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Budget defeated in Senate
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| Sacramento Bee, by Aurelio Rojas
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| Posted By: Society Dweller
- 8/30/2008 12:23:48 AM
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| Sixty days into the fiscal year, the Senate's first budget vote fell three votes shy today after Republicans, as expected, opposed a temporary sales tax increase supported by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats.
Assembly Republicans earlier this month defeated a spending plan that would have boosted taxes on the top income bracket, a proposal Schwarzenegger opposed. |
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What Palin Does
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| The Daily Standard, by Noemie Emery
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 11:59:57 PM
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| 1. Steps on the story of Obama's speech (and convention), and possibly the bounce coming from them, and wipes them off the news cycle. The Sunday news shows will be all-Palin, all of the time. 2. Sends Republicans into their convention on a huge head of steam. 3. Wipes out the image of McCain as the crotchety elder and brings back that of the fly-boy and gambler, which is much more appealing, and |
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Palin tough target for Obama to hit
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| Politico, by Lisa Lerer & Tim Grieve
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 11:53:33 PM
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| John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate presents the Obama-Biden campaign with an unwelcome and unexpected challenge: How do you go after a 44-year-old mother of five without once alienating the female voters you’ve just spent the last week trying to win back? The answer so far: Not very well. Minutes after the McCain campaign confirmed that Palin would be the Republican’s VP pick, Obama spokesman Bill Burton dismissed |
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Diddy halts private
jet flights over fuel prices
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| AP, by Staff
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| Posted By: HogPilot
- 8/29/2008 11:50:12 PM
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| LOS ANGELES - Fuel prices have grounded an unexpected frequent-flyer: Diddy. Sean "Diddy" Combs complained about the "...too high" price of gas and pleaded for free oil from his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters" in a YouTube video posted Wednesday.(Snip)"That's how high gas prices are. I'm at the gate right now. This is really happening, proof gas prices are too high. Tell whoever the next president is we need to bring gas prices down." |
Obama camp hits, then praises
McCain's VP choice
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| AP, by Charles Babington
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| Posted By: HogPilot
- 8/29/2008 11:41:31 PM
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| MONACA, Pa. - Barack Obama's spokesman fired off a fast criticism of Republican John McCain's new running mate Friday, but the Democratic candidate himself quickly stepped in to offer her congratulations and praise. Obama, who is eager to win over female voters who backed his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries, blamed the mixed messages about McCain's choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on campaign aides with a "hair trigger." |
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A Suicidal Choice for Clinton Supporters
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| Washington Post, by Colbert I. King
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| Posted By: HogPilot
- 8/29/2008 11:30:43 PM
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| I get the part about feeling disappointed and bitter. I can even understand their impulse to sit this one out. After all, this was supposed to be Hillary Clinton's time. What stumps me, however, is the possibility that some of her most ardent Democratic supporters, angered by her defeat, might vote for Republican Sen. John McCain. That makes about as much sense as swallowing hemlock. |
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Obama loses spotlight to new rival
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| Politico, by CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN
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| Posted By: c4miles
- 8/29/2008 11:26:38 PM
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| BEAVER, Pa. – Just 12 hours after delivering an historic acceptance speech, Barack Obama was no longer the story.
The Democratic nominee and his running mate, Joe Biden, left Denver Friday for a three-day bus tour of battleground states, pressing populist themes as they rolled through struggling western Pennsylvania but finding themselves overshadowed by the newly-minted Republican ticket. |
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An All-Out Battle for Women's Votes Begins
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| Washington Post, by Juliet Eilperin and Anne Kornblut
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| Posted By: HogPilot
- 8/29/2008 11:17:36 PM
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| In 1984, Walter Mondale's choice of Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate shattered a glass ceiling as old as the republic, thrilled feminists and helped create a gender gap among voters that has aided Democrats ever since. That was 24 years before another woman, Sarah Palin, was named to a national ticket, and this time, it is conservatives who think they have seized the political advantage. |
Alaska town grew
under Palin's tenure
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| Fort Mill Times [S.C.], by Mary Pemberton
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| Posted By: Desert Fox
- 8/29/2008 11:00:47 PM
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| WASILLA, Alaska — Back in the 1970s when Sarah Palin was in elementary school, Wasilla was a sleepy little town with a few hundred people.
