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Drinkers Sour on Sarah Syrah
 Drinkers Sour on Sarah Syrah 
Sep 24, 2008 4:20 PM CDT

Drinkers Sour on Sarah Syrah

Alaskan's entrance gives SF drinkers second thoughts on Palin Syrah

(Newser) - A San Francisco wine bar says customers have soured on its star vintage since John McCain picked his running mate, Amy Monroe writes on Serious Eats. Palin Syrah, an organically grown red from Chile “was our best-selling wine before” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived, laments Chris Tavelli, owner of...

Blogger's Pursuit of Paternity Issue Verges on Vendetta

Atlantic 's Sullivan engaging in 'Rove-style politics,' critics charge

(Newser) - Andrew Sullivan, blogger for the Atlantic, has come under fire for hammering John McCain’s campaign on an issue everyone else seems to have gotten over: whether or not Sarah Palin or her teen daughter Bristol is the mother of 4-month-old Trig Palin, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post....

Enquirer Names Alleged Palin Lover, Bolsters Claim

Former in-law goes on the record for the Enquirer

(Newser) - The National Enquirer returns this week to its claim that Sarah Palin had an affair, this time naming the alleged lover as Brad Hanson, a city council member in Palmer (near Wasilla) and former partner of Todd Palin in a snowmobile business. To bolster the claim, the tab now says...

Brown: Free Palin From Mac's 'Chauvinistic Chains'

CNN anchor rips McCain's 'delicate flower' treatment

(Newser) - Another rant on sexism has political bloggers buzzing today, Mark Silva notes in the Swamp. Only in this one, CNN’s Campbell Brown lays into the McCain campaign for clamping “chauvinistic chains” on Sarah Palin by not letting her take questions from the media as other candidates do.

As Alaska Melts, Palin Plays Big Oil Denial Game
As Alaska Melts, Palin Plays Big Oil Denial Game
OPINION
Sep 24, 2008 10:13 AM CDT

As Alaska Melts, Palin Plays Big Oil Denial Game

Would-be veep as big an industry stooge as Cheney, says RFK Jr

(Newser) - Alaska is melting, but Sarah Palin doesn’t believe man’s to blame. Then again, McCain’s VP pick is also skeptical about evolution, “which is like not believing in gravity,” writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr in the LA Times. Kennedy recalls his childhood, when Virginia had ski...

Obama Cracks Open Lead on Economic Fears

Poll finds Obama leading McCain by 9%; Palin approval ratings falling

(Newser) - Wall Street's worries are working in Barack Obama's favor, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The candidate has opened up his first clear lead of the race against John McCain, 52% to 43%, with much of the boost coming from voters who see him as more capable of...

Palin 'Hacker' Dodges Charges —for Now

Grand jury to resume hearing testimony on Tenn. student

(Newser) - A federal grand jury ended its session yesterday without handing down an indictment against a University of Tennessee student accused of breaking into Sarah Palin’s email account, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The panel heard testimony from schoolmates of David Kernell, the 20-year-old son of state Democratic Rep....

Palin Meets World Leaders
 Palin Meets World Leaders 
Sep 23, 2008 6:01 PM CDT

Palin Meets World Leaders

(Newser) - Sarah Palin sought to ease concerns about her foreign policy experience by holding her first-ever meetings today with heads of state, the New York Times reports. Palin sat down for private conversations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and also with Henry Kissinger and national security...

Let Trig and Track's Mom Rename You
Let Trig and Track's Mom Rename You
Sep 23, 2008 4:55 PM CDT

Let Trig and Track's Mom Rename You

Blog generates Palin baby names for Tarp Lazer Obama, others

(Newser) - What if Sarah Palin—mom to Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow and Piper—could rename those of us with less creative parents? The Philadelphia Inquirer plugs some into a name generator rigged up by blogger David Harrington at Polit Tsk Tsk Tsk, and gets:
  • John "Steam Fangs" McCain
  • Barack "
...

Palin Reconsiders, Lets Press Tag Along at UN Meetings

VP originally allowed only photographers, TV crew at sessions with world leaders

(Newser) - Sarah Palin gave in to protests from reporters today and allowed them to observe meetings with world leaders at the United Nations, the AP reports; her staff had earlier said only photographers and a TV crew would be invited to sessions with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Columbia's Alvaro Uribe. A...

