Rove: Palin Could Be Worth Three Points for McCain
EmailABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: Former Bush strategist Karl Rove said Thursday that Sarah Palin could boost John McCain against Barack Obama even though academic research shows that vice presidential picks usually don’t matter.
"I’ve touched base with a couple of political science professors, and they say, ‘Look, vice presidential running mates typically have a small impact on the outcome.’ In fact, one analysis shows less than one percent up or down," said Rove. "Sarah Palin has a chance to take that one percent and take it to a two or three percent impact and in a close election that may make a difference."
Rove thinks Palin could make the difference in a tight contest because of her potential appeal to suburban, independent women and small-town Hillary Clinton voters.
"Taking on Alaska’s good-old-boy politics and beating the incumbent Republican governor might be seen as evidence of the political courage and independence voters are looking for this year," Rove wrote in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. "And with women more undecided than men, Mrs. Palin could add more than a point to Mr. McCain’s total — maybe two or three – which could make the difference in a close contest."
The former Bush strategist and Fox News commentator who has offered some advice to McCain’s 2008 campaign pointed to Colorado as one state where Palin could make a difference. Rove said that in order for Democrats to flip the state, they have to make inroads among rural voters and do well in suburban counties.
"I suspect that Sarah Palin is going to limit their upward mobility with suburban soft Republicans and independent women," said Rove. "So this may be the one election in which the vice presidential nominee has an important impact."
"But let’s not overstate it," he continued. "It’s going to be two or three percent and the whole drama is going to depend on the presidential candidates and if they’re close then she may help push it across."
Rove ended his comments about Palin at Thursday’s Politico-Yahoo "convention conversation" in St. Paul, Minn., by mocking the media for framing its Palin coverage around the question: "Can she do it?"
"Let me say one final thing. She had a test last Friday and she passed it with flying colors," said Rove, referring to last week’s V.P. announcement. "She had a test last night. But being the newest player on the stage she will also be the most tested and will be the most judged on the stage."
"Now," said Rove, "we’re going to be hearing about: ‘When is she going to appear on a Sunday talk program?’ And: ‘When is she going to do an interview?’ And: ‘When is she going to give an unscripted speech?’ And: ‘When is she going to give a town-hall meeting?’ And: ‘When is she going to answer questions on foreign policy?’ And: ‘How is she going to perform in the debate?’"
"We’re going to hear more of these questions of performance throughout the next several weeks about her than we hear about any of the other three candidates and more than we’ve heard in recent elections about any candidate," said Rove. "[T]he compressed time frame and [her] freshness and newness on the scene are going to require people . . . in the media [to say]: ‘How do we make this as an easy storyline?’
"And the easy storyline is: ‘Can she do it?’" said Rove. "Like they did last night. The breathless: ‘Can she walk out there, in those high-heels, and deliver a speech. Well, fine."
David Wade, the former spokesman to John Kerry who is now press secretary to Obama running mate Joe Biden, dismissed Rove’s comments about the effect that Palin could have on the race.
"Good to see the stress of potential jail time hasn’t cost Karl his sense of humor," said Wade. "Oh, Karl. He’s a stitch of yesterday. I think of an old calendar and I think of Karl’s face on it."
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Well if she gains him 3 it means McWar will only lose by 4.
Posted by: jen | September 4, 2008, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
Fat Karl Rove farts again.
Posted by: DownSouth | September 4, 2008, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
lindsey graham
what a stiff
boooring
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 9:04 pm 9:04 pm
palin will be OLD news by the end of the month because of her legal troubles.
Posted by: pt | September 4, 2008, 9:05 pm 9:05 pm
As a suburban, white woman, I can honestly say there was a day I would have voted for McCain, but I will never, never, never vote for him and his snarky friends. (Since I am not a POW and I don’t live in fear of a terrorist attack every day, the Republicans wouldn’t want my vote anyway…)
Posted by: Jenni | September 4, 2008, 9:11 pm 9:11 pm
ridge booooring
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
what to get silly drunk tonight people
dring a shot every time they say POW
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm
A poll driven speech written by Schmidt and Rove delivered by their newest student Gov. Sarah Palin at the Republican convention.
