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A New Meme for McCalin « Politicana — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:51:41 +0000

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By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:17:37 +0000

Regarding Palin, I loved this quote from The Economist: “John McCain’s choice of running-mate raises serious questions about his judgment…
“The moose in the room, of course, is her lack of experience.”

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:55:53 +0000

Sigh. Always the pessimist. In ABC polling released today exactly half of those interview felt that Palin was not qualified to be president, whereas only 21% felt that of Biden. The special prosecutor in Alaska today said that he is moving up the date of release of his report on “troopergat” to mid-October (it had originally be set for 4 days before the election). The Enquirer now is running a story that Palin had an affair with her husband’s business partner. This is what happens when you don’t vet a candidate. And, we reporters crawling all over Alaska, we are probaly going to be treated to many more of these things as the next 2 months creep on. Picking an unvetted candidate was a foolish, amatuerish mistake and most Republican insiders know it (I assume most folks have seen my “It’s over” post). Voters may say they don’t care about these issues but, where there is a barrage of them, they will take their toll. In addition, despite what Russ fears, early polling numbers seem to indicate that Palin is not reaching the very consituency she was plug for (women remain put off by her). I stand by my original statements; Palin is an albatross.

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:27:46 +0000

I wouldn’t dismiss the value of Palin to the McCain-Palin ticket. She has unified Evangelical support behind McCain and has given a lot of blue-collar,Bubba-types a “Brassy, no-holds barred, slap-down those Liberal elitist” Heroine.

Unfortunately, the same economic insecurities that cause the bubba-types to feel left behind will now drive them in droves towards McCain-Palin.

Right now, the election hinges on weather enough blacks, hispanics and young voters turn out to vote for Obama. If they turn out in the same percentage as previous cycles, the bubba-vote will give the election to McCain…

By: mike

mike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:26:57 +0000

McCain was losing this before he chose Palin. that said, in a few weeks, it will be clear that he made the road tougher for himself.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:41:42 +0000

Can I just say, I love calling Sarah “PTAlin.” I want to use that from now on!

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:11:37 +0000

Good Post, the viewership worked in different ways. Quite a few say 14million or so wanted to see if Hillary was a nemesis for PTAlin, a vote stealer and keep in mind imperative, at McClone’s age, his odds, folks would be looking at the next President. Don’t be surprised if the viewership is higher for her than McPOW. I honestly, hope I am right people tuned in to see Obama because he sincerely has more voters than the polls are indicating! We’ll see! By the way, had this been an election Obama by sheer numbers by a million or so would have won! Similar to existing polls or electoral based on today!