Article: A PARTY UNITED Galvanized by Palin pick, GOP's conservative base ready to fight

CAMPAIGN 2008 / THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

ST. PAUL - Jolted by Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin joining John McCain on its party's ticket, the conservative Republican base may finally be as fired up and ready to go as the liberal activists backing Democrat Barack Obama.

During the fight for the nomination, McCain was not the choice of many of the mandarins of the party's right, and his support in some conservative quarters remained desultory, at least until the Palin pick came out of the blue last week and then rocked the convention on Wednesday night.

"This is arguably the most politically successful vice presidential selection, at least in the short term, since John F. Kennedy picked Lyndon ...

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