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  • October 2008

    • Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25

      New York Post  |  Oct 10, 08 2:48 PM CDT

      Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live after all, New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams reports. The VP candidate and her endearing near-profanities are scheduled to visit Rockefeller Center Oct. 25, a little more than a week before the election. Is a reverse lampooning of Tina Fey in the works? As the folksy cliche goes, stay tuned. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • vice presidential candidate  • comedy  • Saturday Night Live  • Tina Fey

    • Palin's Right, the Press Does Stink ...

      Washington Post  |  Oct 7, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      Palin's Right, the Press Does Stink ...

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin doesn’t like the mainstream media, and after watching its reaction to her debate performance, neither does Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. Palin ignored questions, lied, and invented new powers for the vice president, but somehow the media wound up praising her anyway. “I could quote the hosannas of some of my colleagues,” writes Cohen, “but I spare them the infamy that will surely follow them to their graves.” More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • media  • vice presidential candidate  • vice presidential debate  • media criticism

    • Palin Makes 'Green' Obama Look Golden

      CQPolitics  |  Oct 7, 08 8:55 AM CDT

      Palin Makes 'Green' Obama Look Golden

      (Newser) - When John McCain picked Sarah Palin, he hoped she’d measure up nicely against Barack Obama's rock-star appeal. “The choice is Obama vs. Palin,” Lindsey Graham explained, “and she has done things rather than talk about things.” Instead, Palin is proving just how impressive Obama is, writes Jonathan Allen of CQ Politics. “In nearly two years on the campaign trail, the Democratic nominee has never once looked as lost as Palin” did in her televised interviews. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • McCain 2008  • vice presidential candidate

    • Biden Sees Off Iraq-Bound Son

      CBS  |  Oct 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Biden Sees Off Iraq-Bound Son

      (Newser) - Joe Biden bid farewell today to the Iraq-bound soldiers of the 261st Signal Brigade Mission of the Delaware National Guard, including his eldest son, 39-year-old Beau, a captain. Biden said his son gave him some sage advice for the occasion: “Dad, keep it short, we’re in formation.” The Democratic vice-presidential candidate obeyed, and avoided politics entirely for the non-campaign event, CBS reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • National Guard  • Delaware  • Beau Biden

    • Wolverine? Weathergirl? Pundits Reach for Words

      Newsweek  |  Oct 3, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Wolverine? Weathergirl? Pundits Reach for Words

      (Newser) - Think Sarah Palin's performance was folksy and colorful last night? Pundits reached to do it justice: "I always wondered what a wolverine would sound like chewing through plywood," writes Howard Fineman of Newsweek . "Now I know: like Sarah Palin 'debating'  Joe Biden." “Somewhere in heaven, Norman Rockwell is smiling,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times.   More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • vice presidential debate

    • Perky, Populist Palin Saves McCain Again

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 3, 08 10:05 AM CDT

      Perky, Populist Palin Saves McCain Again

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin starred in her own political "infomercial" last night and once again revived John McCain's flagging campaign, writes Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal. Palin looked "not petrified but peppy," her style far more suited to a debate than a cerebral interview. Biden seemed to be waiting for her to make a fool of herself. She didn’t. Instead, she talked straight to the people in a baldly populist, if transparent, pitch to “soccer moms” and “Joe Six-Pack.” More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • George W. Bush  • Sarah Palin  • bailout  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • vice presidential debate

    • Palin Survives, But the Ticket Still Struggles

      New York Times  |  Oct 3, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      Palin Survives, But the Ticket Still Struggles

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin acquitted herself at last night's debate with her charm and a show of basic coherency, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times . Her face-off with Joe Biden didn't prove to be a point of no return for the faltering McCain campaign, but neither was it the decisive blow against Barack Obama that McCain needed. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • running mate  • vice presidential debate

    • Sarah Palin, Accidental Poet

      Slate  |  Oct 2, 08 6:33 PM CDT

      Sarah Palin, Accidental Poet

      (Newser) - The past month has seen Sarah Palin become a vice presidential candidate, anti-feminist or feminist icon (depending on whom you ask) and ... a poet? Hart Seely, in Slate, transforms excerpts from the Alaska governor's interview transcripts into verse. Check out "Good and Evil": It is obvious to me / Who the good guys are in this one / And who the bad guys are. / The bad guys are the ones / Who say Israel is a stinking corpse, / And should be wiped off / The face of the earth. / That's not a good guy. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • GOP  • vice presidential candidate  • poetry

    • Biden's No Average Joe

      New York Times  |  Oct 2, 08 2:46 PM CDT

      Biden's No Average Joe

      (Newser) - On the campaign trail, Joe Biden gives the impression that he’s a normal, middle-class guy taking the train to and from work each day. But the home he’s commuting to happens to be a four-acre estate worth almost $3 million, the New York Times reports. Biden isn’t precisely wealthy—especially by Senate standards—but his high profile has given him access to resources and relationships beyond the grasp of most Americans. More »

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      Election 2008  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate

    • Confidence in Palin Plunges

      Washington Post  |  Oct 2, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      Confidence in Palin Plunges

      (Newser) - Voter confidence in Sarah Palin's ability to lead has taken a dive, according to the latest Washington Post /ABC News poll. Some 60% of voters now believe she lacks the experience to be president and a third are less inclined to vote for John McCain because she's on the GOP ticket. A month ago she ranked as high as McCain. Palin appears to be hurting the ticket among the key independent and Catholic voting blocs. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • poll  • vice presidential candidate  • female voters  • Washington Post ABC poll

    • Debater Biden Doesn't Always Know When to Zip It

      New York Times  |  Oct 1, 08 11:34 AM CDT

      Debater Biden Doesn't Always Know When to Zip It

      (Newser) - Joe Biden is a skilled and captivating speaker but his inability to stop speaking at the right time could turn debate victory into defeat, Katherine Q. Seelye warns in the New York Times. Biden's "gusto and exuberance" could make him seem to be bullying Sarah Palin if he's not careful, and his bluntness could spawn a headline-making gaffe, Seelye writes. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • vice presidential candidate  • debate  • vice presidential debate

  • September 2008