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The Biden and Palin Effects

By on 9.15.08 @ 11:10AM

Having chosen Joe Biden as his running mate, Obama is up all of 12 points in Delaware -- but in the last poll taken in the state before that, prior to his picking Biden or even wrapping up the Democratic nomination, Obama was already up by 9 points.

By contrast, since picking Sarah Palin, McCain has gone from being up 6 points in Alaska to being up 31 points.

topics:
Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Law, Alaska

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Philip Klein is The American Spectator's Washington correspondent. You can follow him on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/Philipaklein

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