Thursday, September 09th, 2010
GOP is Getting Nervous About Palin
Posted:Monday, April 20, 2009
A rather interesting article appeared on Politico.com this morning. The article, titled "Is Palin the Rev. Jackson of the GOP" (linked below) cites several examples of how Ms. Palin is becoming more of bust (no pun intended) than a boon for the GOP.
The money quote, however, was classic:
As I said during the campaign, John McCain’s most effective attack on Barack Obama was calling him inexperienced. But McCain’s choice of Palin, who seemed to have the foreign policy knowledge of a bowling alley waitress, made these attacks sound silly. (emphasis added)
Ouch.
And while Politico is no right-wing nutcase publication, it is definitely not a left-leaning organization. The best that could be said is they are a slightly conservative "center of the road". So they represent the people Palin would need to woo should she ever consider a serious run. Looks like she is losing on that front.
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