Afghan tallies have Karzai lead widening (UPI) KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (UPI) — Vote tallies released Saturday show Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extended his lead in Afghanistan’s presidential election. Tally in Afghanistan Shows Karzai Lead Widening (New York Times) The country s Independent Election Commission has been slow in releasing partial results from the Aug. 20 presidential vote, while accusations of fraud have mounted.

[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post] What a difference a year makes. A year ago today, after being stunned by McCain’s VP pick, I had finished writing a piece called “What Is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective.”  It’s hard to imagine a time when the country was asking “Sarah Who?” but it was only one short year ago. One of the selling features of Sarah Palin was her astronomically high approval ratings in the state of Alaska.

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