When news leaked out Friday morning that the Alaskan governor was John McCain's choice of running mate, I was dumbfounded. I heard Palin's name mentioned weeks earlier. Palin was right-wing radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh's choice in the veepstakes; he had been advocating for her for weeks. But still, Sarah Palin?
The race between Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Raul Martinez is a virtual dead heat, according to a new poll by Bendixen & Associates, with Republican Diaz-Balart favored by 41 percent of those polled and Martinez, a Democrat, capturing 37 percent.
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