Breaking: Rasmussen Finds Sarah Palin More Popular Than Obama or McCain
By NoQuarter on September 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM in Current Affairs
Sarah Palin’s meteoric rise — in the unbelievably short period of one week — has improved the mood and riveted the attention of voters in this presidential race.
Gov. Palin’s special appeal as a hardy Alaskan, a fearless opponent of corruption, and a gifted multi-tasker has also sucked all the oxygen out of the room for Obama and Biden, who seem all too familiar and far too predictable. Starting in June, Obama had already begun to lose most of his magnetic appeal when he shifted from the hypnotic mantra of “hope and change” to more “meat and potatoes” Democratic politics. In a gambit to win independents and moderates, Obama further lost his appeal to liberals when he made a hasty retreat from core progressive issues such as FISA.
In short, Obama is no longer, to most Americans, a fresh and unique figure in U.S. politics. And, with the ho-hum choice of Joe Biden as his running mate, he further dampened the flames of enthusiasm and passion for him as an iconic, singular figure of fresh hope.
Barack Obama is about as exciting as last year’s fashions, 90% off, at Value Village.
Now check out these astonishing numbers that show the tectonic shift in one short week, all because John McCain took a gamble on an unknown running mate. Along with related blog posts, Memeorandum.com is featuring the hot new story, “Palin Power: Fresh Face Now More Popular Than Obama, McCain” from Rasmussen Reports:
A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% hold an unfavorable view of the self-described hockey mom.
The figures include 40% with a Very Favorable opinion of Palin and 18% with a Very Unfavorable view. … Before her acceptance speech, Palin was viewed favorably by 52%. A week ago, 67% had never heard of her.
The new data also shows significant increases in the number who say McCain made the right choice and the number who say Palin is ready to be President. Generally, John McCain’s choice of Palin earns slightly better reviews than Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden. …
This is utterly fascinating polling. I recommend reading the entire analysis.
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I haven’t even read the post, just read the headline and started to laugh…..LOL, I just love it!
I think and hope that her appeal will be slightly more lasting than Obama, since her focus is not nearly so much on herself but rather what she does.
I do love, and all respect to other ladies already in government, but I do love that her position has NADA to do with her husband. She did it. That’s what women and girls need to see, need to know. They can do it, just like anyone else, and without anyone’s help, and likely with long odds. Go for it.
BO’s been running for President ever since he was elected to the Senate…Sarah has a lot of time left and thankfully the election is only months away.:)
MUST READ article about Obama’s community organizing past, his own realization that community organizing was worthless at effecting change, his decision to go to law school and get into politics, etc. I can’t link directly so will send you to a post on HCF:
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=27878
Susan, or someone, please write this article up from The New Republic. It shows that Obama — suddenly intense defender of community organizing — himself knew it had very limited reach. It also shows how he came around to the idea of the impact charismatic leaders could have, etc.
Absolutely essential reading for all those opposed to Obama. It is a long article, but very much worth the read.
In the last 4 days, BHO’s lead in the polls have gone from +6/+5 in Rassmussen to +2/+1, and in Gallup it went from +8 to +4. CBS has things tied.
I’m LOVING it!
Some of this has been addressed before. It seems when Sen Obama gets a job, he can never do enough “for the people” and needs a bigger, better and more powerful job. He did this as a community organizer, Harvard Law Review editor, lawyer, state legislator, unsuccessful candidate for US House of Representatives, and the US Senator. If he is elected President he will say he does not have enough power to get things done “for the people”. What is next king or dictator? At each level he doesn’t do anything but say he needs more power. This is why is has no record of ever doing anything.
Paul’s point is important because “Palin is bashing community organizers” is one of the 0’s new talking points.
Did you notice that even when obama uses “community organizer” belittling by Sarah, that they don’t even use him and his own community organizing but someone else? LOL He couldn’t even use himself because he was not that type of get things done community organizer. His job as community organizer was to hustle up votes to climb the ladder.
you guys are missing the point as usual living the last 8 years while the republican party has focused on “security” the country is in an energy crisis and a recession, who cares if Palin had more experience is she gonna focus on the things that will affect our future as Americans? You could not be so unintelligent, not to know that it takes a group of people with one goal to accomplish things and it wont be Obama,palin, biden, nor mccain alone it is a team effort and it starts with us as Americans not in Washington, so stop the foolish remarks about who has experience and who does not, or community leaders etc. Did u have experience when u started your first job?