Her attack with a smile means more negative ads.
Schimidt and Rove can’t spin a extreme-conservative on the issues into a moderate.
She will attempt to draw the Democrats into the mud and fight.
What is disturbing is the attacks on the media. We count on the media to ask the questions we can’t ask
but we want to know about.
The Republican tactics against the media are McCarthyism.
This is a Democracy!
Posted by: Independent Voter | September 4, 2008, 9:34 pm 9:34 pm
FOUR MORE MONTHS!!
Posted by: itchy | September 4, 2008, 9:36 pm 9:36 pm
I think she is brilliant!
Independent for Palin/McCain
Posted by: alex | September 4, 2008, 9:39 pm 9:39 pm
Actually, Sarah Palin is worth a lot more.
The DemocRATS are so afraid after hearing her speak at the convention, they coughed up over $10 million in one day.
The Pied Piper of Chicago played his tune to the DemocRATS, and they followed him all the way to the bank to cough up cash for the great Obama.
And we all thought the Republicans were the party of the rich.
Glad I am an independent and don’t dance to the Obama tune.
Anybody But Obama…
Posted by: Jayhawk | September 4, 2008, 9:44 pm 9:44 pm
Some maverick she is – just another right wing Republican Rove Puppet
Posted by: das2 | September 4, 2008, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm
Whatever she is (according to the Press and the Democrats and some independents) – Sarah Palin is a LEADER!
Don’t be jealous – because she’s young, capable and successful Just think of the country and you’ll be OK. Politicians attack (Barack and Hillary – did you see his nastiness???), so if Palin did – what’s so wrong with it?
McCain/Palin, 2008!!!!
Posted by: Jkan | September 4, 2008, 9:57 pm 9:57 pm
Palin has invigorated the old men’s country club allright. Even O’Reilly has practically turned into a kumbayah-singing feminist. How sweet.
Back here in reality, I am sitting listening to recordings of Palin calling Hillary a whiner and giggling when another female political opponent is called a b— on air.
Hmmm… Now I know why O’Reilly is smiling.
Posted by: El_Pajaro | September 4, 2008, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
Does all republicans want to continue to live in delusion and ignorance or do they want to got to fact check and see how many lies were spewed last night by rudy huckser and barbie.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157206
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
I think she gets McCain zip.
Check out the polls.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html
Posted by: Steve_NJ | September 4, 2008, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm
Sarah Palin looks a lot like Monica Lewinsky. I don’t think either of them would make a good VP or President.
Posted by: hamishdad | September 4, 2008, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm
Rove? What a joke. Just a few weeks ago he said that being Gov of Virginia and mayor of Richmond was hardly enough experience to be a reasonable candidate — and if obama had picked him as a running mate it would have been purely political and not in the best interest of the country.
Rove is simply a liar — and pretty much the most evil human being alive too. He engineered the horrid smear of McCain back in 2000. Now he loves McCain because, well, that’s politics.
This is just more of the same-old-same-old politics.
In 2000 Bush said that McCain had been in washington too long and was too much of washington as usual. He was right then…
Posted by: jjlin | September 4, 2008, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm
im going to throw up.
here we go again
the history channel
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:06 pm 10:06 pm
Jenni,
You can thank George W. Bush for the fact that you don’t think of a terrorist attack every day. People in many other countries aren’t so fortunate.
How do you account for nearly 11,800 deadly terrorist attacks committed around the world since 9/11 and not a single one here? In the most open society on the planet?
The boldness of Democratic leadership and policies?
Please.
The irrational hate of all things Bush has clouded people’s thinking.
For all his faults, Bush has done a remarkable job protecting us from homeland terror. He deserves our thanks for that at least.
