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...began Palin's unusual relationship with the oil and gas industry that dominates the state's economy. She says it is her experience in energy matters that best prepares her to be John McCain's Vice President. Indeed, she came out of nowhere to win the governorship by promising to get more out of the oil industry for Alaskans. But for many independent observers, this heady populism was more effective in getting her elected than it was in actually getting things done once she was governor. No initiative illustrates that better than the natural-gas pipeline project, which Palin pushed...
...outcome is uncertain, finally moved them into action. Her campaign defends her tactics. "Ultimately, the energy companies will push for the best deal they can get, and Governor Palin has pushed just as hard to make sure that deal is in the best interests of Alaskans," says McCain-Palin spokesman Taylor Griffin. Irwin is confident that the strategy will pay off. "There will be a gas line," he says. "Once the producers get over the idea they're not going to control our gas fields like they did our oil fields, they'll get involved. There are hundreds of billions...
...needed any further evidence of a jaw-dropping double standard, we have to contemplate the sheer impossibility that someone who wrote a positive biography of McCain being chosen to moderate a debate." - the National Review's Jim Geraghty...
...hours before the House of Representatives smacked down the financial-bailout package, I watched John McCain - eyes flashing, jaw clenched, oozing sarcasm and disdain - on the attack in Ohio: "Senator Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn't want to get involved. Then he was 'monitoring the situation.' That's not leadership; that's watching from the sidelines." And I thought of Karl Rove. Back in 2003, at the height of Howard Dean mania, Rove was skeptical about Dean's staying power as a candidate: "When was the last time Americans...
...Much has been written about McCain's mercurial temperament during the past few weeks. An election campaign that was supposed to be all about Barack Obama has turned out to be all about John McCain. In the process, the other side of the equation - Obama's steadiness throughout - has been pretty much overlooked. Just after the House shot down the bailout, Obama took to the stage in Colorado, and the contrast with McCain couldn't have been greater: "Now is not the time for fear, now is not the time for panic," he said. "We may not be able...