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Article: A PARTY UNITED Galvanized by Palin pick, GOP's conservative base ready to fight
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2008
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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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