Posted on 09/08/2008 11:12:41 AM PDT by pissant
COLORADO SPRINGS-Following a Saturday rally with the Republican presidential ticket, state Democratic officials said GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin would help turn out the Republican base in Colorado but turn off moderates wary of her conservative views on abortion and other issues.
McCain and Palin held a rally near the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday before about 10,000 enthusiastic supporters.
Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak said it was "obvious" that McCain and Palin would make Colorado Springs one of their first stops after the Republican National Convention, which concluded last Thursday.
"This is, of course, one of the strongest areas of the most extreme Republicans in the state," Waak said at a coffee shop in Colorado Springs following the rally. "So to come in, especially where (McCain) had some lukewarm acceptance and bring in Governor Palin, who is very right-wing herself -- it was a way to sort of rally people in this area."
Waak said the addition of Palin to the GOP ticket would help Republicans in Colorado to motivate a voter base that had been ambivalent about McCain to turn out on Election Day.
But that base is "shrinking" in Colorado, she said, and said that Palin "does not help (McCain) with unaffiliateds and Democrats" who disagree with the Alaska governor on issues like abortion, health care, and the economy.
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Go ahead, Dems. Try to create your own reality.
Uh...yeah... Good luck with that, Dems!
Then they should be happy she's on the ticket!
Merely whistling past the graveyard...
In the end, McCain-Palin will take Colorado. Conservative El Paso County will put the state over the top for the GOP.
Close, yes, but no cigar for the Dems.
The dirty secret is that America is not predominantly moderate. I do wish someone coul dget this across to John McCain. The majority of Americans are conservative thinking people. Politicians want to believe them to be moderate to explain the disaffection with the no longer conservative Republican or democrat parties.
The MSM and the DNC also swear up and down that not one single Hillary voter is voting for McCain/Palin.
I thought we’re anti-woman? It so confusing trying to keep up with liberal logic, if you can call it that.
This explains the 10-17 point bounce.....
Title: total bull excrement....
Sarah Palin definitely turns off moonbats but I’m not so sure about moderates.
Tell that to the people in Michigan....
Knick-Knack Patty Waak give the dog a bone...Her old man's a Rolling Stone.
> Colorado Dems: Palin will attract GOP base but repel moderates
OK, if you say so.
Keep those blinders on. They suit you.
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