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Democrats worry about gains made by GOP ticket

While Barack Obama spent yesterday explaining lipstick, pigs and politics, many Democrats spent the day nervous that their White House takeover plans were coming undone by a Palin-powered ticket.

Republicans quickly seized on Obama's lipstick-on-a-pig comments about John McCain's policies, claiming Obama was actually calling McCain's running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, a pig.

But Obama pushed...

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