Palin: A "maverick" move or a nod to the GOP base?She adds youth -- and inexperience -- to the 72-year-old McCain's ticket, but she is a by-the-book social conservative.
Liquoring up the Democrats
American revolutionaryIn Denver this week the Democratic nominee laid out a feisty, populist message and pulled his party together.
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