So, what are the actual responsibilities of a community organizer? What did Obama do? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
This info is also in a piece in The Chicago Reader from 1995…
“What Makes Obama Run?” from The Chicago Reader, December 1995
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/what-makes-obama-run-from-the-chicago-reader-december-1995/
What’s interesting are the quotes from Obama himself…notice how HE’s changed….
Paul Villarreal
Thanks! How can we read more on Obambi’s “community organizing regrets”?
I haven’t seen anything on this subject matter at all lately.
Isn’t Palin the total antidote to Obamyopia!?
Karma’s a Bitch, sweetie! Get over it!…
I have been saying this for a while now because I read his book. It’s right there in his book (the first one, “Dreams from My Father”) what he thought of his “community organizing”.
Paul-thanks for the link and Elliott- I read your comment below AFTER reading the link to TNR that Paul provided us with.
I read the TNR article-and I posted my comment but being reviewed by moderator.
I pointed out (in my blog on TNR) that I was not sure what to make of the TNR article-maybe its just me-I can be a little thick at times BUT after reading your comment Elliot- I suggest you post your remark on the TNR link that Paul provided us with.
It sounds like you read the article. your point sounds very valid.
I questioned the TNR author as to why he took so much for granted when writing the article.
It sounded like he was spitting back what someone told him?
I also included links to 2 other websites that include articles about the Alinsky method plus comments by readers”
http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/07/ask-a-community-organizer-what-is-community-organizing-anyway
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=a74fca23-f6ac-4736-9c78-f4163d4f25c7&p=10
Athy
THANKS for the COMMUNITY ORGANIZER blog by John Maki. Extremely important to udnerstand what a low-life bare-knuckles politician Barry was and is! Succinctly written and eye-opener for the Obamyopics!
Obama has to focus on himself and not what he has done. Why? Because he hasn’t done anything … unless you include voting ‘present’, rigging elections, ans hanging out with criminals (Rezko) and terrorists (Ayres, Hamas).
Obama has gotten down right BORING!! His message is stale and he stinks to high heaven of corruption.
I change the channel when he comes on just like I use to with Bush.. De ja vu.
I can’t recall Obama has ever been anything but boring. Watch Sarah the Attack Dog now - she will espouse positive arguments but she - like Rudy G - will continue to laugh at and ridicule Obama.
and the way he bounces in with that hey guys !! and the smug look on his face as if to say I got the nom…..
I want to see him on the 5th Nov at 8am in the morning bet he has no bounce.
and lets make sure he takes brazille poloski dean and all those awful peeps with him
Morgan
Agreed that women and girls will be motivated in positive way to have such a great role model who rose from the bottom of the heap.
Like Hillary, she’s from middle class, but unlike Hillary, she never showed any interest or love for Women’s Issues or Children’s issues.
sure, she wants to be an advocate for Special Needs children, but what about the other children.
If she is going to be a Steel Lady like Maggie Thatcher, with a Smile, then all that TRULY PROGRESSIVE WOMEN LIKE HILLARY have accomplished will be gone.
An empty role model is something similar to Obama–an Empty Suit.
This election is sad indeed…The only bright spot is that we do have a role model for girls who aspire to politics, yes.
We have someone willing and able to take on that Xeroxed Candidate of the ex-Democratic Party, yes.
McCain was conciliatory in his speech and sounds sincere that he want to reach over to the Independents and Dems (should say exDems after the holocaust on Hillary during hte primary) and be the Bridge that Hillary should have been to unite the two parties!
Obama will regret that he didn’t have the political instinct or smarts to put Hillary as his V-P. JFK put his arch-foe Lyndon Johnson as his V-P and went on to win election!
Obamarama’s huge Ego did not let him win the election for the exDemocrats!
Sweetie, come November, you’ll see the Light to cure obamyopia. Karma is a bitch, baby Barack. Get over it!
Thanks S, for pointing out the reasons the majority of Americans like SP and NOT BHO or Joe. Great to see such a refreshing new face on the horizon who is well qualified, and can do such a great job overall. Yes, she does represent a formidable challenge to the Bots, now that they have been upstaged; they don’t like 2nd billing. The Repubs certainly are still cheering JM and SP.