No longer.
Wasilla is now a big town, at least by Alaska standards, with 7,000 residents, with much of the growth occurring during Palin's term as mayor.
Residents on Friday celebrated when Palin was chosen as John McCain's running mate for president.
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Defining Sarah Palin
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| New York Times, by Kate Phillips and Michael Falcone
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| Posted By: HogPilot
- 8/29/2008 11:00:13 PM
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| DENVER — Senator John McCain’s surprise announcement that he had chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate this morning turbocharged blogs on the left and right, and slammed our inboxes with release after release from public officialdom. Conservatives, who had been a worrisome, unenthusiastic constituency for Mr. McCain, the governor’s known positions on their issues...gave preliminary nods of approval from some corners. (But not all.) |
McCain's Palin pick is
the epitome of tokenism
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| Salon, by Joe Conason
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| Posted By: Desert Fox
- 8/29/2008 10:59:36 PM
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| It is hard to think of a more cynical and contemptuous political act this year than John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. Having served as governor of Alaska for less than two years -- and as mayor of a small town before that -- her qualifications for national office are minimal.
Palin is the epitome of tokenism, exactly what conservative Republicans have always claimed to scorn, until today, |
Monks' network of medieval canals
discovered in aerial photos
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| The Telegraph (London), by Staff
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| Posted By: Engraved-on-His-hands
- 8/29/2008 10:53:30 PM
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| Around 56 miles of waterways, which are now blocked by silt and hidden in the fen landscape, were found using aerial photographs, the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference was told.
It is thought the canals, which would have been 20ft to 40ft wide, were built by the monasteries in the area after 9th century raids by Vikings who destroyed many monastic sites.
Civil engineer and archaeologist Martin Redding said the schemes were unlikely to have been created for drainage alone because of the huge costs involved.
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A Turbulent Youth Under
a Strong Father's Shadow
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| The Washington Post, by Michael Leahy
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 10:51:06 PM
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| One night in 1957, during his junior year at the U.S. Naval Academy, John Sidney McCain III found himself in trouble, an incident that destined him for yet another tense discussion with his frustrated father. While on liberty, he and a couple of classmates had gotten into an argument at a Washington park with a group of guys from nearby Georgetown University who'd tried crashing an impromptu party |
McCain Picks Young, First-Term
Alaska Governor as Running Mate
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| The Washington Post, by Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 10:46:09 PM
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| DAYTON, Ohio -- Sen. John McCain confounded conventional wisdom Friday by announcing first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, a decision that guarantees that either an African American or a woman will ascend to the White House for the first time in history next year. The senator from Arizona lived up to his maverick reputation, bypassing former rivals and more experienced governors to choose |
Battles Over Billboard Space
Precede G.O.P. Gathering
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| The New York Times, by Susan Saulny
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 10:40:52 PM
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| The images are seductive in their simplicity: close-up, larger-than-life photographs of the faces of American soldiers between tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The faces are horizontal in complete repose, the eyes wide and gazing vacantly. The New York-based photographer who took the pictures, Suzanne Opton, had hoped to show five of them — one on each of five billboards — around Minneapolis and St. Paul during the Republican National Convention, |
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An Outsider Who Charms
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| The New York Times, by William Yardley
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 10:39:22 PM
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| Her father shot the grizzly bear whose hide is now draped over the sofa in her office. She, too, hunts and fishes. She runs marathons. She delivered her fifth child during her first term as governor. They call her husband, the reigning champion in the annual Iron Dog snowmachine race, First Dude. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s surprising selection to be his vice-presidential running mate, took Alaska by surprise, too, not long ago. |
McCain picks woman running mate
to woo Hillary supporters
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| Daily Mail [UK], by David Gardner
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 8/29/2008 10:35:58 PM
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| John McCain launched a sensational attempt to woo disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters last night by naming a woman as his vice-presidential running mate. By unveiling 44-year-old Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his surprise choice, Mr McCain aimed to hit the Democrats where it hurts. (Snip) But pundits hailed the choice as a bold move to steal away some of the 18 million women who voted for Mrs Clinton in the Democrat primaries. |
Ancient gold treasure puzzles
Greek archaeologists
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| AP, by Nicholas Paphitis
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| Posted By: Engraved-on-His-hands
- 8/29/2008 10:33:45 PM
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| ATHENS, Greece — A priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine.
