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It's Time for Sarah Palin, John McCain, and the GOP to Abstain From Abstinence-Only Education—It Doesn't Work
Tweet Share on Facebook September 2, 2008 Comment (17)Sen. Barack Obama took the high road in refusing to answer reporters' questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter Bristol and the girl's decision to marry the father and have the baby.
He also drew a distinct boundary line between legitimate topics for policy discussions by politicians and urged the media to leave politicians' families alone.
I respect his wishes, but Gov. Palin's family situation and how she was chosen by Sen. John McCain to join the Republican ticket still present issues worthy of debate among pundits if not politicians.
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McCain's Palin Dilemma—Should She Stay or Should She Go?
Tweet Share on Facebook September 2, 2008 Comment (117)The liberal blogworld is alive and kicking with questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and whether she will be as quickly pushed off the McCain ticket as she apparently was added to it. Concerns linger not just over her own version of "troopergate" in which she allegedly fired an Alaska public official for refusing to fire a trooper who messily divorced Palin's sister. Then, too, there's her 17-year-old unmarried daughter who's in a family way.
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Barack Obama Handles the Sarah Palin Unborn Grandchild Issue Properly
Tweet Share on Facebook September 1, 2008 Comment (27)Sen. Barack Obama handled the Palin teen pregnancy issue just right.
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The Palin Pregnancy--How Should the Democrats Handle It?
Tweet Share on Facebook September 1, 2008 Comment (11)WOW! Talk about energizing the pro-life vote. The McCain campaign has confirmed that it knew 17-year-old Bristol Palin was pregnant when they vetted her Alaskan governor mother to be Sen. John McCain's VP running mate. And that didn't give them pause?
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Initial Take on the Palin Effect
Tweet Share on Facebook September 1, 2008 Comment (26)I'm surprised, I must admit, by the initial findings about Gov. Sarah Palin contained in the two daily presidential tracking polls I've quoted repeatedly in this space.
Bonnie Erbe
Bonnie Erbe is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe. She also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service.
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