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As with the first presidential debate, the Democrats appear to have won among the swing voters. And that’s really all that matters. The hard core on either side aren’t going to change and their votes aren’t in play. It’s the undecideds that both sides want. BTW, McCain gave up on Michigan today, pulling resources out. [...] Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing twitters BB comments on Palin BB commenter describes the would-be VP’s “dinosaurs and men once coexisted” fundamentalist beliefs as “Palintology” “Don’t be silly. Their candidacy is crystalline evidence that a dinosaur and a primitive human can coexist.” Pelosi: “We have to be able to do a couple of things at once. That’s what leadership requires.” Barney Frank: “It’s the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys.” Sen. Schumer: “Just weird…” Harry Reid: Stay away. “We need leadership; not a campaign photo op.” David Letterman: “You don’t suspend [...] The reason why can be summed up in one word: Palin. Socialist Unity Just because she is religious and right-wing doesn’t mean she is stupid, or incompetent. She is a hard-boiled professional politician, with a high domestic approval rating. When she eventually starts giving media interviews she will do well, and she will talk directly to the anxieties of middle class Americans in small towns. America [...] Joe Bageant We [rednecks] all understand that there is a political class which dominates in America, and that Sarah Palin for damned sure is not one of them. And the more she is attacked by liberal Democratic elements (translation: elite highly-educated big city people) the more America’s working mooks will come to her defence. Liberals [...] In an age when politics is choreographed, voters watch out for the moments when the public-relations facade breaks down and venom pours through the cracks. Their judgment is rarely favourable when it does. Barack Obama knows it. All last week, he was warning American liberals to stay away from the Palin family. He understands better [...] There are so many posts now from left blogs trying to bash Palin. I don’t get it. McCain needs be the main target, plus given his age and lack of ideas, he’s way more vulnerable. So why the obsession with Palin? Look, any small town mayor who wins a governorship unexpectedly has got serious political chops. The liberal blogosphere needs to realize this. And to stop bashing her because she hunts and shoots. Can’t think of a better way to piss off voters in the West and South, where hunting and shooting is a way of [...] Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire The Detroit Free Press put together a panel of voters to listen to last night’s Republican convention speeches and, much as I predicted last night, the independents were universally negative on Palin. In fact, they were more negative than the Democratic voters. The speech was clearly designed to help close the [...] |  | ||||
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