Sarah Palin won rave reviews for her speech last night at the Republican National Convention, as did Barack Obama when he
closed the Democratic convention last week.
This morning, the Associated Press quoted Democratic Party leaders in Indiana as saying Palin wonâ??t attract voters who delivered Indiana to Hillary Clinton in the May primary election.
"Hoosier voters will not select the next president of the United States based on the gender makeup" of the ticket, said former Indiana Secretary of State Joe Hogsett.
Hogsett and an Obama campaign manager also said that Indianaâ??s 11 electoral votes could play a crucial role in the general election.
What do you think? Will Palin be a factor here come November?
This morning, the Associated Press quoted Democratic Party leaders in Indiana as saying Palin wonâ??t attract voters who delivered Indiana to Hillary Clinton in the May primary election.
"Hoosier voters will not select the next president of the United States based on the gender makeup" of the ticket, said former Indiana Secretary of State Joe Hogsett.
Hogsett and an Obama campaign manager also said that Indianaâ??s 11 electoral votes could play a crucial role in the general election.
What do you think? Will Palin be a factor here come November?
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1) She is not a Washington insider and she is not afraid to do the right thing for the entire population, not just those who can get her elected.
2) She actually runs a balanced government budget.
3) She actually knows the costs of running a household.
4) She has made the tough choices of problem pregnancies.
5) She connects with the masses of Democrats on their work issues not the least because...
6) Her husband is a union member (which must scare the heck out of the Democratic planners, as it should)
7) She is a generation younger than McCain and like the career minded Democratic candidate who cannot find time to author legislation because he is too busy writing memoirs, that mid career generation, and the even younger generation, wants someone they can relate to in the presidential circle
8) She isn't afraid to acknowledge that more drilling is not the only answer but it is definitely a part of the whole answer
9) She is in favor of lower taxes for all people while still maintaining a balanced budget
10) She is a female and contrary to what multi-election loser Hogsett says, people are ready for a female in that post, regardless of political party.
Sarah Palin is going to have an impact, and it is going to be to deliver a landslide election to her ticket.
She may be pretty to look at but the possibility of her ending up in the White House is a frightening prospect.
Victory in Iraq is finally in sight; he wants to forfeit, Palin said of Obama. Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America; he's worried that someone won't read them their rights.
He wants to forfeit? Come one now. He disagrees that victory is in sight and feels dollars and lives are being wasted, like many of us feel.
He's worried that we won't read a terrorist his rights? No, he's worried that average Americans rights are in danger of being taken away.
Personally, I have never been a Hillary supporter but I do like SP. Hopefully, she will get away from the partisan attacks.
Women are more apt to strongly consider another female but she has to prove herself. Sarah is an intelligent, articulate, knowledgeable leader with experience in goverment that has yielded the kind of resullts the US is seeking. She is detemined and not swayed by politics or the good old boys . Kudos to McCain for choosing Palin!! It demonstrates he meets needs and problems with creative, out of the box solutions.
NOTHING Mrs. Palin (or rather, her speechwriters) said about Obama's platform was true, from Iraq to taxes to the environment. All Republican spin, or worse, outright intentional lies (which continue even after the R's were informed of the errors). Take a look at www.factcheck.org for NONPARTISAN analysis.
Her state has a balanced budget - not bad - although the sizeable amount of federal dollars her state has recieved from the crooks that are being investigated I'm sure helped that situation. Other than all of those things - what are her issues, is she just going along with John McCains policies. Does she have any ideas of her own, whats her vision as Vice President? She never talked about the economy, about health care, about education, about infrastructure, and mentioned a line about the war and how her son is invovled with it. - Again a family reference.
Fluff-Family-jokes-Family-Family-McCains Coat tails is all I saw.
Well, Obama won 18 million votes through the course of the Democratic Primary. That’s right – 18 million votes. 18 million red-blooded Americans felt as if he was qualified. He wasn’t “selected” like Ms. Palin was. That’s a big difference.
In addition, while serving as an Illinois State Senator, at last count, Obama had a sponsored 820 laws, and had authorship of 152 bills and co-sponsorship of 427 bills in Washington. The 2007 Ethics Reform bill alone cannot be dismissed as simply non-existent - as Palin wrongly stated last night.
And since part of Palin's own claim to substance is an ethics reform bill, it seems extremely weird that she should believe that Obama's record is a total zero. When he passed the 2007 Ethics Reform, it was described by many as the most sweeping package of its kind since Watergate. In addition, he faced countless tough interviews through the course of a long and arduous campaign and emerged with a reputation for fluency in discussing affairs of state. Palin has yet to truly face the media.
Palin's vote totals for mayor were measured in the hundreds; she has served only 20 months as governor of a state half the size of Brooklyn, and knows nothing of national or international issues beyond energy.
Obama is leagues above the “Palinator.” I hope and trust the all voters of Indiana (women in particular) will be able to look past the right-wing spin and see the Palin move for what it is....a cheap political stunt.
As she so clearly stated last night, she actually has Executive experience running a government and not as a community organizer whatever that may be. And the use of the word token coming from an Obama supporter is hilarious.
Another Obamanation rockstar fan all shook up by the little girl from Alaska.
The second lesson is about whether Obama has been effective at authoring bills. The answer is a resounding no. In Congress, a co-author is someone who was too lazy to do the work him or herself, but wanted to ride on the coattails of someone else. Additionally, many will only provide support if they can be listed as a co-author so that they can make that claim for pure political gain later on. So he authored some bills back in Illinois. Big deal. That was then, he is now running for national office and as a national Senator, he has not felt it important to take the lead on any issue. But he sure can talk a good game. Gee, I wonder if I spent enough money on a speech coach, if I could make a good run for office. Guess what..the answer is YES and so can anyone else. Let's look at qualifications and experience, not the ability to stand and deliver talk show points which won't impress anyone in another country and certainly not those who are hell bent on hurting us.
Also, the belief that the only way to have executive experience is to have been a mayor, governor, CEO, or the like is just ludicrous. It is the same crap people started spouting when Myers was nominated for the US Supreme Court about her not having been a Jurist previously. Lots of great Justices had never sat on the bench prior to the Supreme Court and a lot of great presidents had never held an executive office. This type of theory is entirely the product of propaganda.
And you and Obama's Socialist views frighten me.
In addition, for someone new to the national political scene claiming to be a reformer and bring change to Washington, she certainly figured out how to engage in partisan politics rather quickly.
Albeit an articulate and engaging speech, what really shined was her ability to speak the same, tired partisan political speak we've been hearing for years.
If this is your idea of a critical qualification factor for the next President of the United States, then you need to seriously re-think your evaluation standards.