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Gov. Palin Works Georgia for Sen. Saxby Chambliss

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

It was billed as a do-or-die runoff rally for Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a conservative Atlanta suburb, but cheers for GOP rock star Gov. Sarah Palin turned the Gwinnett County civic center into a test of her post-election appeal, as she drew fans from as far away as Alabama and Tennessee, waving –Sarah in 2012” signs alongside, “Read My Lipstick, Vote Sax” placards.

Among an estimated 5,000 people who turned out on a rainy Monday afternoon –Adrienne Royer, a fiesty red-head staking out the front row of the rope line. She won’t be voting for Saxby in Tuesday’s runoff against Democrat Jim Martin, because she’s from Chattanooga. She drove two hours to see Palin.

Click here saxpal-slide12 to see our rally slide show and hear Palin’s speech, then Read the rest of this entry »

Wishful Thinking: 3 days before the election, Palin Sees Victory

By Art Harris
The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

She packed a wallop whereever she went, firing up crowds, even as she turned others off, and we were along for the amazing ride to report on the rise and fall (and likely rise again) of Sarah Palin, and will be bringing you some tales from the trail and video we shot.

As we saw last week, even as a loser, Palin remained a superstar at the Republican Governor’s convention, a media bashee turned media darling, as the press stood in line for interviews after drawing a bead on her during the campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

By Art Harris, (c), www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Moments before he took the stage in Denver to touch 84,000 people Thursday night, I stood just a few feet away, camera rolling, to capture Sen. Barack Obama, as he touched two dozen voters, picked at random to meet him, in a rare and personal way.

He’s an active listener, engaging, bantering, even comforting with one woman who was so overcome with emotion, she burst into tears.

“Why are you crying?” he asked, hugging her, telling her everything was going to be okay. Read the rest of this entry »

Battle of the Ads: Obama on McCain’s “Country Club” econmics

From Bald Truth Staff:

It’s the battle of the You Tube: he says, he says. Capitalizing on Sen. McCain’s fuzzy memory of the houses he owns, Obama admeisters fire back.

Who’s winning the ad wars?