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Mudflats Asks the Right Question: Is Palin McCain's Albatros?

FROM MUDFLATS

Is Palin an Albatross?

20 09 2008

Is Sarah Palin becoming an albatross around the neck of John McCain? Two weeks ago, the thought that we would be asking this question seemed unlikely at best. Alaska’s own ’hockey mom/beauty queen’ governor had become the overnight darling of the political world. She had everything - spunk, principles, smarts, beauty, ethics, and an attitude that was just plain “maverick”. Right?

Never mind that the hearts of progressive Alaskans (and even some Republicans) were gripped with an icy fear that made breathing alone difficult, nevermind shouting, “Noooooooo!” The rest of the world loved Sarah. Lipstick became an iconic symbol of political girl power. Her recent stint as a small town mayor, and her journalism degree from the University of Idaho showed us that ”anyone can be president”. Her eyeglass frames were sold out at retail outlets around the land almost instantly. Pitbulls gained an unlikely place in our hearts. And all of a sudden John McCain didn’t have to grovel, and offer to bus people in from miles away to make his rallies look not so embarrasingly empty. It was a Disney movie - Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington, Cinderella and The Mighty Ducks all rolled into one.

But now, it’s the morning after, and America is starting to have some regrets. Sarah, it seems, has been our “rebound girl” after our escape from a disastrous and abusive long-term relationship with our soon-to-be ex, Dick Cheney. Rebound relationships are normal, but no one expects them to last.

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More Evidence that the "Palin Effect" Has Failed

What could have been predicted when Senator McCain appointed an unknown, under-qualified, skeltons-in-her-closet hockey mom, who readily admits the only real difference between her and a pit bull is lipstick; that's it, just lipstick; is pretty much turning out to be true. She is becoming yesterday's news. Worse for the Republicans, she is becoming a drag on the ticket.

Check out the latest:

from Telegraph.com.uk

"After an initial burst of support among white women, the shock choice for Republican vice-presidential nominee of an inexperienced governor who hunts moose and has five children has solidified the female vote in the party's base, but has not so far attracted new women voters in significant numbers, a new poll by the New York Times-CBS suggested.

At the same time, her strong anti-abortion views and withering put-downs of Mr Obama seem to have galvanized Democrats. Mr McCain led in the category of white women under 45 by three percentage points before Mrs Palin's introduction, but now trails by 14, according to the poll. The survey was conducted before the bank failures of the past few days which are only likely to push Mrs Palin further into the shadows."