I’m confident McCain will instinctively do the right thing to protect the homeland.
With Obama, it’s anyone’s guess what he’d do under that kind of pressure. Would he lose his head? Would he defer his decisions to his VP due to his inexperience? Would he form a focus group to see what decision polls best? We simply don’t know. He’s untested.
Confidence that our leaders will make the right decisions in crisis situations MATTERS. Our lives might depend on it.
Posted by: Jim in OH | September 4, 2008, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm
yes
yes
yes
yes
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:25 pm 10:25 pm
hahahahahah
this is wonderful
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
usa
usa
usa
usa
usa
usa
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm
Good to hear hamishdad bring up the ghost of Monica Lewinski.
As I recall, she was in the White House with another Democrat.
And, I believe it was a Democrat who endorsed Obama at the convention last week.
Keep reminding us about Monica and the last Democrat in the White House.
Posted by: Jayhawk | September 4, 2008, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
more protestors please
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
Palin has invigorated the country. Repugs are elated at her resolve, toughness, and genuineness.
Libs are rabid in their hatred of her. But, they hate everything associated with good in America.
She is worth 10 points on the Good Scale.
Palin/McCain 08
Posted by: LarryMan | September 4, 2008, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm
Well, she may add 3 points to his polling, but she just added 10 million bucks in 24 hours to the Obama campaign coffers. (LOL).
Rove speaks to hear his own voice. He should suck on some helium to make it more entertaining !
Posted by: Scott NH | September 4, 2008, 10:34 pm 10:34 pm
how about going to factcheck.org to see how many lies she spewed last night.
she WAS a great pick
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
he is such a stiff…. do you actully want this guy to be president
oh this is sooo boring.
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:38 pm 10:38 pm
I was so hopeful this would be a different campaign without all the negative personal attacks. I was so hopeful each party would take the “high road” and speak to the issues. I was so hopeful the era of sarcastic taunts and misinformation was over. That hope died this week at the RNC. As an independent voter, I will now support Obama. He is a refreshing alternative to ” bad old-time politics”
Posted by: P Garrett | September 4, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
slow down the teleprompter
goooooo slllloooooowwww
one word at a time
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
The pro-Obama media is absolutely motivated to release polls that minimize Palin’s impact, so don’t be surprised if the bounce isn’t big. But rest assured, a LOT of voters have moved McCain’s way, and rightfully so. Palin is exactly the breath of fresh air America has been waiting for, and she’s an absolute danger to the left. They’ll do their very best to destroy her.
Posted by: Jim in OH | September 4, 2008, 10:56 pm 10:56 pm
When will Joe Biden be replaced by Hillary Clinton? Nobody cares about the plagarizing stiff? Joe Biden VP = Beau Biden arrest warrent for Larry Sinclair in DC.
Posted by: geevill | September 4, 2008, 11:00 pm 11:00 pm
Omentum,
Lets hear you give a speech after gooks have knocked out your teeth. POS>
Posted by: geevill | September 4, 2008, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
P Garrett, well you do have a point. A massive, wealth-destroying, nanny-state socialist government run by amazingly brilliant politicians like Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and Reid is just the kind of refreshing change we all need to move our country forward. Pfft. I swear our national IQ is decreasing by the day. Behold the stunning results of our government-run schools and liberal universities!
Posted by: Jim in OH | September 4, 2008, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm
geekvill
oh please
Posted by: Omentum | September 4, 2008, 11:35 pm 11:35 pm
SARAH PALIN IS A FAKER…SO PLEASE, DON’T MISTAKE HER !!!
•PALIN: “[Obama] is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word ‘victory’ except when he’s talking about his own campaign.”
FACT: On July 15, in a speech in Washington, D.C., Obama twice used the word “victory” in reference to Iraq.
“In fact,” he said, “true success in Iraq — victory in Iraq — will not take place in a surrender ceremony where an enemy lays down their arms. … I want Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future, and to reach the political accommodation necessary for long-term stability. That’s victory. That’s success. That’s what’s best for Iraq, that’s what’s best for America, and that’s why I will end this war as president.
