| 3:33 PM: | GOP Strategists Mixed Reviews. I cannot overestimate the degree to which Republican political strategists were stunned by the pick. Atlantic. | |
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| 3:32 PM: | Palin: I "Put Down the BlackBerries and Pick Up the Breast Pump" The brand new veep contender explains how she multi-tasks motherhood and the governor's office to People magazine. I "do a couple of things different and still get it all done." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 3:29 PM: | For the new teams, new websites. Now that everybody's on board -- there's the Obama-Biden ticket on the Democratic side and the McCain-Palin team for Republicans -- that means the campaigns' websites have also taken on new looks. USA Today. | |
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| 3:18 PM: | The story behind the Palin surprise. McCain and Palin's first and only meeting came last February at the National Governors Association meeting in DC. See also: Palin dissed veep job Politico. | |
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| 3:18 PM: | Dems armed with Palin opposition. Democrats zero in her role in the firing of state's public safety director, reportedly for personal reasons. Politico. | |
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| 3:17 PM: | Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska. Global warming is nothing to joke about in not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change Salon. | |
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| 3:13 PM: | VP Who? John McCain's barely met or spoken to Sarah Palin, and other key McCain aides have never met her at all, with some of his main supporters being as ignorant about her as any normal person would be. Yglesias. | |
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| 3:11 PM: | Evangelicals' Reaction to Palin: Many Embrace, Some Hesitate. The reaction from some evangelicals to John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ranged from enthusiastic glee to stunned uncertainty. James Dobson, the one-time powerful political force who runs Focus on the Family, a conservative nonprofit, called Palin "an outstanding choice that should be extremely reassuring to the conservative base’’ of the GOP, he said in a statement. WSJ. | |
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| 3:11 PM: | Palin And Darwin. Asked for her personal views on evolution, Palin said, "I believe we have a creator." She would not say whether her belief also allowed her to accept the theory of evolution as fact. Andrew Sullivan. | |
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| 10:49 AM: | Palin Pick Leaves Bruised Feelings. Though it was high in shock value, the Palin pick left bruised feelings among the short-list contenders who were not picked -- and infuriated some Republican officials who privately said McCain had gone out on a limb, unnecessarily, without laying the groundwork for such an unknown. Washington Post. | |
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| 9:41 AM: | Obama Camp Responds. From spokesman Bill Burton: Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Time. | |
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| 9:40 AM: | Palin Rationale. Quick thoughts on why McCain chose Palin... Open Left. | |
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| 9:39 AM: | Analysis: Palin's age, inexperience rival Obama's. John McCain's risky choice of Gov. Sarah Palin gives him a running mate who doubles down on his maverick image, may appeal to "hockey moms" and other women, and counters Barack Obama's aura of new-generation change. But he may have undercut his best attack on the Democrat. AP. | |
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| 7:48 AM: | McCain names Sarah Palin as surprise VP choice. Sen. John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket for the White House in November. CNN. | |
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| 7:39 AM: | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-styled "hockey mom" who has only been governor for a little over a year, is GOP Presidential candidate John McCain's choice for Vice President, CNBC has learned. CNBC. | |
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| 6:49 AM: | Obama masters his moment. Democratic nominee soars on the final night of the DNC, but lands hard on John McCain. Politico. | |
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| 6:46 AM: | Breaking News: It's not Pawlenty or Romney. Neither Pawlenty nor Romney will be in Dayton this morning, strongly suggesting someone else as McCain's running mate. Politico. | |
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| 4:34 AM: | Happy 72nd Birthday!!! McCain celebrates turning another year older Friday by holding a rally with his pending veep choice in Dayton, Ohio. He shares his birthday with the third annniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and Michael Jackson, who turns 50 on Friday. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 4:34 AM: | Final Night Speech Report Cards. Mark Halperin gives Barack Obama an A+ "Obama appeared to achieve every goal the pundits and political backseat drivers had set out for him in advance: he showed his heart, emphasized the economy, and, most of all, looked like a president." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 4:34 AM: | Biden Calls PA a Must-Win State. Democratic vice-presidential nominee and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden emphasized Pennsylvania's importance in the upcoming election as he returned to his roots Thursday for a visit with delegates from the state of his birth. ABC. | |
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| 4:32 AM: | The Confidence Man. That speech proved once again that this is a candidate and a campaign like none we've ever seen before. That's not starry-eyed praise. It's a description. Obama's willingness--nay, insistence--on breaking so many rules about how presidential campaigns are run is an enormous gamble that may not pay off in November. Time. | |
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| 3:31 AM: | Obama avoids race on King's 'Dream' anniversary. Long before Denver, the drum roll of history began: If Barack Obama could capture the Democratic nomination for president, he would deliver the biggest speech of his life exactly 45 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s immortal "I Have a Dream" address. AP. | |
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| 3:29 AM: | Obama's speech: Effective, Tough, But Supporters Say Work Remains. For those who say Obama has not shown a toughness or willingness to take it to John McCain, Obama not only labeled the senator as out of touch with the lives of regular Americans, he challenged the GOPer to abandon a politics that involves the smearing of a rival's character and questioning of his patriotism. Natl Journal. | |
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