots Republican voters, touted her appeal to independent suburban "hockey moms," and even claimed that Alaska's position between Canada and Russia qualifies her as a foreign policy expert. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Republicans, John McCain, Sarah Palin
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 1, 2008 - 10:10 AM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This piece gives a positive, Republican perspective on Palin. Not particular interesting.

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Joe McMahon
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by Joe McMahon - Oct. 1, 2008

Quite one-sided. The problems that many independent voters will have with her are not stated: anti-abortion, pro-Creationist. And again with the guns. Obviously no one in the Republican Party bothered to listen to Obama's speech; guns are a dead issue - unless you specifically want to be unreasonable about them.

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