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Palin Backlash Watch, Parts III & IV
No comments on Palin Backlash Watch, Parts III & IVFrom Tammy Bruce, former head of the Los Angeles chapter of NOW and “a registered Democrat her entire life until February”: In the shadow of the blatant and truly stunning sexism launched against the Hillary…
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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…
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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…
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McCain: Nine-and-a-Half Extraordinary Minutes
I had an event to attend in New York City last night, so I didn’t watch McCain’s speech. On the brief drive home from the train, I heard snippets of it live on the radio,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Blog in Haste, Repent at Leisure
I’m backing off of my knee-jerk, under-caffeinated early morning “Pull the Plug” post. The secession thing doesn’t look like it’s gaining any traction, it just seemed so weird and out of left field and on…