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, engari inaianei kei te takahi i muri i te Republican National Convention me te panui o Sarah Palin hei hoa whakahaere a McCain. Koinei te wā tuatahi kua ārahi a McCain i a Obama i roto i te tatauranga pōti mai i te wā i puta mai ai ngā kaitono e rua hei kaitono pea o tō rātau rōpū i muri i ngā pōtitanga tuatahi.