'Maverick' Aides Are Veteran Bushies

McCain-Palin campaign steered by former Bush workers

(Newser) - Sarah Palin may be a newcomer to national politics, but her army of aides has ace operatives who chiseled their craft working for George Bush's campaigns and administration, reports the Washington Post. They won the White House —twice —but some Republican loyalists question if the former Bush communications...

On Climate Change, Palin Bucks Science ... and McCain

VP pick has denied warming is man-made, focused on adapting, not reversing

(Newser) - Sarah Palin disagrees with both John McCain and scientific consensus on the causes of global warming, acknowledging that while Alaska has warmed by 4 degrees during the past 50 years, she’s not among those who “attribute it to being man-made.” McCain, meanwhile, has made a signature issue...

No Skirting the Issue: Politics Now Women's Game

Candidates are obvious sign, but best commentary, comedy comes from females

(Newser) - This election is all about women—and Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton can't take all the credit, Sarah Hughes writes in the Independent. The candidates are the most visible, but female commentators, comedians, and protesters have set the tone and are asking the difficult questions. "The good ol' boys...

Line Between Public, Private Lost on Small-Town Palins

Critics say unelected Todd too involved in governing Alaska

(Newser) - Todd and Sarah Palin’s small-town roots, and the everyone-knows-everyone nature of politics in Alaska, have led to some blurring of the lines between public and private in Todd Palin’s role in his wife’s administration, the Washington Post reports. After one supporter complained, Gov. Palin swiftly called him....

Quindlen: Time to Get Serious, America
Quindlen: Time to Get Serious, America
OPINION
Sep 22, 2008 11:56 AM CDT

Quindlen: Time to Get Serious, America

How is an election this crucial so full of lipstick, pigs and likability?

(Newser) - Voters must cut through the fog of spin and take their votes seriously, writes Anna Quindlen in Newsweek. Amid bickering over whose lipstick is on what pig, “Nothing being said has much to do with the future of this country.” A vote, Quindlen urges, is a promise to...

Palin Lifts McCain Among White Women

Gender gap shrinks as VP pick causes shift

(Newser) - John McCain has made huge strides with female voters since choosing Sarah Palin, says a new poll reported. Before tapping his running mate, McCain trailed Barack Obama 52% to 18% on the question of which candidate better understands “women and what is important to them,” Politico reports, deconstructing...

FBI Raids Suspected Palin Hacker

Tennessee student's home raided

(Newser) - A 20-year-old student suspected of hacking into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account found himself on the wrong end of an FBI search warrant while throwing a party Saturday night, reports NBC affiliate WBIR-TV in Knoxville. David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee, is the son of a prominent...

Palin Generates Florida Heat
 Palin Generates Florida Heat 
Sep 22, 2008 1:56 AM CDT

Palin Generates Florida Heat

Up to 60,000 at first Florida rally

(Newser) - As many as 60,000 people, many of them elderly, waited in 90-degree Florida heat for a glimpse of Sarah Palin yesterday, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Hundreds needed treatment for heat-related ailments as the vice presidential candidate visited a sprawling retirement community in her first campaign trip to Florida. Palin...

Alaskans Furious at No-Show Sarah
Alaskans Furious at
No-Show Sarah
Sep 21, 2008 8:30 AM CDT

Alaskans Furious at No-Show Sarah

Questions from state residents referred to McCain office 4,000 miles away

(Newser) - Alaskans seeking answers or help from their governor are sick and tired of being referred to John McCain's campaign headquarters 4,300 miles away, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Why did the McCain campaign take over the governor's office?" the Anchorage Daily News demanded in an editorial yesterday. "...

Fox Plays Softball in Palin Interviews
Fox Plays Softball
in Palin Interviews 
OPINION
Sep 20, 2008 1:22 PM CDT

Fox Plays Softball in Palin Interviews

LA Times media watchdog laments network's uncritical presentation

(Newser) - Fox News had a chance to score some credibility this week with its interviews of the Palins. Instead, writes LA Times media critic James Rainey, it served up embarrassing softball interviews that had more to do with polishing the Fox brand than journalism. The result was "three nights of...

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