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Oct 2, 2008 8:13 AM CDT

Confidence in Palin Plunges

Poll finds doubts about Palin's ability to lead dragging down GOP ticket

(Newser) - Voter confidence in Sarah Palin's ability to lead has taken a dive, according to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll. Some 60% of voters now believe she lacks the experience to be president and a third are less inclined to vote for John McCain because she's on the GOP ticket....

'Sexist' Boobytrap
Awaits Biden Tonight

Oct 2, 2008 7:03 AM CDT

'Sexist' Boobytrap Awaits Biden Tonight

Ex-beauty queen Michigan gov putting Biden through paces in practice debates

(Newser) - The biggest challenge that awaits Joe Biden tonight is not to appear sexist and condescending when he faces off against the far less experienced Sarah Palin, reports the Wall Street Journal. Biden plans to avoid the pitfall by emphasizing issues rather than attacking his opponent, said aides. He's preparing for...

Supreme Court Question Stumps Palin

Oct 2, 2008 2:42 AM CDT

Supreme Court Question Stumps Palin

Palin fails to name a non-Roe ruling she disagrees with

(Newser) - Sarah Palin drew a blank when Katie Couric asked her if she could name any Supreme Court decisions besides Roe vs Wade that she disagreed with, the Washington Post reports. The vice presidential candidate said she believed states should handle the big issues—but then failed to name a single...

I Debated Her, and
Had No Chance

opinion

Oct 1, 2008 8:40 PM CDT

I Debated Her, and Had No Chance

(Newser) - Joe Biden will trump Sarah Palin tomorrow night with facts, analysis, and a senatorial track record that leaves her looking green. In other words, he doesn't stand a chance. Take it from Andrew Halcro, a former Alaska state rep who debated Palin dozens of times. "She's a master, not...

Bailout Bumble Sinks
Mac in T-Shirt Race

Oct 1, 2008 6:19 PM CDT

Bailout Bumble Sinks Mac in T-Shirt Race

DC hawker plans to ditch GOP altogether if Palin whiffs in tomorrow's debate

(Newser) - Souvenir vendors in Washington may have more vested in tomorrow’s debate than most, John Crewdson reports in the Swamp blog. If Sarah Palin doesn’t hold her own, one says he’ll return all his McCain gear to wholesalers. Sales for the maverick’s T-shirts have “tanked” since...

Mired in 3rd
Place, Couric Rallies

Oct 1, 2008 5:53 PM CDT

Mired in 3rd Place, Couric Rallies

(Newser) - After 2 years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is in the news for a positive reason, the AP reports—her work. Her CBS Evening News interviews with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and John McCain have brought the broadcast unprecedented buzz even though, as the...

McCain Gets Testy in
Des Moines

Oct 1, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

McCain Gets Testy in Des Moines

Chides newspaper editors for questions on Palin, truth of ads

(Newser) - John McCain showed his combative side in a videotaped interview with the Des Moines Register yesterday, taking umbrage at questions about whether Sarah Palin might be inexperienced and whether some of his campaign ads might have stretched the truth. “I have always had 100%, absolute truth, and that's been...

Palin Is Bubba's Mirror Image

OPINION

Oct 1, 2008 12:45 PM CDT

Palin Is Bubba's Mirror Image

Small-state governors on big stage have more similarities than you'd imagine

(Newser) - At first blush, Sarah Palin—a “fitness-obsessed, policy-lite, skirt-wearing conservative” might not remind you of Bill Clinton—a “Big Mac-scarfing, policy-relishing, skirt-chasing Democrat”—but dig a little and the similarities are staggering, writes Eve Fairbanks in the New Republic. Both governors were forged “in the cramped...

Debater Biden Doesn't Always Know When to Zip It

ANALYSIS

Oct 1, 2008 11:34 AM CDT

Debater Biden Doesn't Always Know When to Zip It

Exuberant speaking style, experience could turn into liabilities at debate

(Newser) - Joe Biden is a skilled and captivating speaker but his inability to stop speaking at the right time could turn debate victory into defeat, Katherine Q. Seelye warns in the New York Times. Biden's "gusto and exuberance" could make him seem to be bullying Sarah Palin if he's not...

Palin Nailed
Alaska Debates
With 'Stiletto
and a Smile'

Oct 1, 2008 11:33 AM CDT

Palin Nailed Alaska Debates With 'Stiletto and a Smile'

VP nominee won Alaska debates with ready barbs, despite lack of policy know-how

(Newser) - What Sarah Palin may have lacked in policy knowledge during campaign debates in Alaska, she made up for in self-assurance and an astute sense of strategy, reports the LA Times, delivering verbal thrusts with a disarming smile. Joe Biden may find her a formidable opponent tomorrow night; in gubernatorial debates...

