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Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:00 AM

McCain's big running-mate rollout

Romney and Giuliani helped supply Wednesday night's "paranoid" conservative politics, while Sarah Palin showed she's no Dick Cheney.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, September 4, 2008 01:00 AM

    Walter, what makes you think she won't be McCain's Cheney?

    Like others have pointed out, she has already graduated from the Bush School of Staff Management and has proven to be a top protege. Max Blumenthal of the Nation said on Democracy Now that the Repubs expect her to parallel Cheney by running the domestic agenda behind the scenes (as opposed to foreign policy like Cheney). She will continue Bush's tactic of forcing agencies to promote the conservative agenda.

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