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Palin Makes Her Case Before Adoring Crowd

In what arguably has become the marquee event of the Republican National Convention, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin – virtually unknown to most Americans less than a week ago – took the stage Wednesday evening to formally accept her nomination as the Republican candidate for vice president. Her highly anticipated address drew a standing ovation and an eruption of cheers that lasted nearly five minutes.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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