What's in an Accent?
Outsider Credibility

ANALYSIS

Oct 1, 2008 10:06 AM CDT

What's in an Accent? Outsider Credibility

Voters ready to lend their ears to the unique mishmash of Western dialects

(Newser) - Some say folksy, some say Fargo, and some say shrill. Whatever it sounds like, Sarah Palin's accent is getting more attention than anyone's since JFK, Daniel Libit writes in Politico. The accent—which linguists peg as a mish-mash of Western dialects—is a fresh one for presidential politics, after decades...

Parker Gets the Dixie Chick Treatment After Dissing Palin

OPINION

Oct 1, 2008 8:31 AM CDT

Parker Gets the Dixie Chick Treatment After Dissing Palin

Conservative columnist labeled a traitor and worse after calling for Palin to step down

(Newser) - After Kathleen Parker wrote a column suggesting Sarah Palin step down, the long-time conservative got an inbox full of nasty messages accusing her of treason against the GOP. This week, she worries in the Washington Post about the “bleak future” such vitriol suggests. In a hyper-partisan America, “anyone...

Palin Out of Loop on State Defense: Air Force

Oct 1, 2008 4:52 AM CDT

Palin Out of Loop on State Defense: Air Force

Despite pose, Palin not informed when Russian bombers approach Alaska

(Newser) - Sarah Palin doesn't get a phone call when US jets are scrambled to intercept Russian bombers off Alaska—despite her hints to the contrary, a NORAD spokesman told the New York Daily News yesterday. "She doesn't have any role," said the major. "The commander does not call...

Palin Elusive
on Abortion
in Couric Interview

Oct 1, 2008 2:41 AM CDT

Palin Elusive on Abortion in Couric Interview

'Feminist' dodges policy issues, sticks to conservative personal beliefs

(Newser) - Katie Couric pressed Sarah Palin on controversial issues in an interview last night and got more personal than policy answers, Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik writes. When asked if it should be illegal for a teenage victim of rape or incest to get an abortion, the candidate said several...

Anti-Palin Screed Makes Wasilla Woman Many Friends

Sep 30, 2008 4:24 PM CDT

Anti-Palin Screed Makes Wasilla Woman Many Friends

Letter sent to curious friends became Web fave, generated more than 13K responses

(Newser) - A Wasilla, Alaska, woman just wanted to share her Sarah Palin experiences with 40 friends, but the none-too-flattering email she wrote ended up on computer screens nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now Anne Kilkenny, who became involved in local politics while Palin was mayor because of a fight to...

Chicago Bar Hangs Nude Palin Portrait

Sep 30, 2008 3:03 PM CDT

Chicago Bar Hangs Nude Palin Portrait

Painting of armed Alaska gov. baring all a Windy City hit

(Newser) - Perhaps the most revealing depiction of Sarah Palin is the one hanging at a Chicago tavern: A naked, smiling, high-heeled Palin holds a shotgun in front of an Alaskan landscape in a portrait displayed at the North Side bar, the Tribune reports. The owner's husband, who is crushing on Alaska's...

McCain Accuses Couric
of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

OPINION

Sep 30, 2008 1:25 PM CDT

McCain Accuses Couric of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

Maybe shielding Palin from the media was a bad idea

(Newser) - John McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “gotcha...

Don't Pity
This Woman

OPINION

Sep 30, 2008 1:03 PM CDT

Don't Pity This Woman

Palin deserves our scorn, and that's it

(Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon, because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel bad...

Her Star Falling,
Palin Crams
for Debate

ANALYSIS

Sep 30, 2008 7:33 AM CDT

Her Star Falling, Palin Crams for Debate

GOP running mate seeks relaunch after disastrous interview

(Newser) - Things don't look good for Sarah Palin: her popularity is slipping, conservative columnists are turning on her, and in two days she faces Joe Biden in a debate she is widely expected to lose. After her roundly derided interview with Katie Couric, Palin has been awake into the wee hours...

Wrong, Lefties: Palin Didn't Cut Special Olympics Dollars

ANALYSIS

Sep 29, 2008 4:24 PM CDT

Wrong, Lefties: Palin Didn't Cut Special Olympics Dollars

Declining huge budget increase, Alaska Gov. authorized 10% boost instead

(Newser) - Sarah Palin did not cut funding to the Special Olympics in Alaska, as many have said, professors Warren Throckmorton and Paul Kengor write in the National Review. In fact, this year she approved an increase in funding, from $250,000 to $275,000. Lawmakers had asked for $550,000, perhaps...