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John McCain, Republican top gun at last The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party. By Walter Shapiro
Kwame Kilpatrick exits, with Barack Obama holding the door With the presidential race in Michigan too close for comfort, it can only help Obama that Detroit's racially divisive and felonious mayor has finally lost his job. By Edward McClelland
McCain's big running-mate rollout Romney and Giuliani helped supply Wednesday night's "paranoid" conservative politics, while Sarah Palin showed she's no Dick Cheney. By Walter Shapiro
Democrats behind enemy lines in Minnesota The Obama campaign sets up shop at the Republican National Convention, but thanks to Sarah Palin the GOP is handling all the negative messaging itself. By Mike Madden
