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    Governor Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain (AP Photo)

    A forceful, but narrow agenda

    Political observers say GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin can tout some significant legislative victories in Alaska on oil and ethics, but that her record is otherwise thin. Palin (above) campaigned with McCain in Colorado Saturday. (Boston Globe)
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    On 9/11, candidates will show unity

    John McCain and Barack Obama will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at ground zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (Globe)
    Obama reaches out to blue-collar voters

    Obama reaches out
    to blue-collar voters

    Barack Obama, trying to build on his show of strength at the DNC, is targeting one of his biggest weaknesses: his standing with white, blue-collar voters. (Boston Globe)

    Community organizers fault GOP comments

    Community organizers in Boston and beyond have taken offense at the barbs thrown at them from Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani at the RNC in St. Paul. (Boston Globe)
    Senator John McCain

    Neilsen: McCain tops Obama

    Barack Obama's in-person audience of 84,000 dwarfed John McCain's at the RNC, but more television viewers tuned in to see McCain speak, according to Neilsen ratings. (Foon Rhee, Political Intelligence)

    Obama, McCain back at it

    Barack Obama and John McCain hit the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin respectively today, fighting over the mantle of change for the election. (By Andrew Taylor, AP)

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