{"id":8175,"date":"2008-08-30T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/some_reactions_to_the_sarah_palin_pick\/"},"modified":"2008-08-30T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T01:08:15","slug":"some_reactions_to_the_sarah_palin_pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=8175","title":{"rendered":"Some Different Reactions to the Sarah Palin Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, on the negative side from Josh Marshall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It’s a daring pick but I think a very weak pick. I’m perfectly happy with it. Palin is in the midst of a reasonably serious scandal in her home state. Her brother-in-law is a state trooper who is in the midst of an ugly custody battle with her sister. And she’s accused of getting the state police to fire him. Recently she was forced to admit that one of her aides had done this, though she insists she didn’t know<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Then secondly, a very different view from Noah Millman<\/a>:
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[John] McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin (assuming it’s confirmed) is a brilliant first counter-stroke. She helps the ticket on so many different fronts: she gives women who are angry about Hillary being passed over another reason to vote McCain; she gives fence-sitting whites who feel they “ought” to vote for Obama because of the historic nature of his candidacy an excuse to find history on the other side; she burnishes McCain’s credentials as an independent, reform candidate; she restores McCain’s credibility on energy and environmental issues, where Obama personally feels most comfortable going on the attack; she will generate enthusiasm among evangelicals among whom Obama was hoping to make inroads; she absolutely locks down the gun-rights vote (where McCain needed to play a bit of defense against Barr); she helps McCain in the Mountain West (Colorado and Montana) where he cannot afford to lose any states (except New Mexico); she neutralizes Biden in the debates (if he comes out zinging, he’ll seem ungentlemanly); and, most important, she makes McCain seem bold, future-oriented, and in control of his Administration, where Obama has seemed timid, defensive and unable to control his own party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, on the negative side from Josh Marshall: It’s a daring pick but I think a very weak pick. I’m perfectly happy with it. Palin is in the midst of a reasonably serious scandal in her home state. Her brother-in-law…<\/span><\/p>\n

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