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A week later in Berlin, Germany, on July 23, Obama used the word “victory” three times to describe Allied successes during World War II. And in a June speech about the prospect of universal health care, he said Sen. Hillary Clinton “will be central to that victory.”
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•PALIN: “There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate.”
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FACT: The meaning of “major” is open to debate, but Obama worked with Republicans, including Sen. Richard Luger of Indiana, to pass legislation that would expand efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to destroy conventional weapons stockpiles.
While a state senator in Illinois, he sponsored two contentious bills, one that studied racial profiling by police and another that ordered interrogations in potential death penalty cases to be recorded.
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•PALIN: “I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history. And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence.
That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart.”
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FACT: That infrastructure project has not yet been approved by federal regulators. The proposed pipeline would ship natural gas from the Alaska’s North Slope to homes and businesses across the United States. In June, the Alaskan legislature, with Palin’s prodding, agreed to pay Canadian energy company TransCanada $500 million as an incentive to build the pipeline.
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•PALIN: “And I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending: nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes. I suspended the state fuel tax and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress ‘thanks, but no thanks,’ for that Bridge to Nowhere.”
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FACT: While serving as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin hired Steven Silver, a former chief of staff for Sen. Ted Stevens, to lobby Congress for earmarks. Wasilla received around $27 million in federal money, about as much as Boise, Idaho. Boise has a population of 200,000 people, compared with Wasilla’s 10,000. Earmarked funds went to sewage improvements and improving roads connecting the town to a local ski resort.
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As for the Bridge to Nowhere, Palin initially supported using federal funds to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island, which has 50 residents and a small airport.
It was not until the plan was ridiculed that she withdrew her support. Critics contend she still supports using federal money to build a 3.4 mile Road to Nowhere on the island for $26 million — from the funds for the bridge.
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•PALIN: While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor’s office that I didn’t believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay. I also drive myself to work.
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FACT: Soon after entering office, Palin put the state-owned Westwind II jet that her predecessor Frank Murkowski purchased amid much criticism. When the deal fell through with the sole eBay bidder, the plane was sold offline.
Alaskan businessman Larry Reynolds paid $2.1 million for the jet after learning about it from Republican John L. Harris, speaker of the Alaskan House of Representatives.
Palin, as she said, drives herself to work. In July, her Chevy Suburban was rear-ended while driving from Wasilla to her office in downtown Anchorage.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Posted by: o. | September 5, 2008, 12:48 am 12:48 am
New CBS Poll out! 42 to 42.
Translation: McCain is ahead by 10. :-)
Posted by: Jim in OH | September 5, 2008, 12:49 am 12:49 am
“He’s a stitch of yesterday. I think of an old calendar and I think of Karl’s face on it.”
Ok, that has got to be the best insult I have ever heard. Not because it’s about Rove, but because it’s just . . . fantastic.
BTW, shouldn’t Geevil at 11:03 be removed for use of an ethnic slur?
Posted by: Gretchen | September 5, 2008, 12:51 am 12:51 am
to o. – seriously, you need check your “facts.” I haven’t so much squirming and manipulation in a long time. Oh wait, it wasn’t that long ago, I just saw it from another Obama kool-aid drinker’s post, trying to discredit a genuine, non-purchased candidate, Gov. Palin. Anyone who thinks Obama isn’t owned by the Chicago political mob is a naive fool. I’ve drunk the Palin kool-aid – and it tastes great!
Posted by: indy4palin | September 5, 2008, 2:13 am 2:13 am
Gotta watch Jon Stewart on Sept.3 where he’s spliced the two schizoid Karl Roves: one praising the remarkably experienced Gov.Palin for being ‘mayor of…the 2nd largest city in Alaska’
(9000 people…bwahahaha), another belittling Obama’s early potential VP pick, Gov. Tom Kaine, for being mayor of the 105th largest US city (200000 people in a metropolitan area of more than a million). 100% spin, 0% integrity. And boy are most of us tired of that…including surely John McCain, but a vote for McCain is a vote for another 4 years of Republican slime tactics in power.
