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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: McCain-Palin

McCain-Palin stories: 36 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

Palin's Schedule Shows Minimal Time for Foreign Policy Meetings

12 hours during 19 months as Alaska gov.

Oct 15, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin might be able to see Russia from her home state, but her actual foreign policy experience boils down to about 20 meetings and just 12 hours, according to the governor’s official calendar obtained by Mother Jones. Most of the Alaska governor’s interactions with... More »

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Russia • experience • foreign policy • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

ANALYSIS

Face Time Pays Big for Obama in Battlegrounds

Dem and surrogates pound pavement, outhustle GOP

Oct 13, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - One reason for Barack Obama’s lead in the polls: He and his surrogates have simply outhustled the Republicans, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama, wife Michelle, and running mate Joe Biden have had 95 swing-state appearances since Sept. 5, to 55 for their Republican counterparts. Personal appearances like these... More »

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Election 2008 • swing states • McCain-Palin • Obama-Biden

Flynt Flogs Quickie Porno Starring Palin Lookalike

Will release X-rated movie featuring Palin look alike

Oct 2, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tapping in to Sarah Palin mania, Hustler founder Larry Flynt is making an X-rated movie using an actress who resembles the VP nominee, the Daily News reports. Days after the Republican convention, Flynt's producers advertised a $3,000 gig on Craigslist "looking for a Sarah Palin look-alike for an... More »

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pornography • Larry Flynt • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

McCain Gets Testy in
Des Moines

Chides newspaper editors for questions on Palin, truth of ads

Oct 1, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain showed his combative side in a videotaped interview with the Des Moines Register yesterday, taking umbrage at questions about whether Sarah Palin might be inexperienced and whether some of his campaign ads might have stretched the truth. “I have always had 100%, absolute truth, and that's been... More »

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John McCain • negative campaigning • McCain 2008 • Des Moines • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

OPINION

Palin Speaks 'Gibberish,' Isn't Ready to be VP: Zakaria

Columnist joins chorus of concerned pundits

Sep 29, 08 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fareed Zakaria joins a chorus of pundits from both right and left who have declared the Alaska governor unqualified to be vice president. "Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony?" the Newsweek columnist writes. When she goes off script, as she had to in the Katie... More »

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Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • Fareed Zakaria

(AP) - More than 6 years before Sarah Palin visited ground zero as the Republican VP nominee, her parents were there as part of the response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks—trapping rats. Chuck and Sally Heath have been part-time Department of Agriculture wildlife specialists for 15 years, trapping or killing... More »

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terrorism • World Trade Center • rats • September 11 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • exterminators • 9/11 attacks • McCain-Palin • Chuck Heath • Sally Heath

OPINION

As Alaska Melts, Palin Plays Big Oil Denial Game

Would-be veep as big an industry stooge as Cheney, says RFK Jr

Sep 24, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska is melting, but Sarah Palin doesn’t believe man’s to blame. Then again, McCain’s VP pick is also skeptical about evolution, “which is like not believing in gravity,” writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr in the LA Times. Kennedy recalls his childhood, when Virginia... More »

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Alaska • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • oil industry • Big Oil • McCain-Palin • Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Let Trig and Track's Mom Rename You

Blog generates Palin baby names for Tarp Lazer Obama, others

Sep 23, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - What if Sarah Palin—mom to Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow and Piper—could rename those of us with less creative parents? The Philadelphia Inquirer plugs some into a name generator rigged up by blogger David Harrington at Polit Tsk Tsk Tsk, and gets:
  • John "Steam Fangs" McCain
... More »

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Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

Palin Reconsiders, Lets Press Tag Along at UN Meetings

VP originally allowed only photographers, TV crew at sessions with world leaders

Sep 23, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin gave in to protests from reporters today and allowed them to observe meetings with world leaders at the United Nations, the AP reports; her staff had earlier said only photographers and a TV crew would be invited to sessions with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Columbia's Alvaro Uribe. A... More »

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Hamid Karzai • American media • Alvaro Uribe • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • campaign press corps • McCain-Palin

 'Maverick' Aides 
 Are Veteran Bushies 

McCain-Palin campaign steered by former Bush workers

Sep 23, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may be a newcomer to national politics, but her army of aides has ace operatives who chiseled their craft working for George Bush's campaigns and administration, reports the Washington Post. They won the White House —twice —but some Republican loyalists question if the former Bush... More »

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Bush administration • John McCain • McCain 2008 • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • McCain-Palin

 Palin Lifts McCain
 Among White Women 

Gender gap shrinks as VP pick causes shift

Sep 22, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has made huge strides with female voters since choosing Sarah Palin, says a new poll reported. Before tapping his running mate, McCain trailed Barack Obama 52% to 18% on the question of which candidate better understands “women and what is important to them,” Politico reports, deconstructing... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Election 2008 • white women • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • Obama-Biden

Palin's 'Private' Emails Raise Accountability Flap

Two-account system undercuts public transparency, critics charge

Sep 15, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Candidate Sarah Palin vowed to be an "open and transparent" governor, but as VP candidate she's drawing unwanted scrutiny with her use of private email to conduct state business, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Although the governor has a state email account, which is archived, she appears to use... More »

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Alaska • email • governor • Sarah Palin • transparency • public records • McCain-Palin

ANALYSIS

Election May Come Down to Same Ol' States

Focus back on Ohio, Fla., Penn., Mich., despite Obama plans

Sep 15, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the final 50 days, the biggest change in Barack Obama's camp is a return to old political strategy, the Washington Post reports. Partly because Sarah Palin's selection has solidified red/blue divisions of past years, Obama is targeting the same swing states—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Florida—that determined the past... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • red state • Barack Obama supporters • McCain 2008 • blue states • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

 LiLo Blasts 'Homophobe' Palin 

Lohan, gal pal Ronson attack Republican VP on blog

Sep 15, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - To the ranks of celebrities unimpressed by John McCain's choice of running mate, add Lindsay Lohan, E! reports. "I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin,” she wrote in a joint blog post with girlfriend Samantha Ronson. “Is our country so divided... More »

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John McCain • MySpace • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • endorsement • Sarah Palin • Samantha Ronson • McCain-Palin

 McCain, Palin 
 Embrace 
 Hugging 
 Etiquette 

What's the etiquette for a mixed-gender ticket?

Sep 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 1984, Walter Mondale had a strict "hands-off" policy with running mate Geraldine Ferraro, never even putting his palm on her back when they waved to crowds. Two decades later, times have changed: John McCain and Sarah Palin have been embracing on the campaign trail, forgoing handshakes for a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Geraldine Ferraro • Christine Todd Whitman • Election 2008 • etiquette • campaign etiquette • Walter Mondale • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

McCain, Palin Both Oppose Teen Pregnancy Programs

Both support abstinence-only sex ed

Sep 2, 08 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pregnancies in 17-year-olds like Bristol Palin are something John McCain and his running mate, her mother, agree on: neither believes the government should support sex education and pregnancy-prevention programs, other than encouraging abstinence, in schools. "The explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support," Sarah Palin wrote in... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • teen pregnancy • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • "Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down" • Bristol Palin • McCain-Palin

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