2008 Vice-presidential debate - Latest Stories

A folk hero zero? Band of women bloggers in Alaska rally together to fight Palin

By Molly Priesmeyer | 10.03.08 | 2:12 pm

A grassroots movement is growing in Alaska. Women against Palin are blogging, protesting, signing petitions and influencing women nationwide. A group of female bloggers in Alaska talks to MnIndy about what the public and mainstream media get wrong about Palin and why it matters now more than ever to get it right.

The VP debate: From ‘Sarah Barracuda’ to ‘Sarah Macarena’

By David Noon | 10.03.08 | 9:10 am

Sarah Palin’s advocates are understandably delighted by her performance in last night’s debate, which did not actually produce the widely-expected fiasco. Palin completed a surprising number of her sentences, and she showed evidence of having successfully assimilated lengthy portions of her stump speech. She was clearly excited to discover that she could recite the occasional facts and figures, and she drew attention to these achievements several times. It’s likely, though, that Palin’s surprisingly non-cringe-inducing performance will have minimal — if any — effect on the shape of the race.