Alarmingly Strong
No, it wasn’t just me, folks. Some honest people on the left are suddenly very, very afraid of Sarah Palin.
John Hinderaker notes the Associated Press response to Palin’s speech:
The Associated Press, a solidly Democratic institution, can’t deny that Sarah Palin socked it to the Dems tonight, as they headline: “Palin delivers star-turning performance at RNC.” The AP begins: “Sarah Palin delivered.” From there, they go on to do all they can to mitigate the basic point, describing Palin as “embattled,” and a “novice” who “lacked the soaring oratory skills of Obama.”
Which raises an interesting point: I really don’t believe the Republicans are smart enough to pull this off, but how can it be bad that our Vice-Presidential candidate is constantly being compared to the Dems’ Presidential candidate? More on this later.
The AP still holds out hope: “One speech does not a campaign make. … Even as she spoke, airplanes in Alaska were unloading reporters and political operatives sent to pore through her personal and public life.” It’s interesting, isn’t it? Where are the planeloads of “reporters and political operatives” poring through Barack Obama’s “personal and public life?” Those poor newspapers and other media organizations have been strapped for resources for so long that they just haven’t been able to look into Obama’s career and associations. Now, thankfully, planeloads of reporters have become available. Maybe when they’re done investigating Sarah Palin’s daughter’s boyfriend, do you think they will turn their attention to the Democrats’ nominee for President of the United States?
That was just a rhetorical question, of course. After all, news organizations have to have priorities!
I suspect the AP and other media allies of the Obama campaign are savvy enough to realize they have a real problem in Sarah Palin. People are going to like her. I can’t find a video link yet, but I’ll try to post one if it becomes available.
By chuck, September 4, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
I really don’t believe the Republicans are smart enough to pull this off, but how can it be bad that our Vice-Presidential candidate is constantly being compared to the Dems’ Presidential candidate?
John needs to get over himself, he’s showing alarming signs of becoming a pundit. *Everyone* noticed, they have been talking about it in hallways and corridors. Meanwhile, ‘ol John was bemoaning the pick and that experience thing.
By martian, September 4, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
I believe both Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani did an excellent job of contrasting her experience, which may be less than some past candidates for VP and for President, but is vastly greater than that of the Obamessiah and Biden combined. The gloves came off last night and I say it’s about time! The McCain campaign now has to keep on pounding on the fact that neither Obama or Biden has EVER had any executive or leadership experience of any kind. One term or five terms in the Senate still gives no executive experience, no leadership background. Neither one of them has ever served in the military – no command experience. The Dems really need to stop comparing her experience to their candidates’ because they are making it abundantly clear that if they are going to characterize Sarah Palin’s resume as “thin” (Seems to be their favorite descriptive term) they are leaving themselves open to having it pointed out that the resumes of Obama and Biden are NON-EXISTENT!