When President Bush addressed the RNC and compared the ‘angry left’ to the Hanoi Hilton jailors (again, no sense of shame), he ignored the much larger ‘angry middle’. Even people like me (i.e., ones with actual lives,ones that have tolerated the exceptionally high level of lying and bullying under Bush,etc.) are writing posts and we’ll be voting. So, Republican mass-mailers, ideologues, professional insulters and incompetents – all the lies and spin: bring it on. Keep on mobilizing reasonable people to vote the Republican bums out.
Posted by: libertyjustice33 | September 5, 2008, 7:21 am 7:21 am
The New Dawn …
McCain/Palin for a Renewed, Reformed USA !
USA ! USA ! USA !
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | September 5, 2008, 8:39 am 8:39 am
Jon Stewart? Can this guy even spell his name right? It’s OK, his viewers can’t spell either, they didn’t finish the 4th grade.
Bush lying? About what? About Iraq? All he did is listen to the democrat rants throughout the 90′s calling for Saddam’s head. But they, like always, lacked the gonads to fight anything.
Bush did the job Slick Willie always talked about but never did.
Palin will lead this country into our finest hour.
Palin/McCain 08
Posted by: LarryMan | September 5, 2008, 8:41 am 8:41 am
A New Dawn for our Businesses …
A New Dawn for our Workers …
A New Dawn for our People …
Go McCain / Palin 2008
Country First
People First
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | September 5, 2008, 8:41 am 8:41 am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2667214/John-McCains-running-mate-Sarah-Palin-was-in-Alaskan-independence-party.html
John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin was in an Alaskan independence party
Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, was once a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, its officials have said.
By Jon Swaine
Last Updated: 3:46PM BST 02 Sep 2008
News of Mrs Palin’s former membership comes as the latest in a string of potentially embarrassing disclosures about her past.
The party has lobbied since the 1970s for the right to hold a referendum on whether Alaska should secede from the United States. Its motto, “Alaska First”, Contrasts sharply with the John McCain campaign slogan: “Country First.”
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BIG NOTE: It seeks “the complete Repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska” and aims to be “self-sufficient” by using profits from Alaskan OIL and GAS RESOURCES. It claims that the vote held in 1958 which led to Alaska becoming the 49th state of the US was CORRUPT and did not offer a PROPER CHOICE.
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While it is thought that Mrs Palin officially left the party to become a Republican in 1996, she recorded an address for its convention earlier this year in which she said: “I share your party’s vision of upholding the constitution of our great state” and told members to “keep up the good work”.
Lynette Clark, the chairman of the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), confirmed to ABC News that Mrs Palin and her husband Todd had both been both members and attended at least one party convention.
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“When she joined the party our platform was right under her nose,” Mrs Clark said. “I can’t understand why in God’s name she has aligned herself with a candidate who opposes the development of our republic and Alaska’s resource wealth,” she added.
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BIG NOTE: In a video recorded at this year’s party convention, Dexter Clark, the party’s vice chairman, can be seen telling delegates: “The situation is completely out of hand, the decay of the federal government is totally complete.”
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BIGGEST NOTE: He tells them that in order to propagate AIP policy they “should infiltrate” mainstream parties. “Whichever party in that area [in which] you can get something done, get into that Political Party, even though it does have its problems,” he says.
