Ann Friedman makes the critical point regarding the McCain campaign's announcement that Bristol Palin "made the decision on her own to keep the baby":I mean, John McCain and Sarah Palin don't believe women have a right to choose. It's absolutely absurd for the campaign to...
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Monika Bauerlein is, of course, correct that it would be grossly sexist to bring up Palin's youngest child or his disability with any implication that this makes her running for.
Ari and Eric have have dug up some fun details about Sarah Palin's first few months as mayor of Wasilla. Elected to bestow "change" upon the town, Palin instead went.
I'm currently reading Nixonland, Rick Perlstein's brilliant cultural history of the United States through the lens of the rise and fall and rise again of Richard Nixon (I don't know yet if he gets to the final fall). Perlstein documents how Nixon invented and refined...
I appreciate Jerome Armstrong's schtick (everything is good for the Republicans, bad for the Dems) but seriously, the idea that Palin is a "gamechanger" in a good way for McCain.
Chuckie:The Palin selection completely undercuts the argument about Obama's inexperience and readiness to lead -- on the theory that because Palin is a maverick and a corruption fighter, she bolsters.
Brad Plumer has the goods on claims that Palin was opposed to the Bridge To Nowhere. She favored it, in the fine Alaska Republican tradition of joyous lunches at the federal trough:...it sure looks like she was fine with the bridge in principle, never had...
Evil Empire, just a few short miles away... Via B&P.
I'm supposed to be finishing my tenure file today and writing syllabi, but seeing as how my presence here as an Alaskan makes me undeservedly relevant for the next ten.
I think Rob hits it below--the Palin pick can be seen as a way to try to attract disaffected women, like his attempt to float the possibility of a pro-choice running mate to sucker especially gullible media rubes. And like Rob, I don't see it...