The University of Thessaloniki said in a statement Friday that the "astonishing" discovery was made during its excavations this week in the ruins of ancient Aigai. The city was the first capital of ancient Macedonia, where King Philip II — father of Alexander the Great — was assassinated. |
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A Bold Choice, With Risks
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| The New York Times, by Peter Baker
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| Posted By: Dreadnought
- 8/29/2008 10:33:32 PM
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| WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain spent the summer arguing that a 40-something candidate with four years in statewide office and no significant foreign policy experience was not ready to be president. And then on Friday he picked as his running mate a 40-something candidate with two years in statewide office and no significant foreign policy experience. |
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Changes in Politics
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| Creators Syndicate Inc., by Thomas Sowell
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 8/29/2008 10:25:39 PM
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| One of the few political cliches that makes sense is that ''In politics, overnight is a lifetime.'' Less than a year ago, the big question was whether Rudolph Giuliani could beat Hillary Clinton in this year's presidential election. Less than two months ago, Barack Obama had a huge lead over John McCain in the polls. Less than a week ago, the smart money was saying that Mitt Romney would be McCain's choice for vice president. |
Meet the Barracuda: anti-abortion,
pro-death penalty and gun-lover
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| Guardian [UK], by Suzanne Goldenberg
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| Posted By: Desert Fox
- 8/29/2008 10:24:43 PM
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| She hunts. She fishes. She was voted Miss Congeniality after winning a beauty pageant in her small town in Alaska. She is a mother of five and a churchgoer who says her favourite meal is moose stew.
But the quality that may serve Sarah Palin best after being chosen by John McCain as his running mate yesterday may be the competitiveness and determination to win that earned her the name ... |
Chavez says Russia was
right on breakaway regions
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| Associated Press, by Staff
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 8/29/2008 10:13:37 PM
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| Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says Russia made the right move in its conflict with Georgia by recognizing the independence of two breakaway regions. Chavez said he fully supports Russia's position and that Venezuela ''would do the same if someone dared to attack us.'' (Snip) Chavez is closely allied with Moscow. |
Small-Town Mayor Caught in Controversy
Over Sex-Offender Son
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| New York Times, by David Kocieniewski
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| Posted By: Piercentire
- 8/29/2008 10:11:13 PM
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| It was a political honeymoon that ended almost as soon as the vows were recited.
When Ronald W. Jones Jr. was sworn in as mayor of this working-class community of 11,000 along Barnegat Bay in January, he promised to usher in a new era by building recreational facilities, improving the drinking water and consolidating services to hold down property taxes. |
Selection may shake
up state and nation
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| Juneau Empire [Alaska], by Pat Forgey
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| Posted By: Desert Fox
- 8/29/2008 10:06:03 PM
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| With Alaska's most popular politician now running for vice president, the political playing field in the state has changed in an instant. That may be good news for some embattled Republicans.
"This helps all Republicans," said U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. "There's an opportunity for us to go to the polls and support an Alaskan on the presidential ticket."
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Sarah Smile
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| Human Events, by D. R. Tucker
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| Posted By: Desert Fox
- 8/29/2008 10:00:16 PM
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| While I’m still skeptical of the mentality that Hillary Clinton’s supporters will automatically reject Barack Obama this November, John McCain nevertheless did himself a world of good by selecting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Palin is not perfect, but she is a solidly pro-life conservative Republican—and McCain desperately needed to have a solid conservative on the ticket in order to have even a remote chance of winning against the Obama juggernaut. |
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