Mark Halperin writes on The Page:
-She is very adept at juggling work and family. When daughter Piper was born during her Wasilla mayoralty, she returned to the office the following day. A trim runner, she did not announce news of her most recent pregnancy (with Trig, born April 18) until her seventh month. According to Palin, "To any critics who say a woman can't think and work and carry a baby at the same time, I'd just like to escort that Neanderthal back to the cave." Her older children are Track, Bristol, and Willow.

And that roll call was not cut short by the GOP, as the Dems did this week.

And thank you, Gov. Palin, for thanking Ferraro and Clinton -- considering that Dems called them racists.

And he probably will win the majority of days in next weeks cycle.

But who do you think wins the chatter around the cook outs this weekend. Both campaigns had pretty big news going in although I think Obama's speech was too light and airy. The GOP's problem is the she is too much of an unknown for people to have anything to talk about.

MIC wasn't involved in this blast; instead, apparently waste products from another pesticide were involved, but it still took emergency services more than an hour to issue a shelter-in-place order to the surrounding communities.  There was no toxic cloud in this case, but the shelter-in-place order should have been issued immediately.  

A palindome.

What do you call a long stump speech by Sarah Palin?

A palindrone.

Both have been governors for only a couple of years.  But before being governor, Kaine served as lieutenant gov. of a large state, and before that as councilman and mayor of a city of 200,000.

Before her 1.5 years as governor of Alaska, Palin served as mayor of a town of about 5,000 people.  Oh, and she was also captain of her high school basketball team.

Golfweek magazine reported on its Web site on Monday that speaking English will be a requirement starting in 2009, with players who have been U.S. LPGA members for two years facing suspension if they can't pass an oral evaluation of English skills.

The tour held a mandatory meeting with South Koreans last Wednesday at the Safeway Classic to inform them of the new policy.

"Hopefully, what we're talking about is something that will not happen," deputy commissioner Libba Galloway told Golfweek. "If it does, we wouldn't just say, 'Come back next year.' What we would do is work with them on where they fell short, provide them the resources they need, the tutoring ... and when we feel like they need to be evaluated again, we would evaluate."

There are 121 international players from 26 countries on the U.S. LPGA Tour, including 45 players from South Korea.

``I wasn't looking for a huge bounce,'' Axelrod said. ``I don't think there's a lot of play in this electorate.''

She is smart, vivacious and energetic; she tends to oversimplify complex issues, has had difficulty delegating authority, and clearly has difficulty distinguishing the line between her public responsibilities and private wishes.

I just love this exchange in which the two media members (channeling Clyburn), dismiss both Geraldine Ferraro and Palin in one exchange:

Sun Prairie, Wisc.: Good afternoon, Mr. Erickson. When I heard the name of Sarah Palin I thought of William Miller, Geraldine Ferraro, and Jack Kemp -- running mates chosen by candidates running against popular presidents, who knew they were almost certain to lose and filled out their tickets with a view toward keeping at least their own party's base together.

No name ID. Little relevant experience. No past relationship with the presidential candidate. From a small state that Sen. McCain would have to go into a coma to lose. But, Gov. Palin is a strong social conservative, appealing to the kind of George Bush Republican who has never liked McCain very much.

This is a choice that makes a lot more sense if one assumes McCain has no chance of winning this election. Do you agree?

Gregg Erickson: The only way I can figure that it makes sense for McCain is he believes his campaign is in big trouble, and hopes this very unconventional choice will give his candidacy much needed appeal women voters and those from the religous right who have been not quite comfortable with his credentials as a social conservative.

And, apparently, she lost the all important "media/insider" constituency:

Her approval ratings are high--65 percent, or so--but down from 80 percent earlier in her term. Most Alaskan's haven't watched her as closely as most reporters or legislators. If you took a poll of reporters and legislators I expect her approval rating would be down in the teens or twenties.

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