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...Officials had estimated that about 30,000 New Orleans residents would need evacuation assistance before the program closed late Sunday afternoon. "We had more than enough buses to evacuate," Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said Saturday afternoon. "New Orleans will run [the evacuation program] as long as people show up needing assistance...
...wonder T-shirts saying Go Sarah! started sprouting up by mid-afternoon. Beagley's own homemade batch of 150 McCain/Palin t-shirts arrived at 2 p.m. and were sold out within the hour, leaving Palin fans sifting in vain through piles of shirts that say Grim Reefer and Chicks Dig Me. In town, businesses have been putting up exuberant messages of support, as if Sarah! was once again on the high school basketball team, headed off to state finals...
...Normal small-town life for the First Dude and his wife is over. Even as Governor, Palin was still spotted at the market, driving her SUV around town, or worshiping at the nondenominational Wasilla Bible Church. On Friday afternoon, I was able to just pick up the phone and call Palin's parents, who live in town. They had just heard the news Friday morning themselves; they had been out caribou hunting and gold mining - how Alaska is that? - so there wasn't any advance warning for them. Her mother Sally told me this before remembering that...
...always promise harmony and light. At a downtown meeting with 4,000 supporters in the afternoon, Hillary Clinton officially released her delegates so they would have "the chance to vote what's in [their] heart during the roll call vote." As for herself, she noted, "I signed my ballot this morning for Senator Obama. But a lot of other people who are signing their ballots have made a different choice...
...Biden as Barack Obama's running mate, rumors about who really have spots on McCain's short list have been piling up all week, and all day. Mitt Romney, McCain's rival during the primaries, remains the consensus choice among party professionals. And there was a report this afternoon that Romney's sister's house in the battleground state of Michigan was given a security sweep by the Secret Service. Another report has Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, also a longtime short-lister and a ubiquitous presence in Denver this week, clearing his schedule for the rest of today and tomorrow...