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Palin still has plenty of questions to answer, and while she has basked in mostly adoring reviews from the conservative base, she is also struggling to deflect the scrutiny of her record in office. Though it insists she is up to the job of Vice President, the campaign denied all news interview requests for nearly two weeks after she joined the ticket. She regards reporters warily and from a distance, except for a brief meet and greet on her campaign plane that was strictly off the record. Onstage, she tells the same teleprompter jokes every day, and her husband Todd...
...still better not to wait till late to recast your image, say Viscusi and other job experts. "Don't be the employee that the clock is already ticking on," warns John J. Haggerty of the Cornell University ILR School. "The best thing to do is rely on the record that came before. We're looking in the rearview mirror." In other words, shape up or get shipped...
...Given that track record, Gates says he had little choice. "It is my judgment that in the time remaining to us, we cannot complete a competition that would be viewed as fair and competitive in this highly charged environment," Gates told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. "I believe that the resulting cooling-off period will allow the next Administration to review objectively the military requirements and craft a new acquisition strategy" for future tankers...
...polls. The RNC’s repercussions may be different. The convention’s focus on Palin left a lasting impression on Americans. After Palin’s speech Wednesday night at the convention, Obama’s campaign made $10 million—a one-day fundraising record. Coincidence or not? I leave the comparison...
...Palin, McCain "definitely caught their attention," Lake adds. But whether this is merely a blip or a real trend has yet to be determined. Obama strategist Anita Dunn predicts there will be a "settling effect" in the polls as the Democratic campaign brings more scrutiny to Palin's record - drawing attention, for instance, to the fact that she once actively supported the infamous "bridge to nowhere" earmark that she now claims to have turned down. At a news conference Tuesday morning in Riverside, Ohio, Obama himself dismissed the latest polling numbers and predicted that women's votes would shift again...