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Both CNN and ABC News are confirming that Alaska Govenor Sarah Palin will be John McCain’s running mate:

John McCain has made his vice presidential pick: the Republican contender will tap first-term Gov.

Sarah Palin of Alaska.

AP - A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs.

Emboldened by the recent 2nd amendment ruling, the National Rifle Association will spend $40M this fall, $15M of which will be used to paint Obama with the usual gun hating colors.

Anybody want to bet they’ll use Obama’s “bitter” comments against him?

No joke.

(CNN) – During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman.

There have been several gun-centric topics in the news for the past two weeks: Movie-Moses and National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston died on April 5; the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting was Wednesday; a UT student was arrested for carrying a gun on campus Tuesday.

A smart play on his part if he’s hoping to close the gap with Clinton.

From The Politico:

Barack Obama did not hunt or fish as a child.

He lives in a big city. And as an Illinois state legislator and a U.S. senator, he consistently backed gun control legislation.

But he is nevertheless making a play for pro-gun voters in rural Pennsylvania.