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Three Words
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 9 hours agoThink about what the Palin pick really says about how McCain views this campaign and how he views his potential responsibilities in national security.
Palin's Troopergate
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 10 hours agoJosh Marshall has details here. I didn't realize that she later admitted she had heard of the sexual harrassment charges against her appointee (who lasted two weeks in office) before she appointed him.
Did He Just Blow It?
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 10 hours agoA reader writes: It is SO over for McCain. He just jumped the shark so badly I'm surprised he didn't choose Tom Cruise instead.
David Frum Gets It
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 10 hours agoNot every Republican is in denial about what happened today. A must-read.
Palin and The Gays
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 10 hours agoMore detail that takes the shine off her apparent embrace of gay friends:
Misreading American Women?
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 12 hours agoI've had a few emails on these lines today: No sooner did my best friend hear about the Sarah Palin pick did I receive an e-mail from her.
Palin On Iraq
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 12 hours agoA reader has found some evidence that she has thought about foreign policy at some point in her 44 years.
The Gambler
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 12 hours ago"In picking an unknown, untested, half-a-term woman governor from Alaska to be his running mate, John McCain is following in a long line of reckless men who have rolled the dice for a beauty queen.
Palin vs Polar Bears
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 12 hours agoSarah Palin and Hugh Hewitt are both enraged at the decision to list polar bears as an endangered species.
The Kids' Names
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 13 hours agoAn Alaskan reader writes: Actually, Sarah Palin's children are not named for television characters. Willow is a town in Alaska and Piper is for an aircraft.
More Palin Fun
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 14 hours agoIt gets better: — Stevens and Young, redux. She has distanced herself from the state’s two most popular politicians, but both appeared at Palin fundraisers during her 2006 gubernatorial bid.
What Does This Tell Us?
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 14 hours agoIt's useful to judge the veep picks as an insight into how the two presidential candidates make decisions.
He'd Met Her Once!
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 14 hours agoJohn McCain first met Palin in February of this year and had a telephone conversation with her. That is the full extent of his familiarity with Palin until he spent time with her last week.
Rove On Veeps And Experience
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 15 hours agoHeh: "With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he's been a governor for three years. He's been able but undistinguished.
Palin Appointed A Sexual Harasser
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 16 hours agoShe didn't know about his record because he wasn't vetted. But it's part of the somewhat funny and very obscure politics of a small state with a wild frontier.
The Question
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 16 hours agoMarc asks: [Will] undecided women, weakly partisan Democrats, independent suburban women, women between the ages of 30 and 50, will now take a hard second look at John McCain because of his choice of Sarah Palin[?] I think they will.
Harriet Quayle?
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 17 hours ago“As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?" - Sarah Palin, a month ago.
The Gay Issue
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 17 hours agoThis deserves a second note from yours truly. McCain's pick was the most pro-gay move any Republican has made since George H.
Beginnings Of A Bump
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 17 hours agoObama's lead stretches to eight in Gallup daily. That's before his acceptance speech and before the Palin shocker.
He Beat The Oscars
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish 17 hours ago38 million viewers watched Obama's speech: Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year.
