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The Sarah Surge In Black And White
GOP ^ | September 12, 2008 | Lawrence Kudlow

Posted on 09/12/2008 10:28:20 AM PDT by jessduntno

The Sarah Surge In Black And White

It's so much fun reading the newspapers these days. The Sarah surge continues to dominate all the political news, while the Palin-McCain -- er, McCain-Palin -- ticket is forging ahead in the polls.

But let's be fair. Even though Sen. McCain is now riding Gov. Palin's skirt tails, he was the one who made the brilliant decision to put her on the ticket. And the louder the left screams, the better Sarah seems to do. So much better that for the first time the Intrade pay-to-play prediction market -- which long has had Barack Obama winning by 20 to 25 points in November -- now shows a McCain lead. Unbelievable.

And look at all these headlines. The Washington Post has "Palin Energizing Women From All Walks of Life." In particular, white women with children at home give Palin a favorable rating of 80 percent.

Then there's this lead story in the Wall Street Journal: "Palin Lifts McCain's Support." A WSJ-NBC poll now has the presidential race even, and it's the Palin effect that explains the shift.

One in four Hillary Clinton voters now says the Palin pick makes them more likely to vote for McCain. And traditional Republican states like Georgia, Montana, North Carolina and Alaska -- which Obama thought he'd fight for -- are now safely back in the McCain camp.

A Bloomberg news article is titled, "McCain Poll Surge, Fundraising Give Democrats Election Jitters." It talks about how Democrats now worry they'll lose the election. Rep. Arthur Davis, the Alabama Democrat who was Obama's Harvard Law classmate, says the GOP just had its best week in four years.

And Obama & Co. are completely flummoxed as to what to do about the Palin phenomenon. The normally unflappable Sen. Obama actually said, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." Whew. That one will add several points to the McCain-Palin column. "Holy Sow!" reads the New York Post headline, hammering home the mistake.

Even Camille Paglia, a strong Obama supporter, is waxing rhapsodic over Sarah Palin. Paglia calls her "a new style of muscular American feminism"; a "brash ambassador from America's pioneer past"; an "optimistic pragmatist like Ronald Reagan." Following Palin's GOP convention speech, I compared the governor to a Western pioneer version of Margaret Thatcher. I'm glad to see Paglia pick up on that.

A story by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., in The Wall Street Journal is titled, "Yes, Palin Did Stop that Bridge." The senator says Palin may once have supported the infamous Bridge to Nowhere, but she then killed it.


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; kudlow; mccain; mccainpalin; palin
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1 posted on 09/12/2008 10:28:20 AM PDT by jessduntno
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To: jessduntno

Even Camille Paglia, a strong Obama supporter, is waxing rhapsodic over Sarah Palin. Paglia calls her “a new style of muscular American feminism”; a “brash ambassador from America’s pioneer past”; an “optimistic pragmatist like Ronald Reagan.” Following Palin’s GOP convention speech, I compared the governor to a Western pioneer version of Margaret Thatcher. I’m glad to see Paglia pick up on that.

You gotta love it.


2 posted on 09/12/2008 10:31:21 AM PDT by jessduntno (Time to move.)
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“compared the governor to a Western pioneer version of Margaret Thatcher”

I really think that Sarah Palin is/will be the next Margaret Thatcher!


3 posted on 09/12/2008 10:32:51 AM PDT by wk4bush2004
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To: jessduntno
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4 posted on 09/12/2008 10:33:02 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: wk4bush2004

“I really think that Sarah Palin is/will be the next Margaret Thatcher!”

Margaret Thatcher - Iron Lady

Sarah Palin - The Baracuda


5 posted on 09/12/2008 10:35:13 AM PDT by MissouriConservative (Never pick a fight with an ugly person; they've got nothing to lose.)
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To: ASA Vet

Sorry. Hope I didn’t eat up all the bandwidth!


6 posted on 09/12/2008 10:35:21 AM PDT by jessduntno (Time to move.)
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To: jessduntno
"Holy Sow!"!


7 posted on 09/12/2008 10:36:23 AM PDT by caveat emptor (Are we having fun yet?)
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To: MissouriConservative
Barracuda (better than Heart)
8 posted on 09/12/2008 10:40:40 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: jessduntno

It didn’t. Mostly it was an observation that the search function seems to have finally been repaired.


9 posted on 09/12/2008 10:42:07 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: jessduntno

I believe that if Obama goes with Hillary instead of Biden, it will kill the Democratic bid for the White House. For one thing, they hate each other, the other important part is that the country is done with the Clinton’s so called machine.


10 posted on 09/12/2008 10:52:02 AM PDT by RC2
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To: ASA Vet

Good to know.


11 posted on 09/12/2008 11:57:10 AM PDT by jessduntno (Time to move.)
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To: jessduntno
Paglia calls her "a new style of muscular American feminism"

Love that phrase. Sarah's steady strength seems the perfect blend of love and principle.

12 posted on 09/12/2008 2:12:33 PM PDT by b9 ("Maybe you should revisit your assumption..." ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: b9

I prefer calling her Teddy Roosevelt in a dress— similar backgrounds, similar views, similar character and both with less than two years as governor before they ran for vice-president.


13 posted on 09/12/2008 2:20:10 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Vigilanteman
Teddy Roosevelt in a dress

Great comparison! Grit, grace, guts... and guns. ";^)

14 posted on 09/12/2008 3:00:58 PM PDT by b9 ("Maybe you should revisit your assumption..." ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: jessduntno
Sarah Palin : Powerful
15 posted on 09/12/2008 3:59:12 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: jessduntno

Stand up, Chuck!

16 posted on 09/12/2008 4:01:06 PM PDT by maggief (Read my lip-stick!)
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The Democrats are screwed. I just wish she were helping a real Republican get elected.


17 posted on 09/12/2008 4:55:05 PM PDT by Calculus_of_Consent
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To: maggief; jessduntno

I don’t often make audible noises in response to a post, but I just did.


18 posted on 09/12/2008 4:56:26 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Bill met the O-man. O-man said, she thinks I called her a pig. Bill said, tell her, "Put ice on it")
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To: Calculus_of_Consent
I just wish she were helping a real Republican get elected.

She doing better than that, she's helping get a real conservative elected (herself). Then she heads to the presidency and brings another conservative on the ticket with her. Like Steele. Or DeMint. Or Sanford. The future is bright my FRiend.
19 posted on 09/12/2008 5:00:40 PM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: RC2

What’s really funny is it’s the Dems who killed the Clinton machine over love for the empty suit. Tee hee!


20 posted on 09/12/2008 5:04:12 PM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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