Palin brings attacks to Obama

Sarah Palin the pit bull showed up at The Home Depot Center in Carson on Saturday, taking shots at Sen. Barack Obama on taxes and on his association with a former member of the Weather Underground. Gene Maddaus in the Daily News.

Palin, who has energized the Republican Party base since she was chosen as Sen. John McCain's running mate, fired up a crowd estimated at 15,000 people.

"There is a time when it is necessary to take the gloves off, and that time is right now," Palin said, adding that a staffer had told her, "OK now, the heels are on, the gloves come off."