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... As James Taranto writes on the WSJ blog, the Obamasphere is descending from hysteria to depravity by using Palin’s decision actually to give birth to her son Trig as apparent proof of her unfitness for office. When they look at Trig, they don’t see a small and vulnerable human being; they don’t see the power of love triumphing over adversity; all they see is a handicapped thing that should never have been allowed to live. Offensive and disgusting, indeed – and how revealing about the ‘liberal’ conscience -- but what it also shows is that the chattering classes have...

First in a two-part series. The Obama campaign, trying to sell the most inexperienced and unqualified presidential candidate of a major party in history, is pointing to the inexperience of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. That's the definition of chutzpah. This column will show that Mrs. Palin has a record of courage, bi-partisanship, reform, change and accomplishment unmatched by perhaps any other governor in the United States. In contrast, Sen. Barack Obama gives speeches, but has accomplished virtually nothing, has displayed no evidence of bi-partisanship, and has talked reform and change, but has been nothing more than a purveyor of...

If McCain can show that Obama is a far-left liberal, he can win in November. A liberal like Obama can win only if he can paint himself as a centrist. With a message slightly more appealing to his far left sponsors than Howard Dean's message four years earlier, Obama limped across the finish line first. He won, and Dean lost, even though Dean was far more attractive to centrist Democrats. What happened? The same MoveOn-George Soros-radical left coalition supported both candidates. The difference was the black voter. Were Obama white, the black vote would have split and Hillary would have...