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The latest disclosure is likely to add to concerns among some Republicans that Mrs Palin was not adequately vetted before being asked to become Mr McCain’s vice-presidential candidate
Posted by: o. | September 5, 2008, 9:46 am 9:46 am
Mmmmh, time for a coffee break, let’s see, oh look, a response to my post… from LarryMan…ok…’spell his name right?’…’4th grade’…’Iraq…listen to democrat rants’…
so that would be 5th grade level schoolyard sarcasm (must not be a regular Jon Stewart viewer),followed by a defensive reference to Bush lying about Iraq (why’d he pick that, there’s so much else to choose from? And it’s a tough call, does Iraq get filed under ‘lying’ or under ‘incompetence’; decisions,decisions), followed by blaming Bush’s Iraq invasion policy on ‘listening to Democrats’ (hadn’t heard that one before), followed by the implication that President Clinton didn’t have gonads (confusing, given how much time and money the Republicans spent in obsessing over his excessive gonad-driven behavior,thus distracting Clinton and us all re Al Quaeda), followed by a cheer for Gov.Palin (Larry…is that her husbands name? otherwise, what does he know after one whole week that the rest of us doesn’t?)…oops, back to work
Posted by: libertyjustice33 | September 5, 2008, 10:02 am 10:02 am
This will absolutely blow your mind. One more reason why you never hear the details of Obama’s “community organizing” activities in the mainstream media. People, we are being duped on an unimaginable level.
Michelle’s Boot Camps For Radicals
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=305420655186700
Posted by: Jim in OH | September 5, 2008, 10:28 am 10:28 am
Hi Jim in OH,
OK I read your link all the way to the end. Now you watch this very funny and scary piece of factual information.
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=184086
Have a nice day
Posted by: libertyjustice33 | September 5, 2008, 11:03 am 11:03 am
libertyjustice, I guess my words were intended for you, since your post is so elementary. Try putting some spaces in once in a while.
While you were still in your mother’s womb during the 90′s, Slick Willie actually BOMBED Iraq. Yes he did, look it up in your online encyclopedia. But he did while the impeachment hearings were going on. Coincidence?? You tell me.
With the leadup to Iraq, EVERY democrat stood up and said “Saddam has NUKES, he must go”. You could look it up but it’s been stricken from the records by Obammabots.
When Bush won election by a landslide in 2004, democrats had to turn the country against him. They did a fantastic job.
When the economy boomed for 6 years, until the democrats got back in power, Peelosi and Reid had to do something. The oil prices spiked, gas exploded, and it caused fuel, food, to escalate, job losses. THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY, GAS PRICES.
Until democrats allow us to increase OUR supply, the cost of gas, the economy, will be in trouble.
Simple enough for some of you? I doubt it.
Palin/McCain 08
Posted by: LarryMan | September 5, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Sarah Palin has a lot of enemies, we now find. She may have to try to seal Scott Alan Richter’s divorce records herself. Or shred them all. Perhaps the National Enquirer is right about the alleged affair, because Richter’s motion is highly unusual for an unknown person. But not for one who could soon be very well known. http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.docket_lst?68762762 3PA-07-01581CI In the Matter of: Richter, Scott Alan and Richter, Deborah Marie
Posted by: kravitz | September 5, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
Fair enough. She might be worth 3 point. Or she might be worth -5, especially if:
- independents find her social views too radical
- independents find her campaign style too negative
- the on-going investigation in Alaska shows she did abuse her authority
- people start to ask more questions about her involvement with an Alaskan secessionist party
- more comes out about fired librarians, etc
Posted by: Paul | September 5, 2008, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm
To Paul: Many librarians need to be fired, particularly the ones that protect pedophiles that watch child porn on a library computers. The stuff about the secessionist party has been refuted. And the crap about independents. There are no such. Reagan was elected twice by massive landslides. Most Americans are conservatives and she has energized them. Stop doing the professional blogging as a paid operative of Obama.
Face it, If Obama was so great he would be 15 points ahead. He isn’t because people are figuring out that he is
a radical
phony
liar
marxist
a disaster to our country if elected
As far as Palin is concerned – Chris Matthews (hardly a right-conservative) said that he feels he has seen a future President of the United States.
Posted by: Joel Weymouth | September 5, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
I guess gaining 3 pts with Palin is better than Obama loosing 3 pts with Biden.
