Palin is one of those rare crossover hits in politics. She surprised the Dems and they kneejerked in response. However, Palin’s popularity is strong even among Dem females and even they are not going to sit by and let Palin get savaged, no matter who tries. I honestly believe that Quinn and others who kneejerked are getting some hellfire heat over their comments.
Indeed. After the the announcement of her as the VP candidate I sought out the PUMA boards. I was astounded by the depth of antagonism to the DNC and to Obama. And this was on that same evening. Since the media and blog slanders, the PUMA outrage has grown intensely. It has made the Pres abstainers jump off the fence and actively support McCain-Palin.
Many have even donated and volunteered to the GOP pres campaign while still supporting Dems downticket. Although even that is now in question for many of them since the DNC and O man did not speak out against the sexist remarks.
Here’s what I said then:
The DNC and MSM have no idea yet as to what has been unleashed as a result of the chicanery and thuggery at the convention.
They kicked almost 18,000,000 voters to the curb. If a third, 6,000,000 decide to back McCain-Palin or write in the game is over.
But here’s the icing on the cake. These people were hard core Clinton cadres for 16 years. They were the party’s foot soldiers at the grass roots level. They know how the local game is played and they’re going to play it against the DNC thugs.
Magic eight ball says, within a month, the Dems will see a party backlash that will make them wish they were facing the Viet Cong.
The attacks against Palin are even now being perceived as misogynistic and pulling the fence sitters down and back into the arena against Obama, the DNC and the MSM.
Big changes coming in both parties.
The PUMA forums have estimated very nearly the same number of defections since then. And Hillary actively campaigning for O man isn’t going to bring the PUMAs back into the fold.
The DNC may experience an insurgency/civil war by a good portion of the 18 million HRC voters.
It’s going to be one hell of a E-Ticket ride.