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Right Has No Problems With Palin's Troubles : NPR

If you think the steady drip-drip-drip of disclosures about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is crippling her candidacy, come to St. Paul.

There is no telling where the Palin story will end, but here at the national convention in Minnesota — where she is scheduled to speak on Wednesday night — the party faithful are ignoring verified revelations and vicious rumors. So far they are gung-ho about the Alaska governor. And whenever any naysayer says nay, many Palinites reply with a resounding, "Yea!"

Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio tells a breakfast group at the Crowne Plaza that she is excited about John McCain's selection of Palin. "I am a pro-choice moderate Republican," says Pryce, but she admires the anti-abortion Palin. "She has lived her values," Pryce says of Palin. "She holds them and she lives them."

Rita Reif, a mortgage banker from St. Paul, says, "I think Sarah Palin offers some exciting energy to the campaign."

There is a Rorschach quality to Palin. And reactions to her appointment are a reminder that this is one nation divisible. As each piece of information about the relatively unknown Palin is reported, it means one thing to the left and the complete opposite to the right.

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