POLITICS BUZZ: McCain picked Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska , as his running mate. A bold move! McCain can now safely count on those three electoral votes from Alaska. Palin’s a reformer who plays well to the cameras, but a state probe into her official conduct — she may have used her clout to fire her ex -brother-in-law from a state trooper’s position — could really backfire.

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1. McCain Picks Alaska Gov. Palin As Running Mate!!
2. Governor Palin Has What it Takes to Be the Next Dick Cheney
3. Sarah Palin, Hottie!
4. Buzz on Sarah Palin: McCain’s Vice President?
5. Sarah Palin - Featured on BuzzFeed
6. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain’s VP Pick Says CNBC
7. More about Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska! Is She McCain’s Choice?

A clear explanation of how national voting works on election day. Finally, you can explain to your foreign-born friends the whys and wherefores of the electoral college system!

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POLITICS BUZZ: Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 200,000 in Germany’s capital. The moment was the high water mark of his European tour, and sounded like the ambitious, inclusive foreign policy speech many Europeans (and Americans) have been hoping for.

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1. Watch The Speech
2. Full Script of Obama’s Speech
3. “The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand.”
4. Obama Presents Himself As “A Fellow Citizen Of The World”
5. “People of the world — look at Berlin!”
6. Der Spiegel’s Live Blog of Obama in Berlin

POLITICS BUZZ: The giant inflatable pig with “Obama” emblazoned on it released during Roger Waters’ set at Coachella has been returned. You can read into it as having some sort of symbolic significance, or just chalk it up as another one of Hillary’s dirty campaign tactics.

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1. YouTube - Roger Waters Coachella Pig Launch
2. Roger Waters’ Giant Obama Pig Lost, Reward Offered
3. The Pig Is Returned by Two Lucky Families
4. Obama Pig Part of Roger Waters’ Spectacular Closing Set
5. Old Dude and Lost Pig Make for Boring News
6. Does it symbolize the Obama campaign?