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  • Palin’s Key Appeal is Class, Not Gender

    Lisa Schiffren makes the case that Palin is on the ticket not so much to appeal to women as to appeal to working-class, Reagan Democrats: If you were that autoworker or miner — even if you think that Democrats will give you more money, even if you hope that they can solve your pressing health-care […]

  • His & Her Candidates

    My lovely wife, the self-taught Web Goddess, supports Obama (as does almost everybody we know in our blue-town/blue-state of Maplewood, New Jersey). I support McCain, primarily on the basis of the Iraq war issue. As I’ve discussed before, this makes for some careful-but-substantive conversations as the election drama unfolds. Tempting though it may be sometimes […]

  • So THAT’S Why He Picked Her – What a Speaker!

    I take back everything I said or hinted or even thought about Sarah Palin being a drag on the ticket. She did several things she had to do in her speech tonight: She established that her record of actual office-holding achievement compares very favorably with Obama’s. (Obama’s achievement of winning his party’s nomination for president […]

  • Palin Backlash Watch, Part II

    Palin’s working-mom street cred is going to appeal to some (certainly not all) women who would not be expected to share Palin’s political views — such as, a national correspondent for NBC’s Today show: Politics aside and as a journalist, it’s intriguing to see the so-called mommy wars resurrected and reignited once again. As a […]

  • Outperforming Her Resume

    TNR offers an Alaskan perspective (hat tip: Neo-Neocon): What the Republicans missed about Sarah Palin then [just before she ousted a sitting Alaska governor in a primary]–and what the Democrats seem poised to miss now–is that she is a true political savant; a candidate with a knack for identifying the key gripes of the populace […]

  • McCain Strategist Describes the Vetting of Palin

    I’m skeptical of the partisan contention that McCain did little or no vetting of Palin in advance of the announcement. Here’s an extended response from the McCain camp — according to an unidentified senior McCain strategist, the vetting “included her filling out a 70-question questionnaire that was highly intrusive and personal. She was then interviewed […]

  • The Quayle Comparison

    The second half of this 1988 NYT article explains how George H.W. Bush waited until the convention was already under way to announce Dan Quayle as his running mate. Consequently, the first part of the convention was overshadowed by speculation about who would be the VP candidate, and the second part was overshadowed by a […]

  • OK, Pull the Plug on Palin

    Hard to see how the Palin candidacy can survive the continuing drip-drip-drip of new revelations — and the press is only getting warmed up. The Alaska Independence Party is not exactly a “fringe” group — its standard-bearer was elected governor in 1990. But the party’s motto of “Alaska First — Alaska Always” stands in stark […]

  • Palin Backlash Watch

    I don’t agree with every word of this article, but I offer this snippet as evidence that Palin-bashing is a losing strategy for the Democrats: Let me make it clear: there are many things I don’t like about Sarah Palin. We are ideologically opposed on numerous issues. Her stance on creationism and her pro-life zealousness […]

  • "Better Qualified Than Obama"

    From The Corner: Governor Palin is, based on her resume and achievement, better qualified than Obama to be president. … Obama has no important legislation to his name and no achievements that commend him to be President. Based on what I know about Governor Palin so far, I think this is correct. Whether the sentiment […]