She beat him after only one week. There are certainly many reasons for this but the most important I should think is the backlash just waiting for a chance to explode. Also I think a lot of people give McCain/Rove credit for completely fooling the Dumb Democrats.
I agree -
Obama’s derision of small town folks and his derision of women. Now, the backlash.
Obama is not going to be able to stop himself now, as Palin is more popular than he is. Ha!
Urban Hillbilly
You got it right 100%!
Gov. Palin combines the two catastrophic elements that are the biggest impediments to Barack’s way to the Good Ship Lollipop(WhiteHouse):
-Extreme Misogyny displayed by media frat-boys and Obama Himself; and
-BitterSmall town folk clinging to their religion, guns and racial prejudice (”those not like them”!)
Sarah gets on her side the women and the bitter small towners with relgion, guns and antipathy for elitists like Himself.
Sarah’s got the winning combo. Now if only Bambi would have chosen (unafraid like JFK) his former political opponent to be on his ticket, he would still be unbeatable. Hillary had what it takes and she polled way ahead of McCain!
And of course, if Hillary was chosen by the cowardly Barack, Sarah would still be shooting moose in Alaska!
Barack shot himself in the foot by letting his ego triumpt over political smarts. He diminished Hillary by not putting her on the VP slot–and lost the bloody election! simple!
Well, sweetie, get over it! You shouldn’t be afraid of strong women. And this baraccuda will chew both your ears and anorexic resume off in a hurry! Amen, bros and sistahs!
Well since so many seem to have McCain dropping dead on the second day in office… I guess this looks pretty good for the anti-obassole crowd!
Karma is a bitch!
Hillary is probably chuckling to herself!
Well, given that McCain’s mom is 96 and still kickin’ right along, I think ‘ol Mac just may have inherited some good longevity genes.
sjc-tx
Yes, indeed! Hillary must be chuckling out loud by now. Obambi was afraid of the puma…now he’s got an angry, gun-toting, religious, bitter woman at his heels. And she intends to make moose-burgers out of his big ears!
Sarah actually blocked a vote as Mayor of some moosetown to prohibit abortion rights and as Governor she allowed partner benefits for gays. She had said that even tho she did not share those beliefs, she was a staunch believer in the Constitution taking precedence to personal views!
Outta girl! Let’s hope McCain makes her more independent-minded….
Ah, obamyopia is on the way to being cured! Yes, God, karma’s a bitch…with a rifle!
It must be very galling to Mr. Soetoro to be eclipsed by a woman, particularly Governor Palin from the Great State of Alaska.
Well he despises people like that, doesn’t he? That’s what he said to his rich friends in San Francisco!
Can we start boycotting some of these Hollywood eletist who are way too involved in politics?
Today it’s Heart. What? Am I to buy based on party? Maybe we should have all Actors and Artist declare their party before we spend money on their music or view one of their movies.
And i will continue my lifelong boycott of all things Oprah
Boycott Opray, Susan Sarrandon, P.Diddy, Madonna,
Also someone needs to ask the View if they want to be critical about why McCain pick Palin who they feel has less qualifications then I want them to question why Obama didn’t choose Hillary who had 18 million votes. How many votes did Biden have? Well we know it was less than what Palin received when running for Mayor
Same here. btw, Oprah’s not having Sarah on her couch…lol…so f*cking what…lol
MG!
I hope Sarah does not do Oprah but goes on Rachael Ray and Ellen instead! HA!
Oprah made her choice. She picked race over gender. I made my choice. Bye- Bye Oprah. Live by identity politics, die by identity politics. I don’t need Oprah. Oprah needs me to watch her show and buy her magazine. Bye- Bye.
Tuppence
Yes. I will never watch Oprah again. She’s a turn-coat.
She could at least have stayed neutral. Even though Hillary was called a ‘friend’.
What a hypocrite!
For the exact same reason, I will have nothing to do with Oprah ever again…
Bye Bye Blackbird
There’s one very rich demagogue. And don’t tell me she didn’t choose Obama because of skin colour. People who engaged in slavery were despicable but there’s never been racists like the AAs.
