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John McCain accomplished a rare feat for a Republican candidate Friday, packing a 12,000-seat basketball stadium with cheering supporters dancing to rock music and waving glow sticks. And in selecting Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, he chose someone who energized the dissolute Republican Party's activist base, and has already helped convince former foes like Focus on The Family's James Dobson to vote for McCain. But perhaps most importantly, McCain's bold move transformed the campaign of a 72-year-old white man into a potential cause-celeb for independent women, who will play...
...disparity? Is it because rock is inherently rebellious and therefore anti-conservative? Is it because Republicans, according to some studies, have more sex than Democrats and therefore don't need to join or listen to rock bands to prove they're cool? Is it because their smart parents told them you can't make enough money to reap the rewards of tax breaks by starting a band in your garage...
...protectors and his soldiers, often spewing negative invective that can border on name-calling. But politics is not their first love or final destination. Unlike Karl Rove, neither man has grand plans to transform Republican politics or the country. They rose to the top of the Washington rock pile by happenstance as much as by design--Salter because of his close friendship with McCain, and Schmidt because most of McCain's other advisers resigned last year. Together, they have edged him toward a new type of campaign, more aggressive in general and less friendly with the press. They are sure...
...reason some regions have trouble building up their wine cred is that Europeans, and now Californians, contend that the specific soil their vineyards sit on makes their wine good, that the flinty rock or dusty earth imparts a distinctive flavor. But Fred Franzia, maker of the popular $2-a-bottle Charles Shaw, told me that terroir--a French term embracing all things regional, from soil to climate to topography--is a concept winemakers use to overcharge. "Anything will grow with sun and water. We can grow on asphalt," he said. "Terroir don't mean...
With the speech just hours away, you could make a list of other questions he might have asked: Will the moan of train whistles distract the audience? What about stadium acoustics? How does this rock-star venue fit with the convention theme that Obama is just "one of us"? And will the Republicans have a field day with the faux-marble stage set? (The answer to that one is yes - they've dubbed it the Temple of Obama, a.k.a. the Barackopolis, and are offering fashion tips on appropriate togas to wear...