National Politics

1. 
   Palin: More and less than she seems

   The mother kneels in the snow, cheerfully posing beside her bundled up daughter, behind the bloody, dead caribou the mom just shot.
2. 
   Questions remain on Palin vetting

   John McCain's presidential campaign did not speak with the Alaska House speaker and other leading Republicans before McCain tapped Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
3. 
   McCain, Palin get a rousing welcome in Mich., Wis.

   John McCain and Sarah Palin got a rousing welcome Friday to the final two months of the presidential campaign, stressing themes of a strong America and concern about the sinking economy. "Tough times all over America," McCain said.
4. 
   Obama, seeing hope in Ohio, shifts schedule there

   So much for the full-on 50-state strategy. Call Barack Obama's implementation of national Democrats' coast-to-coast plan "Fifty-State Lite."