At Cats4Obama, we were never impressed with Sarah Palin and within a few days we discovered all kinds of reasons to find the prospect of her even being on a major party ticket as crazy as the people who repeat over and over that she is somehow qualified to be VP of the USA. We couldn't wait to see her sent packing back to Alaska.
Now that the polls are showing that Sarah Palin is even more of a negative on John McCain's popularity than George Bush, we have reason to hope that Palin will depart after this campaign not to return to the national political scene. Editor and Publisher wrote today that not just the national polls but also newspaper editorials are evidence of Palin being a major drag on the Republican ticket.
Two new national polls show that voters cite [the Palin] choice as the main reason they have turned from McCain. Indeed, his slippage in the poll began in September after his convention bounce, and before the financial crisis truly hit, as media vetting on Palin began and she ventured out for her first TV interview. But here is another measure: the brutal criticism of that pick in newspaper editorial endorsements of his opponent -- from GOP-leaning papers that endorsed George W. Bush.
Many of them cited his Palin pick as a key reason for switching sides this time around. As the Chicago Tribune, which backed a Democrat for president for the first time in its history, frankly declared,
“McCain failed in his most important executive decision."
If Editor and Publisher's logic is correct, Palin, not the economy, started McCain's current drop in the polls! How about that - it confirms our first instinct that the selection of Palin sealed an Obama victory.
Now everyone - get out and vote!
-Starbuck
www.cats4obama.com
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