That would be “no”.
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And the question is from Alan’s post: “”
On Tuesday morning the New York Times printed a front page story asserting that Sarah Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party. On Tuesday evening the New York Times , saying their source was wrong. I guess that means that the story was insufficiently [...]
Gallup: Obama Up By 8
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Big news in both the Rasmussen and Gallup, as he hits 50% in Gallup’s, the first that’s happened. In Rasmussen .
Prior to now, no more than 49% of registered voters supported Obama for president in Gallup Poll Daily tracking. Still, Obama’s eight percentage point lead over McCain in the new poll falls one point shy [...]
Can the Left Make the AIP Story Stick? — UPDATED
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Does Sarah Palin have an affiliation with the Alaska Independence Party? Some AIP members say she does, but the McCain campaign says she has never been a part of that group. Right now, there appears to be . Given that Alaska is smaller in population than most major American cities, I’d expect Palin’s path to [...]
Rasmussen Obama Up By
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Rasmussen Obama Up By and since Obama’s numbers have started to inch up past the 50% mark, perhaps the news about Palin is making people nervous.
One note, this the first time in the Rasmussen poll that Obama has hit the 51% mark. Before that he hit 50% back in early June in a head to [...]
RNC Scrambling to Get Back on Track
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Now that Hurricane Gustav has, thankfully, turned out not to be nearly as devastating as previously feared, the Republican National Convention . Beginning today, the Republicans will return to the staunch partisanship for which political conventions are known and try to get back on message.
The reorganized convention will include a by-satellite primetime speech by President [...]
Republicans All But Cancel First Day of Convention
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Well, it’s official. Hurricane Gustav has prompted the Republicans to, meeting only briefly, out of primetime, to take care of the official business of opening the convention. Apparently, this change was on the orders of John McCain who also implored Republicans to not act like partisans but like Americans during this difficult moment.
Neither President Bush [...]
From Miss Congeniality To “Sarah Barracuda”, How Sarah Palin Changed From A Pro-Tax Politician To A Ruthless Pol
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Sarah Palin has been Governor of Alaska for less than two years. Her longest stint as a political official was as mayor of the tiny town of Wasilla, Alaska, for six years. Today, Wasilla has less than 7,000 residents. When Sarah Palin was elected to its city council in 1992, its population was 4,635. In [...]
A Negative Reaction to Obama’s Speech
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Most of the critiques of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech have been positive. That’s why David Broder’s opinion interested me. He thinks . In fact, Broder thinks the whole convention was a missed opportunity.
I won’t spend a lot of time summarizing Broder’s opinion. It can be basically summed up as “too many old faces and too [...]
Palin Energizes Conservative Activists
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Despite criticism from several quarters, the Sarah Palin pick is .
Palin, say conservative activists, has instantly changed how they feel about [John] McCain’s campaign and spurred them to go to work for the Republican ticket.
First, though, they’re expressing their newfound fondness for McCain with their checkbooks. Since tapping Palin, the campaign has raised nearly $7 [...]
Gustav May Force RNC to Change Plans
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Word coming out of the Republican National Convention is that to the point of causing the RNC to postpone the event. There is also talk of turning the convention into a massive fundraiser for victims of the storm.
By the sound of it, the Republicans are not going to allow themselves to make the mistake [...]
