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In Palin, working independents see themselves (Another good read from the UK!)
The Globe and Mail (UK) ^ | 9/12/2008 | John Ibbitson

Posted on 09/12/2008 10:51:28 PM PDT by GVnana

In Palin, working independents see themselves by JOHN IBBITSON

September 12, 2008 at 8:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON — At some point during the past week, the Republican ticket flipped. Sarah Palin became the principal candidate in the general election, with John McCain her much-diminished running mate.

“It's an astonishing and unprecedented development in American presidential politics,” MSNBC's political journalists blogged Friday on their First Read website.

And it has crystallized this election into a single, defining phenomenon: the embrace of Ms. Palin by white working voters.

Photobucket Republican vice-presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is greeted by her daughter, Piper, left, after arriving for a welcome home rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Wednesday. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)

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To: GVnana

Piper is very comfortable in front of a camera. Piper is definitely going places in her adult years.


21 posted on 09/13/2008 5:13:07 AM PDT by samtheman
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I kinda think of them as the Ruby Slippers!


22 posted on 09/13/2008 7:50:17 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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