must now defend the blue states.
Posted on 09/10/2008 11:57:30 PM PDT by Publius804
September 11, 2008
Palin Doesn't Matter, Numbers Do
By Bob Beckel
The Sarah Palin “boom” that has so traumatized Democrats and intimidated the press will have little if any impact on the presidential election. People don’t vote for vice presidents, they vote for presidents. This race is about John McCain and Barack Obama not Annie Oakley from Wasilla, Alaska. It is also about turnout numbers and the electoral demographics in 2008 which overwhelm any impact Sarah Palin might have on the election outcome.
First the Palin “boom”. It is the product of surprise (a short lived but powerful force in politics), an emotional outlet for the GOP Right, and post convention polls. In the intense coverage of politics by the ever expanding number of outlets for political information, what is new and surprising quickly becomes over exposed resulting in a short shelf life. The freshness goes away quickly. So it will be shortly for Ms. Palin. She has had the best week in this campaign she will have and the only direction now is down.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
“It’s only a movie...It’s only a movie...”
Saw him recently; for an experienced "Mulholland"; Mr. Beckel was fairly upset and unable to rise on top of the spin he and his allies are attempting. This is a bad sign for the Dems. Beckel has been one of their greatest assets. I suspect Mr. Beckel also knows what's up ahead, and cannot bypass the TKO coming at the Dems.
A snarky comment that just shows he's in panic mode. This probably cost Obama more votes, if anybody besides Freepers happen to read the article. I love seeing the radicals on the left squirm!
I thought that Beckel would give up the Dem propaganda when he found out Clinton may have been schtupping his daughter.
>Aren’t you forgetting the styrofoam columns?<
LOL! Thanks for reminding me.
Bob Beckel’s whistling past the graveyard...
must now defend the blue states.
Really? I never heard that one... do tell!
Also, what’s the deal with the story Rush was talking about Beckel writing a hot check to a hooker.
Curiouser and curiouser as Alice said.
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