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Ex-Dem Chair Apologizes for Hurricane Remark

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Former DNC Chairman Don Fowler apologized on Sunday for joking in a private conversation that the timing of Hurricane Gustav demonstrates that God is on the side of the Democrats. "If this offended anybody, I...

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Indicted Hometown Senator Poses Problem for Sarah Palin

ABC News' John Berman and Ursula Fahy Report: It’s clear who Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be supporting when it comes to the presidential race, after all she is on the ticket. The bigger question is who will she vote...

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Obama hits Palin on Equal Pay for Equal Work

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama – for the first time – has brought up specific criticisms of Senator McCain’s new VP choice, Sarah Palin – accusing her of not supporting Equal Pay for Equal Work. “John McCain’s new...

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Graham on Palin: 'Ready to Lead'

ABC News' Ben Newman Reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., made his case this morning that the Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is ready to serve in the White House. “She's tough. She's talented. She's ready to lead,”...

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The Democrats in St. Paul...All Quiet

The Democrats in St. Paul say they will largely silence their "rapid response" effort the next couple of days while Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast. it is clear they don't want to seem overly aggressive at a...

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Obama Will Mobilize Email List to Help with Gustav's Aftermath

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama told reporters today in Lima, OH that he plans to mobilize his network of volunteers and donors to help with Hurricane Gustav’s aftermath. Obama said that they’ll wait over the next 48 hours...

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Social Conservatives 'Ecstatic' with Palin VP Pick, Rick Santorum Claims

ABC News' Jennifer Parker Reports: Social conservatives are 'ecstatic' about John McCain's vice presidential pick Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., told ABC News, on a flight from Washington, DC to Minneapolis-St. Paul for the Republican convention....

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The Note: Outside Pressures Leave Clouds Over RNC

ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Sunday's Note: If the drama in Denver was contained squarely inside the Pepsi Center (only to be expelled into the mountain air with the confetti cannons at Invesco Field), the theater in St. Paul...

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