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The Palin story goes on....and on
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
... robot or an unscripted ignoramus. I was told that Palin chafed at being defined by her discomfiting performances in the Couric, Charlie Gibson, and Sean Hannity interviews. She wanted to get back out there and do more. Well, if you’re Eskew and Wallace, what do you say to that? Your responsibility isn’t the care and feeding of Sarah Palin’s ego; it’s the furtherance of John McCain’s quest for the presidency.
Ane now comes reporting from Jake Tapper that reflects more unhappiness toward Palin from McCain advisers.
Moreover, ...
Stephanopoulos: "There is no question that there is a rift between Sarah Palin's camp and that of John McCain." Tapper weighs in with more.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... Republican campaign, sources tell ABC News. And you are seeing people within the McCain campaign starting to look to the future. Not only Palin, but many of the McCain staffers, as well, are circulating their resumes and pointing the finger. Whenever people in the campaign are starting to worry more about their own reputations rather than whether they're going to win in seven days, there is a significant problem.More from Jake Tapper's post titled, Ooooooh, Barracuda! Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are now trying to throw McCain ...
Remainders: Around the block
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Wurzelbacher's child support records.
David Gelertner (former Ben Smith prof) argues that McCain's stature approaches holiness.
Obama calls on Stevens to resign. http://www.pollster.com/blogs/late_deciders_in_recent_presid.php
Sullivan demonstrates how easy it is to mishear what crowds yell.
Is "Soviet" the new "Hitler"?
Lowry says it all comes down to the candidate.
Jake Tapper wonders if Sarah Palin is throwing McCain under the bus. line in cleveland
Hasen ...
Remainders: Palin' around
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
McCain campaign goes on the air in West Virginia.
A fake flyer in Virginia tells Democrats to vote on November 5th.
Indiana Republican Governor Mitch Daniels will skip a Palin rally.
Maeve Reston chronicles how the press lost its access to McCain, and she cops to inadvertantly playing a role.
Jake Tapper wonders if Palin played McCain.
Romney seems to concede that Obama will win.
Tina Brown says Obama and Palin redefined sex appeal.
The first dude says Palin's numbers ...
Palin vs Wallace
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Hold your gold: Palin has taken to blaming the entire ["clothing"] incident – as well as her introduction to the nation – on her “handlers,” presumably meaning Nicolle Wallace ...
McCain allies say that Palin allies talked to Fox News commentator Fred Barnes to further throw Wallace under the bus. Barnes yesterday said, “the person who went and bought the clothes and, as I understand it put the clothes on her credit card, went to Saks and Neiman Marcus...the staffer who did that has been a coward” for not coming forward and accepting the blame for ...
McCain allies worry Palin is using McCain, then will discard him
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Joe cited some passages from Jake Tapper's Palin piece earlier, but I had to share a few more juicy paragraphs: McCain campaign sources say, Palin has developed quite a reputation on the campaign trail for shopping. During this controversy, McCain insiders were appalled to read a blog account from Nevada noting that the day before Palin held an event in Reno, “Palin's assistant stopped in at the Ann Taylor at the Summit Sierra Mall and bought the skirt suit that she wore during to her speech Tuesday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. ‘She bought a short, ...
What Would A Maverick Buy For $150,000 In Donations?
DownWithTyranny! —
Last night while Letterman was treating Sarah Palin as though she is some kind of bozo instead of the candidate for the vice presidency (of the United States... of America), our pals at BraveNewFilms were rescuing the good name of a fine American family, the Mavericks. Top Ten Sarah Palin Excuses For Spending $150,000 On Clothes 10."Need to look good for the Russians who can see me in Alaska" 9."The old man spends more on Polident" 8."Auditioning to be Paris Hilton's BFF" 7."Wanted to impress the American voters in the ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... interviews too soon and should have waited while she was more fully briefed-up. But the mishandling of Palin that's been evident over the last week—from the clothes fiasco that wasn't her doing to the sniping at her from within the campaign—has been appalling.
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Thank God we are almost done with McCain and his Team of Losers. McCain should step in and kick some of his staff's ass including giving some the boot.
Now, this is Flap's straight talk.
Ooooooh, Barracuda! - Jake Tapper
Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are now trying to ...
