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« Selling a Myth | Main | The Feminist Vote » September 7, 2008"She is The People"Longtime San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on the perils of Palin - for the Democrats: The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign.I saw a TV interview of Michelle Obama not long ago where, trying to slip the "elitist" tag that fits so easily onto her and Barack, she said this of her and Barack's Ivy League education and successful careers - her in marketing, him in, well, in self-promotion and writing books about himself, mostly: "We are who Americans are supposed to be."Except, of course, that most Americans don't get to go to Columbia, Princeton and Harvard Law, and most don't get salaries of $300,000-plus to do marketing for a hospital and most don't get to buy a Most Americans went to the University of Idaho or to some other state school, or to some private university or college you may never heard of. Most Americans make less than $100,000 a year, and live in an ordinary house that they struggle to pay the mortgage on. Michelle Obama may think she and Barack are "who Americans are supposed to be," but the American reality is that the Palins are much more like who most Americans are. That's why the McCain-Palin ticket now leads the Obama-Biden ticket nationally according to the reliable polls. Posted in Campaign Season
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On whose nickel did BO and the missus attend those pricey Ivy League schools? Posted by: Emmett Flatus at September 7, 2008 6:02 PM'Sorry. I really respect McCain, but I am not buying Sarah Palin. McCain would have proven himself a 'maverick' had he chosen a well qualified Democrat (or Independent) as a running mate. In a time when we need serious, experienced leadership in the VP position, I cannot believe there aren't far more qualified/experienced people available than Palin. It is not too late for her to bow out gracefully...it could be an 'October Surprise' worthy maverick leadership. And please. Do not exclude McCain from the 'status quo', that is disingenuous. Posted by: Paul at September 8, 2008 5:39 AMBill -- The Obamas' mansion is a $1.6 million mansion, not a $6 million mansion. Biden is a populist, who "speaks for" the common man. Palin "is" a common mom when she's not Governor of Alaska - and part of the appeal may be that she is a common mom while being governor. There is a huge difference, which the media may not notice but the American public is apparently quite attuned to, given the recent tectonic shift in polls. Nearly any of the crop of possible GOP VP choices are uncomfortably close to the Bush Administration. None of them would have had the same impact as Sarah Palin, and in case nobody has noticed it yet, the McCain campaign has moved on past the "experience" meme since the Palin selection. To borrow an aerospace metaphor, experience was Stage One. Stage separation was Palin's nomination. Stage Two - bipartisanship, reform and stealing Obama's "Change" meme - ignited at the RNC. Obama is apparently a single-stage fan, and is still trying to run against Bush. Wearing thin, I believe. You'd think with the economic news in the last week that would still be a shoo-in, but it's not working out that way. Whether the GOP ticket makes it to orbit is dependent on whether Sarah Palin flames out in the VP debate or says something stupid on TV. Every day that goes by is another day she hasn't done that. It's still nerve-wracking, but she's a pretty cool customer. Posted by: Darren Duvall at September 8, 2008 4:11 PMPost a comment
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