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Are the Democrats playing this one wrong?

Are the Democrats playing this one wrong?

Should they be holding-off an all-out attack on Palin? Since Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain’s choice as VP, she has come under more intense scrutiny than any of the other three major candidates on the ticket. Her daughter’s pregnancy, her views on abortion and sex education and creationism, her apparent membership of the Alaskan Independence Party, and the continuation of Troopergate. Now her judgement over the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ and the influence of her pastor are being thrown…

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Morus’s Denver Diary

Morus’s Denver Diary

TUESDAY 19th AUGUST 2008 @ 21:51 BST Welcome all to the grand opening of Morus’ Denver Diary! PoliticalBetting.com is almost the only UK online outpost to be reporting live from the Democratic Convention in 2008, where Senator Barack Obama will accept his party’s nomination for President of the United States. This is where I will be writing at greater length than the main thread allows – posting thoughts and rumours, as well as transcripts of any interviews I conduct. I…

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Morus’s Denver Diary

Morus’s Denver Diary

TUESDAY 19th AUGUST 2008 @ 21:51 BST Welcome all to the grand opening of Morus’ Denver Diary! PoliticalBetting.com is almost the only UK online outpost to be reporting live from the Democratic Convention in 2008, where Senator Barack Obama will accept his party’s nomination for President of the United States. This is where I will be writing at greater length than the main thread allows – posting thoughts and rumours, as well as transcripts of any interviews I conduct. I…

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How big a gamble is Sarah Palin?

How big a gamble is Sarah Palin?

Could she really just a heart-beat away from being President? Yesterday the focus was on the betting excitement of McCain’s running mate choice and the fact that the rock solid safe favourites had been ditched for someone who just eighteen months ago was Mayor of a town of just 9,000 people. Well we have all had 24 hours to let the news sink in and frankly it is still breath-taking. Some of the information that’s been dribbling out really adds…

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How do the Republicans match this?

How do the Republicans match this?

Might Minneapolis-St. Paul look like something of a damp squib? For all the criticism levelled at the Obama campaign for being ‘presumptuous’, it is difficult to deny that they put on a pretty spectacular show at the end of an optimistic and, for Democratic Party activists, uplifting Convention. I managed to get a Community Credential at the very last moment, so made it in only a couple of hours before Obama spoke. The atmosphere is difficult to describe – somewhere…

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Will they stop naming streets after Roger?

Will they stop naming streets after Roger?

You shouldn’t gloat….but… I am sure Roger, who over the years has been one of our most prolific contributors, will forgive me for publishing this. But check out comment one from this thread from May 26th 2005. I’m on holiday in the Pyrenees and spotted this street sign this morning in the fabulous town of Foix and have been trying to work out how to put it on the site. Mike Smithson

So has McCain chosen the former Alaskan beauty queen?

So has McCain chosen the former Alaskan beauty queen?

The money pours onto to the woman who is now Governor We don’t know anything yet for certain but in the past hour all the money has been going on to Sarah Palin – the woman described by her supporters as “America’s Margaret Thatcher” and “The Iron Lady” – as the Republican party V-P nominee. The above is from her supporter’s website. The 44 year old who was elected Alaska’s governor only two years ago certainly seems an amazing choice…

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The overnight White House thread

The overnight White House thread

With suggestions that McCain’s running mate decision will be leaked in the next hour and the build up to Obama’s big speech it’s an important night in the 2008 White House race. Please continue the discussions here. Mike Smithson