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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota

Republicans try to brush off the tempest over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and turn that other storm in Louisiana into a political prop.

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  • Wednesday, September 3, 2008 01:13 AM

    "I don't think that has any effect on [the race]"

    "'I don't think that has any effect on [the race],' said Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams..." Isn't HE going to look like Mr. Butterwouldn'tmeltinmymouth in a couple of years, when we have President Palin, a new Cold War, no EPA, no Democratic Party, a revival of back-alley abortions, creationism in the schools...

    ... and when the accepted wisdom among pundits is that John McCain's veep choice was the political masterstroke of the last half-century.

    I bet when McCain's handlers heard about Bristol, they said, "THIS IS THE ONE."

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