Democrats: Don’t Order The White House Drapes Just Yet
The Moderate Voice —
... the last vote is cast, there is a perceptible feeling of….overconfidence.
But perhaps it’s time to take a reality check, as Dick Polman notes here. The bottom line: an Obama administration scares some people — the question is…how many.
Admittedly, it is getting easier to imagine that it’s almost “over” — given how the GOP now seems at war within itself…and even within it’s own Presidential ticket. For SURE.
Meanwhile, there is the war of the pollsters.,,
McCain’s ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... (tags: sarah_palin)
Ooooooh, Barracuda! - Jake Tapper
Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are now trying to throw McCain aide Nicolle Wallace under the proverbial bus, and as they do so those in McCain’s circle are wary of the impact on Sen. ...
Lady Spendsalot
Rising Hegemon —
Back to my preferred position of mocking her: And plenty of people on the McCain campaign are mystified as to how the $150,000 charges were racked up. Moreover, McCain campaign sources say, Palin has developed quite a reputation on the campaign trail for shopping. During this controversy, McCain insiders were appalled to read a blog account from Nevada noting that the day before Palin held an event in Reno, “Palin's assistant stopped in at the Ann Taylor at the Summit Sierra Mall and bought the skirt suit that she wore during to her speech ...
Cry if You Want to
N/A —
... John McCain? Who’s he? “Ms. Palin’s aides insist that winning this time around is her sole objective.“
It’s Sarah’s Party, you can cry if you want to: “‘I’ve got news for the Christopher Buckleys of the world — if Sarah Palin is enough to make you decide you’re not a Republican, you’re not a Republican.“
Don’t blame me. I’m just the candidate for president for president in 2012 ...
The intra-party pie fight continues
Political Animal —
THE INTRA-PARTY PIE FIGHT CONTINUES.... ABC News' Jake Tapper had a very interesting piece late yesterday, noting the subtle efforts Sarah Palin has made to distance herself from the McCain campaign and its strategic decisions. Tapper noted, "[S]ome Republicans are starting to now say they should have seen this coming, since Palin has a reputation for making friends who can help her and then screwing them over." The ABC report noted several examples, including mentors Palin ultimately challenged when she wanted to advance her career. Tapper concluded: [A]ll I can tell you is ...
Sarah Palin: Political Black Widow
Firedoglake —
... Oh my. Jake Tapper has a fascinating post about Sarah Palin's deleterious effects on her political allies. First he talks about how she made the shopping spree story worse by continuing to shop, and continuing to talk about shopping, then he lists all the Alaskan political figures she used and then stabbed in the back: ...
Miss Maverick!
The Poor Man Institute —
... 2012? Like, where is Sarah Freaking Palin going to find a VP choice who won’t make her look like a total lightweight, who won’t just use her as a stepping stone to greater things, and who will be willing to launch attacks which she herself finds “too sleazy”? ...
The Party Of Denial
Daily Kos —
I haven't read all the coverage of the squabble between McCain-land and Palin-land, and I don't even care about the details, but the mere fact that there is such a tussle going on is of endless amusement to me. (You can read some of it here, here, here, here, and here.) From a partisan point of view, the best part of it is that they still don't understand that John McCain's biggest problem is the failure of the Bush Administration and its governing philosophy. The fact that most Republicans are more interested in assigning blame for ...
Still Undecided?
Garling Gauge —
... “We’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.” I’m not sure what she thinks that kind of policy is called. I’d love to know what name she’s given it. f. She and McCain are already splintering apart over something as stupid as clothes . If this doesn’t worry you, it should: Link and link and link and link and link .“A senior adviser to John McCain told CNN’s Dana Bash that the comments about ...
When You Lie Down with Weasels, You Wake a Loser
The Sundries Shack —
... . Well, honor demands that he stand up for her now, even if it costs him a few brownie points with his bestest buddies in the media and the GOP. Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt ought to be personas non grata in the Republican party from now on. I, for one, will oppose any candidate who hires them and I recommend you all do the same. There is no place in our government for people who hire such craven weasels. Jake Tapper owes Palin a little ink, too. He accused her of trying to throw Wallace under the bus . Well, now we know that her doing so was entirely justified and ...