Turning Tide. I think your statement regarding “there’s never been racists like the AAs” is over the top and because it is all encompasssing, it is not true. Have you forgotten George Wallace, Lester Maddox, Dr. King’s murderer, etc. I am an AA female supporter of Hillary. The main true racist is Obama who lied to blacks and trumped up false charges of racism against the Clintons. Thanks to Obama, blacks became furious thinking these charges were true. Their support for him is based on falsehoods and a sense of pride in their race.
For his slanderous conduct in making those charges and in lying to black people about them, I detest Obama. I hope he loses this election by a landslide!! Then ordinary blacks will understand he lied to them and he will be despised by them as well. As for the so-called black leaders (Clyburn, Brazille, Jessie Jackson Sr, John Lewis, etc) who knew the racial charge was a lie and did not stand up to refute it, I have nothing but utter contempt for them and I hope they lose as well. I marched with Dr. King. Because Obama lied on the Clintons, dishonored my work as a person who marched with King for civil rights and made a fool out of black people I will never, ever vote for him. I will be voting for McCain.
Wisewoman.
Agreed on everything you posted. But it’s sad when you see a man who marched with MLK, a thinker and a man who cares and is loyal to the Clintons lie John Lewis who then is forced by AA leadership to forsake his friends and what he believes in…it’s sad.
I saw a mocking trio of pseudo-journalists, I believe at msnbc (morning Joe?) and all three were Hillary-bashing. Hillary looked tired, drained and disoriented. As she turned to meet Bill who wanted to kiss her, Barack tapped her on the shoulder and she turned away from Bill to kiss obama instead.
I oculdn’t believe the vitriol making fun of HIllary’s turnabout.
The jerks did not even stop to consider that this was at a funeral of one of HIllary’s closest friends: Stephanie Tubbs Jones!
Shame on those morons….Wish they’d leave Hillary alone at least in a Funeral Home…
Actors have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. Beyond curiosity no actor influences my vote. And I won’t stop watching George Clooney movies just because he supports Obama.
Sarah’s too busy to sit on Oprahs couch and bet shes gald….
Some things hit deep. People idolise their favorite actors. Some things carry over. I can no longer tolerate several from the Hollywood camp because they are cruel, complicit in murder, racism - these are things that come to our attention - they color how we view these people and react to them. Hollywood has always been liberal and some of the great Hollywood films have been forces for the political good - but this time? This time they’ve simply gone too far: this time they’ve exposed themselves not as good thinkers but as pandering slobbering fools.
I do boycott if they totally piss me off, it just turns me right off that I can’t enjoy the entertainment. Oprah is on that list. Others may join her.
I think part of the appeal of Governor Sarah Palin lies in the fact that she reminds me a lot of Marion Ravenwood as played by Karen Allen in the Indiana Jones movies. She presents herself as very down to earth and spunky, someone you can have a drink with and talk about everyday problems with who also will not take crap from anyone.
Sarah-Mania sweeping the nation! LOL
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/05/earlyshow/main4418621.shtml?source=mostpop_story
Another spasm on the way for Jeralyn at TalkLeft.
You bet! She is awesome and will celan up the corruption in WA. She has no problem with it. She is brilliant! McCain respects women because he has a great relationship with his mom..
He’ll have tons of women in his administration of course! Who wouldn’t want a hard working multi-tasker..LOL
Don’t you find it telling that the trolls are consicously absent? They wouldn’t even know what to say! This is great
At least two of them were here yesterday. Knock on wood. Of course if this site were properly organised and patrolled we’d never have to worry about that. But the proprietors are too confused for such a daunting task.
There are a couple trolls here now under the radar and pretending to be one of us.
Like I said in an eralier thread: IF There is anyone left who is supporting Obama, they must be politically retarded.
I received a call this morning from one of my former employees who lives in Wisconsin and was heading out to see Gov. Palin. I had converted this conservative right to life women over to the Kerry camp in 2004 and since then she has believed in the principals of the DEMS, but she told me after hearing Sarah the other night, she was now supporting McCain. She was an HRC supporter and was warming to BO. But, she’s all for Sarah!
good!
Thanks for the report. Wisconsin, too, a swing state this year!
You can only be “fresh” and new and shiny for a short time. Obama, the one hit wonder.
