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Some polls are suggesting that after gaining an initial bump, McCain's campaign is being hobbled by Sarah Palin's vice-presidential candidacy. The voters who are deserting her fastest, some of whom are even calling on her to withdraw, are mostly women...
...together or understanding basic policy questions, she succeeded enormously. She had a solid 90 minutes of rapid, confident discourse and kept herself from being the story of the night (as well as the constant punch line of the election season). Improved her image and partially turned the page on McCain's bad two weeks, enabling the Republican-ticket team to try to regain some footing in a contest that has been steadily slipping away - but didn't revolutionize the race. Kicked off the debate with a demure handshake and query for Biden ("Hey, can I call you Joe?") and indulged...
...hatred women have for Sarah Palin, and others had for Hillary before her, is not necessarily about politics. Anybody can run the numbers on how many people Palin's pro-life, pro-gun, socially conservative policies will seduce and how many they will alienate. Rather, the test that the McCain campaign failed to put her through was the Abbotsleigh Ladies College test. (Named after my high school. Go, green and gold!). It's a simple three-point pass-fail exam: Will the other girls like...
Didn't always directly answer the questions but deflected and hedged with offhand subtlety. Rarely took the bait when Biden faulted John McCain. Was happy to resort to the safety of "maverick" imagery in a pinch...
Relentlessly criticized the Bush-McCain-Palin economic policies. Came across more with sadness than anger in deriding his longtime colleague McCain, whom he repeatedly called "John." Did next to nothing to try to force Palin into errors, which was likely a calculated strategy...