I think, in many ways, Governor Palin is an interesting choice. A lot of people on the blogosphere are missing a critical point though: the issue here is not whether she has sufficient experience–the issue is that McCain can no longer credibly use experience against Obama. Democrats can’t really say that Palin doesn’t have the [...]

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I just want to go publicly on the record in saying that I think tomorrow Barack Obama is going to surprise all of us with his VP announcement. Increasingly, I am thinking he needs to dramatically alter the narrative trajectory of this race before story lines begin to harden. In order to do [...]

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While millions of Americans were reveling in the history-making fact that a black man was nominated for the FIRST TIME in all of WESTERN HISTORY to lead a major industrialized country, Hillary Clinton was still thinking she had a decision to make. In a certain way, there is a fittingness in all of this. [...]

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Jake Tapper, reporting for ABC, quotes President Clinton on Friday in Ripley, W.Va.:
“Hillary is in this race because of people like you and places like this and no matter what they say,” Clinton said. “And no matter how much fun they make of your support of her and the fact that working people all over [...]

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