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...Sarah Palin Needed a Crash Course She Never Got. The selection of Palin as McCain's running mate was initially a coup. It shocked the nation, rocketed McCain in the polls, especially among white women, and solidified support among the GOP base. McCain rallies suddenly rivaled Obama's rallies in enthusiasm and size. But while media scrutiny of Palin's record started to damage her maverick credibility (can you say Bridge to Nowhere?), her bubble truly got deflated by Katie Couric. Palin's two weeks of interview broadcasts on CBS Evening News coincided with a collapse in her approval ratings...
...raising had leveled the playing field. But it's been a happy ending for Obama: in some places, his campaign is outspending McCain's by more than 8 to 1 on TV ads. First McCain undermined his "ready from day one" message by selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate. Now the argument that he's the candidate of steady leadership is turned upside down. The Republican has been as moody as Hamlet, with shifting policy proposals, fickle themes and muddled attacks. Since McCain has never been a party-establishment favorite, it's surprising how little carping and ship-jumping...
That policy would appear to have the support of Obama--who has said that as President, he would meet "with anyone at the time and place of my choosing"--though not of McCain, who cites Petraeus as an ally every day on the campaign trail but whose running mate, Sarah Palin, has called negotiating with rogue regimes "beyond naive...
...popularity, it chafes me a bit. Doesn't Alaska belong to all of us? Why should part of the price I pay at the gas pump go into an Alaskan's pockets just because she lives there? Second, the story demonstrates Palin's worthiness to be McCain's running mate, since they both overstate their accomplishments. Vince Sigman, MALTA, OHIO...
...stoked the rage as well, with nonstop negative advertising and by questioning Obama's patriotism and trying to make an Everest out of the anthill of Obama's association - passing, at best - with the former terrorist William Ayers. Those gambits, plus McCain's monumentally dreadful selection of a running mate unqualified for the presidency, have defined the Republican's campaign. According to the polls, the stunts and attacks have hurt more than they have helped, which is a wonderful thing: a very worried public is taking this election very seriously...