Sarah Palin dolls go on sale as John McCain's running mate's popularity soars

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Sarah Palin the action-hero doll goes on sale for $27.95 Photo: National Pictures
The dolls are the latest in a line of American political candidates who have been immortalised including John McCain and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Two variations of the doll are on sale - Sarah Palin the Executive and Sarah Palin the Super Hero - available from toy company http://www.herobuilders.com at $27.95 (about £16) for the executive doll and two dollars more for the super hero version.

It is designed to capitalise on Sarah Palin mania that has gripped Republicans after the electrifying speech by the self-confessed "hockey mom" at the party convention in St Paul, Minnesota.

More than 6,000 exultant supporters turned out on Friday night in Sterling Heights, a town in Michigan's Macomb County, to see Mrs Palin and Mr McCain

Where he once played to a few hundred people, Mr McCain was greeted by a crowd chanting "Sa-rah, Sa-rah!", "John Mc-Cain, John Mc-Cain!" and "U-S-A!"

Mrs Palin spelt out the McCain campaign plans to take on Obama Barack in the final 60 days before November's election, targeting patriotic voters unconvinced by the Democratic candidate's national security and economic credentials.

"We went right from the convention to small town USA," she said. "It's true that they grow good people, people who are working hard for America.

"You love your country in good times and bad and you're always proud to be Americans."

As Mr McCain discussed the need to launch domestic oil drilling, the crowd chanted of "Drill, Baby, Drill!"

Mrs Palin is due to conduct her first solo campaign event on Monday in Pennsylvania, home state of her vice presidential rival Joe Biden.

action hero political figures is just a symptom....sick sick sick sick country

We'll be calling into American Idol to vote for President soon

electing a President by calling or 'texting' in the vote

Bread and circuses

Someone knew beforehand. Her nomination was no surprize

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