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Rural identity politics
Megan McArdle —
I have a phone call into my mother, aka The Swing Voter*, but I'm willing to bet that she loved the speech. Will Wilkinson, who comes from the same background: rural, Midwestern, now a city dweller, liked her: ...
Palin's Chthonic Appeal
Ross Douthat —
Will Wilkinson, Megan McArdle and Michael Brendan Dougherty all have interesting things to say on the subject.
The S-Word
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Will Wilkinson has thoughts (and feelings): First, let me just get it out of the way: I think she is a tremendously sexy woman. How this will effect the race, I have no idea, but it s just got to. It s not an issue of glamour so much as a kind of Paglian chthonic sexual power. Set in that context, her unabashed embrace of her fecundity and motherhood as a kind of qualification makes a lot of sense. Megan O Rourke s post on Palin s political eros has it right, and I think she may even be on to something when she says we got a glimpse of a novel problem for a presidential ...
Paglian Chthonic Fecundity Subrational Frequencies
Obsidian Wings —
... I don't entirely follow this post, but it appears that Will Wilkinson believes that Palin is more politically effective than Hillary Clinton (you know, 2 speeches versus 18 million votes) because Clinton isn't feminine. ...
Her Appeal
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Will Wilkinson thinks about Palin and talks to his gut.
Palin: Why Gibson Got The Get
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... and the power that comes from that. Given time to think about it, I'm sure this reason would even have trumped GOP hate for NBC. But even if so, consider this: ...
Palin Too Sexy for White House?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... that soured people on Palin, Heflick said in an interview. “It was the effect her appearance had on their perception of her competence and humanity. Those variables made people less likely to vote for her.” (Not surprisingly, the participants’ feelings about Jolie did not influence their political opinions, whether they focused on her looks or personality.) Come to think of it, I wouldn’t want Angelina Jolie to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, either. Jacobs reminds us that Will Wilkinson raised this point very early in the campaign: I think she is a tremendously ...