She’d just better cool it with the criticism of HRC.
She was just saying that it makes it harder on a women if she points out that she is being treated unfairly.
Yes, but it shows you how tough it is for women to beat criticism, that Palin herself is compromising on her own value of tackling problems head-on when she says you can’t do it, it makes you look weak. And another irony is that Palin can now fight sexism in a way Hillary couldn’t because the big man (Mac)is on her side. And that’s it. Women have to have men defend their right to be equals before other men and the self-hating women who enable them will accept the idea. Fewer and fewer men helped Hillary. Her big man was preemptively trashed so he would be ineffective. Maybe it was a political weakness to speak out against media bias, but it wasn’t a whine, it was a lone voice speaking to truth.
Exactly!
It wasn’t so much the big man on her side. It was the party and the party’s women. I had to give a cheer for carly Fiorina when the RNC women got toether to defend Palin. Fiorina made it a point to say she’d stood up for HRC several times, and even though she diagreed with her on some things, she was a great candidate who had been treated with sexism.
i find it abhorrent however in my office when the men got all upset about a woman on the ticket. Hell, we make up 50.7% of the population and close to 50% of the labor force meaning we pay taxes and support this nation. Why do men think a woman should not be on the ticket? Most of these guys are Dems. They didn’t want Hillary and don’t want Palin.
The guys in my office think she is HOT & SAMRT. They are voting McCain/Palin 08
bemused
I saw video of Palin made at an interview in a radio station a few months ago and she was smart and snappy, but she was very discouraging talking about Hillary as if she was “whining” and she said “gender’s not that important, you know, I just ignore it…it’s always there, you can’t do anything…I just go on with my business”
I laughed at Sarah Palin’s naivette. But I wonder now that she’s at the receiving end of the misogynist abuse, how does she feel about Feminism?
that’s the problem with Conservative Women. They don’t get it –unless it hits them personally. And then they have a big guy (mccain) for backup. Hillary’s views on the world in general and women’s rights and children’s rights are million light years AHEAD OF SARAH. Sarah’s a poor substitute for Hillary.
Let’s hope that Sarah has learned a valuable lesson about Sexism in the media and in her own party, too, that vilified Hillary all these months together with the Obamarama Campaign misogynists.
It’s a miracle that Hillary survived and got 18 million cracks on the ceiling. There is no way Sarah could have pulled it off. She’s smart, she’s intelligent, she’s ambitious, she’s a multitasker. But Sarah has yet to open her eyes to issues that affect women other than herself! She’s no feminist. Yet Sarah’s a terrific role model for girls in the career track.
Well, let’s take Sarah and appreciate her for what she can do to make sure Obambi’s smirk is frozen in History. She’ll just say:
“Sweetie, get over it!”….
Ah, Hillary, how we miss your compassion and decades-long service to the cause of Women and Children.
I strongly recommend that Sarah listen carefully to Hillary’s 1995 Bejing Speech where she challenged the Chinese officials and sparked a debate that will continue long after Sarah sees the Light:
“HUMAN RIGHTS ARE WOMEN’S RIGHTS
and
WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS”–HRC Bejing’95
this is a really good point. and
the fact that there is so much negativity, hostility and hatred dumped on women in politics just shows you how intrinsic and accepted sexism is here.
so basically you are dammed if you do speak out against it- then youre a whiner, and dammed if you dont speak out against it - then you are considered weak and complicit in your own victimization. Its a neat little trick pulled by people, men and women, who fear the strength of women.
Exactly. Not to mention she then went on to praise all the the things she liked and respected about Hillary.
I agree if her goal is just to pick up voters, but I also think it’s great to realize that not just men can span the spectrum of ideas. Women should be flourishing in all parties ideally.
She does have some stark differences with Hillary, and I can’t imagine she’s the type to shrink from that. But I think it’s a good idea for her to at least acknowledge and continue to thank the women that came before her. Not that Hillary’s gone, but still.
Who “she”? Michelle?
oh no, what’s Barry going to do about sweetie? He talks change and then selects Fossil Biden. LOL, where is Joe these days? Hopefully, not hitting the sauce.
BTW, for those in Colorado, Mac and Sarah will be in Colorado Springs this Saturday (sept. 6th).
