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Biden's Rhode Island connection

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• rhody said:

    If McCain was serious about winning, he'd have chosen a moderate who could peel off disaffected Hillary voters.

    Does this pick bring home conservatives just in time for the election? Yes. (But they would've come home to McCain anyway). Does it bring in Hillary fans? No way.

  August 30, 2008 11:22 PM

• Will said:

  The pick of Sarah Palin is primarily meant to appeal to middle america, rural voters, hunters, pro-lifers, religious voters, but especially, suburban working mothers. It is not meant to bring bra-burning radical feminazis to the GOP side. Woman make up more than half the electorate, and this is a way to try to get some more of them to vote Republican, to effectively neutralize the so-called "gender gap." The math is easy ... we don't need all of Hillary's supporters, we just need some.

  Not all, and perhaps not even most, of Hillary's supporters are radical leftwingers, who love abortion and socialism like their own children. I know plenty of Hillary supporters (I'm a Republican from a Democrat family), who are not radicals in the least, but who were really thrilled by the prospect of getting a female in the White House. Now they have another choice.

  Of course, the pick of Palin also completely solidifies the conservatives behind the GOP ticket. I've never seen this much excitement coming out of conservative circles, probably since Ronald Reagan was president.

  I was so thrilled this weekend about it, I actually gave online to the RNC and the McCain campaign, for the first time since the Laffey-Chafee primary. Apparently, I'm not the only one, because they raised a ton of money very quickly this weekend. I heard they broke their own record.

  PS I noticed a few prominent Democrats openly hoping for a distasterous hurricane Gustav this week to mess up the RNC. However, it looks like the GOP may have had their prayers answered first, as both the president and the vice-president will not be attending. Bobby Jindal has been very proactive, and I have a feeling that there is going to be a marked contrast with Katrina, which would actually help the GOP. Of course, we still need to hope that damage will be minimal.

  August 31, 2008 1:56 PM

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