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2008-09-03 Home Front: Politix

McCain's choice of Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history.

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-09-03 00:50|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I dunno...when Sarah was announced as J-Mac's running mate I echoed the thoughts of many Rantburgers that it was a great strategic move that would knock the Obamessiah back on his heels - the saying of choice being that McCain had gotten inside Obama's OODA loop. But in the days since, the counterbattery fire from Obama's media sockpuppets has gotten intense enough to start causing some damage.

The most recent polls show Obama finally leading beyond the usual margins of error...and as the media works up other lines of attack against the ticket, it's likely to get worse.

Noooo...I'm *not* saying that McCain should drop Sarah from the ticket - that would be the worst thing he could do, simultaneously cementing a media image as a flip-flopper AND motivating the conservative base to roll over and hit the Snooze button on election day. But he needs to start counterpunching, and counterpunching hard.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-09-03 02:08|| 2008-09-03 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Tomorrow Palin goes for the whole enchilada. If she's as good as I think she will it will be just fine. Post convention bounce for the Donks is within normnal.

Saw Susan Estridge tonight and she is livid at the sexist treatment Palin is getting from her fellow Donks.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-09-03 02:47|| 2008-09-03 02:47|| Front Page Top

#3 G: Saw Susan Estridge tonight and she is livid at the sexist treatment Palin is getting from her fellow Donks.

Livid enough to vote Republican? Nah... Maybe McCain can't simply stand mute in the middle of this - the best defense may simply be a good offense.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-09-03 08:32|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-09-03 08:32|| Front Page Top

#4 I usually have a Tolstoyian view of history, but there are majot contingent events, and these two speeches are going to be very important.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-03 08:37|| 2008-09-03 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 The most recent polls show Obama finally leading beyond the usual margins of error...and as the media works up other lines of attack against the ticket, it's likely to get worse

Let's remember that the pollsters consistently and continuously bias polls in selecting Donk over other categories of voters in their surveys. That's why they've been in error for over two presidential elections. However, it get the media the ability to create news rather than really gather it. So, they keep paying to hear what they want to hear. The polls by their own construction have avoided one of the key plays here. Moving unmotivated and fence sitting conservatives from unlikely/maybe to certain voters come November. Not by a 'margin' but in mass. These were people never available to Obama and therefore not in the computation. When McCain and Obama were statistically tied these guys weren't there. Now they are in play, but they will not show up in the reported 'polls'. Tells you a lot about the methodology of the polls.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-03 09:08|| 2008-09-03 09:08|| Front Page Top

#6 On the one hand, Obama's poll lead is encouraging Democrats that their present course is working and they don't need to change anything.

And yet, I smell Democrat panic. Palin's strong appeal to both evangelicals and feminists(!) is clearly not showing up in current polling data. But is IS there.

Posted by Slats Glans2659 2008-09-03 09:25|| 2008-09-03 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 The LEFT has absolutely no problem with supporting the murder of the unborn or partially born. Attacking and ruining the life of the 17 year old daughter of an accomplished conservative will not stop them.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-03 09:34|| 2008-09-03 09:34|| Front Page Top

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