Joe hasn’t drawn a sober breath since the end of the Denver Convention. He is running around in cutoffs drunk as a skunk.
WOW!
WHY PALIN’S THE FEMALE BILL CLINTON!
YIPEE!
WOW!
Bill Clinton without the ideas.
Teddy Roosevelt in heels.
Yep!
“The Obama Delusion”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb9nuPRgNDg
Video includes all of Obama’s lies, flip flops, and spin. Spread the word!!
No, that is not even close on “all of Obama’s lies” at all.
BUT, it is good. Thanks.
I’m sure its great, but if it includes “ALL of Obama’s lies, flip flops, and spin”, I doubt the world’s largest supercomputer would have enough memory to download it.
Just checking to see what Rush Limbaugh was saying…
LOL!!!!
He is chastising NOW and Gloria Steinem for not supporting strong women…he said “Hell, I would Vote for Hillary over Obama any day…that’s what they don’t understand”
Hillary’s fighting spirit earned her the begrudging respect of conservatives during the primaries.
I have several Republican colleagues who admitted they liked Hillary, even if they would never vote for her against McCain. Those same colleagues can’t stand Obama.
But anyway, back to “strong women,” who do we think someone like Putin is going to respect more? The moose hunting huntress from the frozen North, or Mr. Arugula with his man-hands?
I could actually see Palin and Putin sharing some vodka shots and working out their differences.
** correction ** — Mr. Arugala and his GIRL HANDS.
Sorry, but his dainty hands have always bothered me.
DAMN YOU!
i just spit coffee all over my screen…
heh heh…
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Agree. The two gunslingers could certainly carry on a conversation, slam down a couple shots, and then talk business. Latte-bama, would come to the table with arugula, do a “Man”-icured “girlie” hand shake, and Ruskie would be puzzled, dismayed, and call out for the huntress to come finish the job.
McCain/Palin 08
Putin would not respect Obama. I have hosted Russian exchange students. I have several friends from Russia. The problems we have in this country don’t hold a candle to some of the problems they still have in their country. Putin would eat Obama for breakfast and wonder what’s for dessert.
A well deserved implosion of the BO campaign! It warms my heart.:)
Obama has gotten wet with all that walking on water and parting the seas… It seems he has started to RUST!!
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After Hillary left the race (Well, rather, after she was FORCED out of the race) in June, I kept saying that if McCain picked Palin, it would galvanize and energize the base.
I had heard about Palin previous to McCain’s announcement that Palin was his pick for Veep, and liked what I had heard. Now, I am excited about her. How can you not like her? Regardless of her personal positions, I have not seen much that shows she has tried to impose her personal beliefs on anybody during her tenure as governor. I like that.
Since I do not believe “social issues” will be on ANY presidential radar these next four years, I am comfortable with Palin as Veep, and the non-religiously-beholden McCain as President.
Thanks McCain, for making things interesting again and cancelling the coronation of B. Hussein Obama II.
I really liked the comment from Patrick yesterday, thanking PUMA for making McCain choose Palin.
McCain is sure grateful to BO for not picking HRC for VP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiNMz_745vQ
Thank you! It was heart felt and I mean it…without this groundswell/movement, who knows what would have happened? John McCain needed to know that if he took the leap of faith, there would be voters out their to catch him.
Take care,
Patric
They key point is here (Rasmussen):
“However, following the Wednesday night speech, voters are fairly evenly divided as to whether Palin or Obama has the better experience to be President. Forty-four percent (44%) of voters say Palin has the better experience while 48% say Obama has the edge. Among unaffiliated voters, 45% say Obama has better experience while 42% say Palin.”
Ummm… for some reason I thought Obama was running against McCain?! It’s clear that McCain has more experience than Obama–so is this why we are now comparing Obama with Palin? Last I checked, she is running as the VP……..where’s Biden vs. Palin in all this?
EXACTLY! This is the problem Obama now has — the press is framing this as if he’s running against McCain’s VEEP! McCain can relax into the role of being Presidential and a father figure to boot(which doesn’t hurt). Meanwhile, BO is running around talking about the experience of McCain’s VP who has exactly as much experience as he has - only HE’S running for the top job.
McCain’s a wiley old coyote.
At this point Biden is