By: Suzanne Rosenberg In today's edition of news from newspaper campaign blogs: Palin meets the press and then watches debate at local North Carolina pizzeria; a post-debate dessert party given by the Gores; Schwarzenegger speaks out about the campaign; and Elizabeth Edwards speaks out about health care and racially tinged remarks attributed to McCain's campaign leaders in Virginia.
Palin (finally) takes questions from the press corpsThe Caucus
The New York Times
By Julie Bosman
Sarah Palin has been on the campaign trail for over a month now, and yesterday -- en route to Greenvile, N.C., in her campaign plane -- she finally walked back to the press cabin and shook hands with each reporter saying "nice to meet you!" to each one, Julie Bosman of the Caucus notes that she answered questions on attack politics, the investigation in Alaska, and the state of the presidential race. Gov. Palin reiterated her criticism of McCain's decision to pull out of Michigan and said she would like to make a live answer to Tina Fey's parody of her on "Saturday Night Live.? Finally, Palin said she hoped to watch last night's debate from a restaurant in Greenville, "away from the campaign staff."
The Gores? post-debate partyThe Trail
The Washington Post
By Robert Barnes
Michelle and Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at a post-debate dessert reception and fundraiser last night held at the home of former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper. The Gores rushed home from the debate at Belmont University where they were in attendance and received a standing ovation from the hometown crowd. Robert Barnes of the Trail reported that the reception was sponsored jointly by the Obama for America and the DNC cost $2,500, and was attended by 350 people.
Schwarzenegger says candidates are off targetOn Politics
USA Today
By Mark Memmott
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the presidential candidates should stop smearing each other and get back to talking about the issues. According to the Republican governor in the largely Democratic state, both Obama and McCain are wasting time, reports Mark Memmott in On Politics. ?They now are accusing each other of things that have nothing to do with the economy, that have nothing to do with health care, that have nothing to do with the environment, that have nothing to with ... how we deal with foreign countries,? according to Schwarzenegger, in comments he made in a discussion with Time Magazine Editor Richard Stengel at the American Magazine Conference. Perhaps Arnold was just playing it safe?
Barack couldn't watch his team get knocked outSwamppolitics
Chicago Tribune
By John McCormick
As John McCormick pointed out, "running for president can be a tough business, when you don't even get to watch your favorite team lose in the playoffs." According to David Axelrod, Obama's top advisor and another Chicagoan (a Cubs fan), said on a flight from Asheville, N.C., where Obama was prepping for last night's debate, that Obama "saw very little" of the White Sox game. He then said, "running for president is a demanding thing, man. You gotta make sacrifices."
Elizabeth Edwards leaves John in the shadowsTop of the Ticket
L.A. Times
By Don Frederick
While at a conference in Richmond co-sponsored by the Service Employees International Union in the toss-up state of Virginia, Elizabeth Edwards talked with the Detroit Free Press yesterday about the personal turmoil she has experienced. Mrs. Edwards appeared at the conference in her role as a senior fellow of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and slammed McCain's health care proposals. Don Frederick of the Top of the Ticket points out that her comments, while not formally linked to the Obama campaign, are part of an effort by the DNC to focus on the differences between the two presidential candidates.
As if McCain doesn't have trouble enough in Virginia ?By Peyter Wallsten
Bobby May, a Republican campaign organizer in Virginia, has been removed from his post as a member of the statewide McCain leadership team as a result of a racially charged anti-Barack column which appeared in the southwestern Virginia newspaper, The Voice. Peter Wallsten suggested that the article which was only the latest of numerous racially offensive columns by May, was cited in a Sunday Los Angeles Times report about the way in which voters in the mostly white region were reacting to potentially electing the country's first black president. Numerous examples of Mr. May's off?color remarks: "Obama would hire the rapper Lucacris to paint the White House black? ... a Democratic administration would divert more foreign aid to Africa so "the Obama family there can skim enough to allow them to free their goats and live the American Dream" and as far back as last May he joked that Obama would replace the fifty stars on the U.S. flag "with a star and crescent logo."
Palin eats pizza, watches debatesThe Trail
Washington Post
By Perry Bacon Jr.
We learned later from Perry Bacon Jr. of the Trail that Palin watched the presidential debate after changing out of her heels and dress, in her jeans with N.C. Senators Richard Burr and Elizabeth Dole and dined on pizza and spaghetti, at Boli's on the Boulevard in Greenville. During the debate Palin occasionally took notes or texted on her mobile phone and said "yes" when the question on energy independence was asked. Another report had her drinking diet Red Bull (does this even exist?).
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