realclearpolitics.com - 10/15/2008
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A reader writes in with a question: A few of my friends have said almost in the same words, "I was thinking of voting for McCain until he chose Palin. After that, I'm voting for Obama." Packer's article in the...
blog.news-record.com - 10/17/2008
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blog.news-record.com —
Newspaper stories from Palin's rally from myself and
Joe Killian. -=-=-=-=-=-=- There are certain things that get
me really concerned when I hear them from someone I’m working with. Joe Killian (who blogs for the paper here and on his own time here ...
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Report from Palin rally
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 10/17/2008
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
You should read Patrick Ruffini on the great
right-wing pundit civil war . He argues that I'm
underestimating the justifiable sense of betrayal movement conservatives feel at being simultaneously asked to swallow a massive, massive government ...
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Why The Grassroots Needs Elites
weeklystandard.com - 10/14/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
A look back at the original language used
by Palin at the rally in question makes it
nearly impossible for the exclamation to be misunderstood as an attack on Obama unless you happen to be a MSM member just dying to think the worst of the Right. ...
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Gallup: McCain trails by just three among likelies (sort of); Update: Obama claims his lead would be bigger if not for Fox News
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . (Gallup’s own “expanded” model of likelies has it at eight.) Not ideal but not prohibitive. Exit question: Is the conventional polling wisdom right that Palin’s become a drag on the ticket? Jay Cost thinks not: I’d note also that when we talk about a Palin Effect, we really should be discussing a net effect. Even if Palin has hurt McCain a bit among Independents, I think she is keeping morale up among Republicans. In the LA Times/Bloomberg poll, 49% of Republicans had a very positive view of McCain while 35% had a somewhat positive view of him. For Palin, 61% of Republicans ...
The Palin Effect
Ross Douthat —
A characteristically judicious take from Jay Cost.
Gov Palin and Energized GOP Women
Politics Daily —
... Let's keep in mind, this is basically a press release from a GOP Women's group, but it does underscore one worry from Obama. How much extra women turnout will Sarah Palin generate? Not from the die hard Hillary supporters, I think it's well accepted that while there are a few of those, they do not exist in significant numbers, and not even from independents, which had an initial boost for Palin, but seem to have moved back to normal. ...
Is Palin Helping or Hurting McCain?
Weekly Standard Blog —
Via Ross Douthat, read Jay Cost's analysis of the "Palin Effect".
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