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McCain's VP Choice: Sarah Palin
A Blog For All —
... She's got a good grasp of energy policy, given that her home state of Alaska is where American gets a significant portion of its oil supplies. For those who think that her pro-life stance will be a turnoff, keep in mind that Presidents (or Vice Presidents) cannot outlaw abortion. Even if the Supreme Court somehow overturns Roe v. Wade , it would still be left to the states to decide. As an issue, it's one that provides a visceral reaction, so watch for Democrats to focus on that. Ed Morrisey speculates on other benefits to the McCain camp from choosing Palin. ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... however, has excited Dahlia Lithwick and the other female bloggers at The XX Factor. By making the pick of Palin to appeal to Clinton voters, McCain could end up could furthering women's standing just as President Ronald Reagan did when he appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, Lithwick writes. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Epic. Win. - Erick Erickson, RedState [image] Count Me In With Both Feet - Mark Levin, The Corner [image] Palin: Change You Can Believe In - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air [image] An Extraordinary ...
Sarah Palin’s got your hope-n-change right here, bucko.
Rachel Lucas —
... that I dare say are rooted in much more knowledge and political awareness than I myself possess.
But this week with all the Obama/Biden shit, a week now culminating in the luminescence of one Mrs. Sarah Palin on the McCain ticket, has knocked me back off the fence squarely into the Please Vote McCain For the Love of God camp. I’m all over this ticket like Sunny on a pork chop.
For those unfamiliar with our fair lady, Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has a good rundown, and Ace of Spades has more. And also more here, about how the Obama ...
MULTIPLE UPDATES: YES! IT'S SARAH PALIN!!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... a Governor of the largest state in the Union for the last two years?): “Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies — that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same,” said spokesman Bill Burton.Ed Morrissey answers the criticism buried in the Obama partisan rhetoric: ...
How Snob-ama should have responded to Palin pick
Michelle Malkin —
Not Found Error 404: Page Not Found If you think you have reached this page due to a bad link on our site, please let us know so we can fix it! Please use the search box below to find what you are looking for: [image] Hot Air What Palin does for McCain, and to Obama [image] Confederate Yankee ...
Obama, McCain, Palin & generosity
The Anchoress —
... her for the veep spot and helped her debt, he would have accomplished two things: putting Hillary in his debt, and re-assuring her supporters that they could count on his respect for their interests. Instead, Obama was not magnanimous in victory, he was sort of flinty and closed, like a spiritual Scrooge; he did not share. And that opened the door for McCain to say, “hmmm…Gov. Palin is smart, she knows energy, she’s a reformer , and a a bit of a ball buster ; she’ll energize the base , and hey, maybe she’ll please some ( not all ) women, too.” I mean, ...
The Maverick Gets One Right
Slublog —
... Ed Morrissey does a nice job summing up the reasons why this was a good pick. I would add that the Palin pick has actually drawn the Obama campaign into a debate they can't win - experience. As someone said on Howie Carr's show this evening, Palin has run both a city and a state. All Obama has run is his mouth. ...
More on Sarah Palin
Sister Toldjah —
... up about some of the positives Palin brings to the GOP ticket and to the presidential campaign on the whole. I linked up earlier to Ed Morrissey’s pro argument. ...
Your Homework Assignment
Right Wing Nation —
... More Palin on guns
What some Christian bloggers are (already) saying about Sarah Palin | blogs4God
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Executive Experience
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy
On the McCain Report, Michael Goldfarb writes that Sarah Palin "has more executive experience than Barack Obama and Joe Biden put together", a point that, by some strange coincidence, has popped up all over the conservative blogs. I think that the idea that Palin has an advantage over Obama in this area is completely wrong.
When this campaign started, one of my biggest questions about Barack Obama was whether he would be any good at managing things. The President is, after all, the head of a very large organization, and he had ...
Executive Experience
Political Animal —
... blogs. I think that the idea that Palin has an advantage over Obama in this area is completely wrong. When this campaign started, one of my biggest questions about Barack Obama was whether he would be any good at managing things. The President is, after all, the head of a very large organization, and he had better either have good management skills or hire a chief of staff who does. The fact that I didn't know whether Obama had them didn't prevent me from voting for him -- none of the other candidates I might have supported had a track record in management either -- but I ...
