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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...confusion and is living out a Cinderella story unlike any other in recent political history, though the ending is still a slipper of uncertainty. Even Palin seems astonished by it all. Gazing out at thousands from a platform in Sterling Heights, Mich., she shakes her head, dumbfounded for a moment as the crowd chants her name. Her mouth forms a word, mumbled silently to herself: "Wow," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sarah Show | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...need that service now. We face determined enemies and definitive challenges at home. This moment is too important for America's greatest resource--our people--to sit on the sidelines. So as President, I will ask for the active citizenship of Americans of all ages and walks of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: A Call to Service | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...While on the campaign trail with John Kerry in September 2004, then-vice presidential nominee John Edwards derided the Republicans' attempt to make lackluster job-creation numbers into a shining moment for the Bush administration. "They're going to try every way they know to put lipstick on this pig," he said. "But you know when you put lipstick on a pig, at the end of the day, it's still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: 'Putting Lipstick on a Pig' | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...break in the action comes at a moment when the nation seems anything but peaceful and its politics far from unified. In the past several days, the presidential campaign has taken on a desperate - and at times downright pathetic - turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On 9/11, Obama-McCain (Briefly) Unite | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...Thursday, Sept. 11, John McCain and Barack Obama will take a break. A brief moment of silence will descend on the presidential campaign. Call it a pause. Or maybe a cease-fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On 9/11, Obama-McCain (Briefly) Unite | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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