Posted by: S Adams | September 5, 2008, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
Now we know who picked Palin: Rove.
Posted by: murphy | September 6, 2008, 12:13 am 12:13 am
Rove picked Palin. Rove is the same guy who fell in love with Dubya and made him President. Do you really want to go with Rove’s choice again?
Posted by: murphy | September 6, 2008, 12:17 am 12:17 am
As a young suburban mother, there is NO way in the world would I vote for McCain after that wack job he picked for a VP running mate. He had my vote till that woman spoke, she gives me the creeps. She strikes me as an opportunist, parading her family as if she did a bang up job raising them.
1.Against sex ed–>pregnant teen. The parents of the boy, shame on you for allowing your son to be paraded as an object of family values.
2.Censorship
Read the Ankorage editorials to get the “inside” scoop on how Palin operates. She is a high school Queen bee that has never grown up.
Listen to her radio interview making fun of a rival of hers. Reminds me of my 13 year daughter’s catty friends at their best.
As much as I dislike Hilary, I would take her over this Palin disaster in a heartbeat.
Posted by: ohboy | September 6, 2008, 2:25 am 2:25 am
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Ohboy!!! Hey ohboy, if Sarah is such a disaster why are there 3 times more blogs here on her than Hairplug Joe???
Could it be that you Hitlery lovers can’t take it that another woman will be president before your beloved Hitlery.
Ankorage editorials? It couldn’t be that the majority of newspapers in this country are LIBERAL could it???
But then, I suppose she didn’t vote “Present” enough times to suit you.
Palin/McCain 08
Posted by: LarryMan | September 6, 2008, 9:07 am 9:07 am
http://www.votetheday.com/polls/spalins-impact-on-mccain-chances-to-win-86/
Posted by: votetheday.com | September 6, 2008, 9:16 am 9:16 am
Do you mean Palin is immature too. Wow I thought she was just undereducated.
Posted by: yoye777 | September 6, 2008, 9:56 pm 9:56 pm
Looks like John McBrilliant made the right choice.
It’s not surprising the Republican Convention got more viewers in three days than the Democratic Convention got in four!
I can’t wait to watch McCain debate Obambi; Obambi won’t have a teleprompter to read.
I’m also looking forward to watching Sarah Palin cream that windbag Biden in the debate!
Sarah Palin is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McCAIN-PALIN ’08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Daniel | September 7, 2008, 12:16 am 12:16 am
The Bush/McCain ticket will not win. It is another 4 years of the last 8 years. Who can trust a 10% chance that McCain will not vote with Bush after voting 90% with him. All of the same players on involved in the Bush/McCain ticket. Sara is just a distraction.
Posted by: kent3536 | September 7, 2008, 4:48 am 4:48 am
she had a test, reading somebody’s speech?
That Pit Bull is working on Idiots only.
So using Your forcast – there is a population of Idiots in about 2 percent in the country.
Let’s face it.
And GOP fool those idiots with skilled false, they were doing for years.
That is a change?
Idiots are the base of GOP.
Luckely, America is not the country of idiots and would not follow Monetr POit Bull and old ruin McWar.
ENOUGH.
Posted by: Linda,Fl | September 7, 2008, 8:37 am 8:37 am
Why would any suburban, independent women who was a Hillary suporter want to vote for Palin? They have and stand for totally different issues. Or does Rove and the rest of the old republicans think we women are too dumb and only vote on gender? I am so tired of the games the republicans play. The assumption I would vote for Palin b/c she is a women is a slap in my face and I know longer have any respect for McCain; he has sold his soul to the devil.
Posted by: sher | September 8, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
I thought Rove was out of the picture. There’s a reason they address him as Bush’s FORMER strategist – he can’t fool the country a third time. He must think women are stupid to pull something like putting/wanting Palin on the ticket. The guy gets shallower everytime he opens his mouth..
Posted by: chris | October 14, 2008, 11:41 pm 11:41 pm