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The Postmortems Continue
Slublog —
... Rich Lowry has a post up about John McCain's election loss. It's got some good information from various campaign sources regarding the tension between Palin and some of the aides who were assigned to work with her. ...
McCain source to Lowry: “Look, she wasn’t ready for this, obviously”
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... A few more handfuls of dirt chucked at the ‘Cuda via the Corner , and one last shot at piecing together who the leaker(s) might be: The split over Palin, of course, poisoned everything at the end. One of the dividing lines was between her communications team and the policy advisers. The communications team seemed to consider her a dolt, while the policy people—like Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann—were impressed with her and her potential. As one McCain aide told me, “It’s the difference between considering her someone who lacks knowledge and someone who is incompetent, ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... of those who gave money to help Proposition 8 pass.
Chris Lee, an engineer who is an immigrant from China, was shocked to see his name on the Web site AntiGayBlacklist.com after he gave $1,000 to the campaign to end same-sex marriage.
"I was completely disgusted," Li said. "This sort of blacklist should only appear in communist countries, should not be found in the United States."
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Not a way to win hearts and minds to support gay marriage
McCain Campaign Retrospective - Rich Lowry
I wrote a piece for the new issue on the McCain ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... McCain Campaign Retrospective - Rich Lowry
I wrote a piece for the new issue on the McCain campaign, focusing especially on the endgame and the fight over Palin. I know a lot of people are already sick of this stuff, but I wanted to talk to people in the ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... as Moveon.Org and the Daily Kos, which had become outlets for Democrat frustration following the Bush victory in 2000... There are powerful lessons from the Obama campaign for politicians here. The first, of course, is, the technology, stupid. The internet and blogosphere are powerful tools but they change the relationship between politicians and the electorate, forcing us to work harder. Used properly, the net can allow direct communication with voters. Rich Lowry: Let me defend Sarah Palin, because that's what I do. She makes me see sparkles. But ...
Nevertheless, I'm going to keep pouding my pud
Rising Hegemon —
Rich Lowry keeps seeing starbursts: The split over Palin, of course, poisoned everything at the end. One of the dividing lines was between her communications team and the policy advisers. The communications team seemed to consider her a dolt, while the policy people—like Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann—were impressed with her and her potential. As one McCain aide told me, "It's the difference between considering her someone who lacks knowledge and someone who is incompetent, and they [the communications aides] treated her as the ...
The Palin Split
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Rich "Starbursts" Lowry does a McCain post-modem: The split over Palin, of course, poisoned everything at the end. One of the dividing lines was between her communications team and the policy advisers. The communications team seemed to consider her a dolt, while the policy people—like Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann—were impressed with her and her potential. As one McCain aide told me, "It's the difference between considering her someone who lacks knowledge and someone who is incompetent, and they [the communications aides] treated her as ...
Secrecy at what cost?
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
... Reading Rich Lowry's interview excerpts with former McCain chief Rick Davis about the Palin pick, I tend to believe there was as much downside as benefit in keeping it a surprise Yes, the out-of-the-blue pick instantly stepped on Obama's convention speech and gave McCain a burst heading into his convention. But the last-minute and hush-hush nature selection of Palin also brought subsequent problems, not the least of which was working with somebody neither the candidate nor any of his staff had a relationship with or, really, even knew in the ...
