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Alaska will also be staring down a budget crisis: crude oil slipped below $60 a barrel just before the election, and Alaska's budget balances only if oil is in the mid-$70 range or higher. The days of Palin's $1,200 bonus check to every Alaskan may be over, and if her popularity at home suffers, so does her national profile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Far Will Sarah Palin Go? | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...burdens he bore of a dismally unpopular incumbent Republican President and an already staggering economy that fell off a cliff in October, it is possible that McCain never had a chance. For all his cred as a maverick, McCain built that reputation on issues like tobacco, campaign finance, pork-barrel spending, immigration and torture, all of which were peripheral to the general-election debate. Meanwhile, on problems that worried voters most - the economy, health care, jobs - neither McCain's record in the past nor his proposals for the future were distinguishable from the standard Republican fare promoted by President Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Past Defeat: How Can McCain Recover? | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...colleagues have run a very good campaign and have taken McCain further than he had any reasonable right to, given the political climate," said McKinnon. "And by the way, don't tell the press, but the election ain't over yet. The old fighter pilot may have a couple barrel rolls left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Against All Odds, McCain Still Sees a Final Comeback | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the New Virginia Is Leaning Toward Obama | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biden Rally Hosts Chaylee the (Fired) Telemarketer | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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