Word: palin
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...held since 1970, after he helped lead Alaska to statehood. This history, combined with his legendary ability to steer federal money his state’s way, makes it no wonder why Stevens, like Kilpatrick, was so revered at home, at least by certain voting blocs. (Governor Sarah Palin, an on-and-off political ally of Sen. Stevens’s, took her time to call outright for his resignation; at first she asked murkily that he “do what’s right for the people of Alaska...
...paper, she sought out the ________ of her colleagues. A) creditable...recommendation B) valid...reprobation C) legitimate...council D) reliable...input E) viable...apprehension Most popular: C Correct: D 4. If McCain can fill one debate with 24 “My friend(s),” and Palin can fill another debate with 6 winks, how long will it take for both of them to fill a debate together? A) Ask Joe the Plumber. B) I don’t know. You know? *wink* C) To infinity... and beyond! D) Too long. E) There is not enough information to answer...
When she first stepped onto the national stage—beyond just questioning the efficacy (or rather, existence) of his plans—Sarah Palin tried to call Barack Obama out for manufacturing his image. “When the roar of the crowd fades away…when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot—what exactly is our opponent’s plan?” she asked in her speech at the Republican National Convention. This line was a calculated attempt to puncture Obama?...
...talking in a high school gym that is three-quarters empty. The exposure hound who in recent years appeared more often than any other guest on the Sunday talk shows is a virtual stranger to the small band of reporters on his plane - less accessible than even Sarah Palin is to her traveling pack of bloodhounds. And Biden keeps to a schedule that provides a minimum of off-the-cuff encounters with voters, except across a rope line. See Joe Biden's defining moments here...
...tendency to run off the rails, they noted he had kept it in check during his own presidential campaign. Since being picked for VP, the Delaware Senator has performed well in what advisers say were his three biggest tests: his convention speech in Denver; his debate with Sarah Palin; and stumping for working- class voters in Pennsylvania, the crucial battleground state where Biden was born and to which he has made six trips since joining the Democratic ticket. In a recent national Pew Research Center poll, 60% of those surveyed said they had a favorable view of Biden, compared with...