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Hurricane Gustav & The Politcal Storm

Hurricane Gustav (it was upgraded late today) is on track for the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to make landfall in the US early Tuesday morning. That of course means landfall is expected during the Republican Party's convention in...

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August 29, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Palin: Global Warming Not Man-Made

ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: Among the issues Sen. John McCain will have to smooth over with his new running mate: global warming. In an interview for the September issue of the conservative magazine Newsmax, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, said...

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August 29, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (377)

Charlie's Blog

Two weeks ago my son-in-law and daughter came to visit my wife and me when we were taking a long weekend. He has worked in politics much of his life –- Democratic politics. Within an hour or so of his...

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Palin's selection as VP creates interesting scenario in Alaska

ABC News' Rigel Anderson reports: If Sarah Palin becomes Vice-President of the United States an interesting domino effect could take place in the government of her home state, Alaska. The constitutional line of succession would cause the gubernatorial responsibilities to...

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Biden vs Palin -- VP Showdown Coming

October 2nd. Mark that date on your calender. That's the day that Sarah Palin and Joe Biden will face off in the vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis. Vice presidential debates have had their moments, recall "you're...

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Obama, Palin & The High Road

Yesterday, we had the McCain campaign congratulating Senator Obama for making history on the anniversary of another historic day -- Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech 45 years ago. Today we have a return of the favor --...

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People Magazine Snags McCain/Palin First Interview

ABC's Sara Just reports: The first interview with the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin went to People Magazine, which today published its interview just hours after the surprise announcement was made. People also snagged the first interview...

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Meet Sarah Palin

Take a listen.

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Bush Won't Attack Obama at Republican Convention

ABC News' Jennifer Duck reports: During the heated 2008 presidential race, President Bush has never attacked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., by name, and on Friday, Press Secretary Dana Perino told reporters the president has no plans to attack the Democratic...

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The Morning Meeting

And we thought we (here in New York) were bleary-eyed. Charlie Gibson and the team that's been in Denver all week were here for our 9 A.M. meeting, having flown overnight. Fortunately, there's plenty to keep us all WIDE AWAKE...

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