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McCain Speech Interrupted by Iraq Vet Heckler
Huffington Post · 10 hours old · John McCain's acceptance speech got off to a rocky start on Thursday night when, on three separate occasions, he was interrupted by protesters, twice by the liberal group Code Pink and again by a Ron Paul supporter with the group Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Community Organizers Respond To Palin’s Attack
Think Progress · 15 hours old · Last night during her speech to the Republican National Convention, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sought to play up her experience as mayor of a small town in Alaska by mocking community organizing:
Palin Attended 5 Colleges In 6 Years
Huffington Post · 15 hours old · So.... She's on a par with "almost last out of 850" John "Huh?" McCain.
Romney mocks Gore for non-existent private
Think Progress · 18 hours old · And I have one more recommendation for energy conservation — let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground! ThinkProgress contacted Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider, who replied, “Gore doesn’t own a jet.” Ooooopppps
Nico Pitney: Obama Raises $8 Million After Palin Speech
Huffington Post · 16 hours old · Activists have frenetically picked apart Palin's record over the last week, and an Obama aide told the Huffington Post that the campaign has raised $8 million since her speech last night "from over 130,000 donors - on pace to hit $10 million by the time John McCain hits the stage tonight."
John McCain Cancels Habitat For Humanity Event
Huffington Post · 19 hours old · U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced that the McCain family's appearance at the Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity build site on Thursday has been canceled. How anti-press is the McCain campaign? They just canceled a Habitat for Humanity PHOTO OP because it has to do with "houses"? Go figure!
Seth Colter Walls: Sebelius Accuses Palin Of Deceiving Voter
Huffington Post · 22 hours old · In a Thursday morning conference call for reporters organized by the Democratic National Committee, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius pushed back against the idea that Republicans have cornered the market on small-town America.
FBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged,But Rove Appointee Said No
Firedoglake · 1 day old · We noticed last week that it was awfully peculiar that Colorado’s U.S. Attorney, Troy Eid, had so airily dismissed conspiracy charges against the three white-supremacist tweakers who were caught planning to assassinate Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver. Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted:
Obama: Would send Attorney General to review Bush War Crimes
DailyKOS · 1 day old · He worried that such a probe could be spun as "a partisan witch hunt." However, he said that equation changes if there was willful criminality, because "nobody is above the law."
AP: Palin's Obama Attacks Stretch Truth At GOP Convention
Huffington Post · 1 day old · Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.
Sam Stein: McCain Camp Battles National Enquirer Over Allege
Huffington Post · 1 day old · John McCain's presidential campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a print edition story the tabloid ran today alleging that Gov. Sarah Palin has had an extramarital affair with her husband's business partner.
Gingrich Falsely Claims Palin Is ‘The First Journalist Eve
Think Progress · 2 days old · In an August, 30, Today Show interview, former Speaker of the House and American Solutions For Winning The Future mastermind Newt Gingrich (R-GA) praised the “courage” and “experience” of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), whom Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) had announced as his running mate. Newt claimed:
Sarah Palin's Corrupt Mis-Management of Dairy in Alaska
DailyKOS · 1 day old · Palin fired the whole state Agriculture and Conservation board in July 2007, and replaced it with her loyalists. As a result, the dairy lost more money than it had in twenty years. The dairy, an Alaska icon, closed two months later. Millions of dollars in dairy equipment ended up, at a steep discount, in the hands of a local Palin ally.
8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin
Alternet · 2 days old · More skeletons come out of Palin's closet. Since the McCain campaign apparently didn't even bother Googling Sarah Palin before picking her to join the Republican ticket, we've taken it upon ourselves to compile some important -- and terrifying -- revelations about Palin.
McCain's New Palin Strategy: Blame The Media
Huffington Post · 1 day old · John McCain's campaign on Wednesday angrily called for an end to questions about Sarah Palin's background, calling it a "faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee" for vice president.
Obama To Appear On "O'Reilly Factor" Thursday
Huffington Post · 2 days old · Before Senator John McCain delivers his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Senator Barack Obama will make a marquee appearance of his own. Call it counter-intuitive. He will appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel.
Gaffney: Palin Learned National Security “By Osmosis”
Think Progress · 2 days old · Capably demonstrating Richard Cohen’s thesis that John McCain’s VP pick was an elaborate ruse to force conservatives to make fools of themselves, neocon activist Frank Gaffney takes up the “Alaska is close to Russia!” argument for Gov. Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience:
Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance
Think Progress · 2 days old · Yesterday, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds appeared on CNN for an interview with Campbell Brown. Brown was tough on Bounds, refusing to let him spout typical campaign talking points. She repeatedly pressed him on Palin’s foreign policy experience and qualifications, asking him to name one decision that she made as command
Sarah and Todd Palin want Alaska to Secede from the USA!
DailyKOS · 2 days old · McCain campaign did not know that both Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin were long-time members of the Alaska Independence Party which promotes Alaska seceding as one of the United States and becoming it's own country!
Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview
Huffington Post · 2 days old · Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.

UPCOMING
In HIS big speech, McCain's 10 energy lies top Palin's 4 (huffingtonpost.com)

Palin Accuses Obama Of Attacking Her Family With No Examples (huffingtonpost.com)

Action, Porn Film Industries Excited For 3D Developments (huffingtonpost.com)

McCain I Have change Too!!! Woo Hooo (rawstory.com)

Palin backed ‘Road to Nowhere.’ (thinkprogress.org)

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