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...McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, becomes clearer, the Obama campaign is apparently scaling back its outsized electoral ambitions. It has already shifted staff, abandoning some states and putting others on notice. If it once technically played in all 50, it's now down to 48 - you can cross Alaska and North Dakota off the list - and two other states, Montana and Georgia, are on life support. The choice of Palin not only crushed Obama's hope of winning the Frontier State - his campaign has withdrawn most of its staff and ceased advertising there - but it also caused repercussions...
...economy are strong," that "the American economy is in a crisis - in a crisis!" •concedes Obama didn't call Palin a "pig" while defending his ad implying Obama called Palin a "pig" •confusion about Spain of •declares, inaccurately, that Palin took no earmarks as govenor of Alaska •regulation, after decades of opposition to, unconvincingly embraced by •says as President he'd fire chairman of SEC, though president has no such right • 2000 doctors demand release of health records...
...star turn might have faded a bit, but for the people who show up at campaign rallies, she generates as much excitement as an incumbent President. She starts casually, talking about sports and her handsome husband (who silently smiles and waves from the wings), and telling hokey jokes about Alaska. She has the ability to size up the crowd and unleash her charm and charisma, without crossing the line into cocky or cloying...
...First Dude wasn't the only no-show. The five other witnesses who had been subpoenaed with Todd Palin were also, as expected, missing from the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing into the so-called Troopergate scandal. In fact, the committee itself didn't even show up. Twenty minutes after the 10 a.m. scheduled start time, the second-floor conference room of the utilitarian Legislative Information Offices building in downtown Anchorage still had nothing but bystanders: a few legislative aides and two dozen or so journalists who sipped coffee, traded business cards and wondered exactly what there would...
Regret was certainly the order of the day for both sides. Just as French must have regretted giving his opponents ammo by seeming to take sides, Sarah Palin may be regretting her earlier command to Alaska voters to "hold her accountable." Troopergate has quickly devolved into a farce of empty witness chairs and very conventional partisan politics, including the recent involvement of a former New York federal prosecutor (no, not Rudy Giuliani) whom the McCain campaign flew to Alaska to tidy up the mess. His name is Ed O'Callaghan, and his main tactic seems to be to stall...