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To: Dale Baker who wrote (28869)	8/29/2008 10:32:36 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

US presidential nominee John McCain is putting up a good fight for the top job, but it may be nothing compared with his battle against skin cancer . . . independent.ie

To: Dale Baker who wrote (28869)	8/29/2008 11:10:03 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

The Russian Bogeyman and The October Surprise dailykos.com

To: Dale Baker who wrote (28869)	8/29/2008 11:39:39 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

Suddenly experience doesn't matter for someone who is one quick stroke away from the presidency? To flip that comment: “Suddenly experience matters for someone who is one quick stroke away from the presidency?” It does mitigate McCain’s experience argument, which will now be amended to note that the experience factor is more important at the top of the ticket. I think that the media will focus on the personal aspects of her story for the next ten days, rather than her relative lack of experience, after which time the importance of the vice presidential nominees will begin to fade. I expect McCain’s campaign to continue to focus on Obama’s Chicago roots. Palin’s experience in Alaska, where she actively went after corrupt GOP officials, contrasts sharply with Obama’s experience in Illinois, where he has been relatively mute on the corruption in both parties. Governor Murkowski appointed Palin Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission,[14] where she served from 2003 to 2004 until resigning in protest over what she called the "lack of ethics" of fellow Alaskan Republican leaders, who ignored her whistleblowing complaints of legal violations and conflicts of interest.[4] After she resigned, she exposed the state Republican party's chairman, Randy Ruedrich, one of her fellow Oil & Gas commissioners, who was accused of doing work for the party on public time, and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail.[15] Palin filed formal complaints against both Ruedrich and former Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who both resigned; Ruedrich paid a record $12,000 fine.[4] In 2006, Palin, running on a clean-government campaign, executed an upset victory over then-Gov. Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary.[4] Despite the lack of support from party leaders and being outspent by her Democratic opponent, she went on to win the general election in November 2006, defeating former Governor Tony Knowles.[4] en.wikipedia.org