Karl Rove, who was the evil genius of the Republican Party before his one-time aide, McCain campaign chief Steve Schmidt, claimed the title, has this to say about the bizarre turn of events:
Of all the advantages Gov. Sarah Palin has brought to the GOP ticket, the most important may be that she has gotten into Barack Obama’s head. How else to explain Sen. Obama’s decision to go one-on-one against “Sarah Barracuda,” captain of the Wasilla High state basketball champs? It’s a matchup he’ll lose. If Mr. Obama wants to win, he needs to remember he’s running against John McCain for president, not Mrs. Palin for vice president.
Rove spares neither Obama or Biden:
Mr. Obama has again started a debate he can’t win. As senator, he has requested nearly $936 million in earmarks, ratcheting up his requests each year he’s been in the Senate. If voters dislike earmarks — and they do — they may conclude Mrs. Palin cut them, while Mr. Obama grabs for more each year. Mr. Obama may also pay a price for his “lipstick on a pig” comment. The last time the word “lipstick” showed up in this campaign was during Mrs. Palin’s memorable ad-lib in her acceptance speech. Mr. Obama says he didn’t mean to aim the comment at Mrs. Palin, but he deserves all the negative flashback he gets from the snarky aside. Sen. Joe Biden has now joined the attack on Mrs. Palin, saying this week that her views on issues show she’s “obviously a backwards step for women.” This is a mistake. Mr. Obama is already finding it difficult to win over independent women and Hillary Clinton voters. If it looks like he’s going out of his way to attack Mrs. Palin, these voters may conclude it’s because he has a problem with strong women.
But aside from the tactical foolishness of all of this, there are signs that Obama himself is becoming the subject of a new kind of scrutiny — from his own party. He’s either distracted or obsessed. This is from Democrats.
The rest of the country, if he keeps this up, may conclude that his tone and lack of discipline make him a problematic choice for president.
Agreed. One would think that the only reason that the Democrats are against tax cuts now are because of two reasons: 1) George Bush did them and anything George did was/is bad and 2) they have told the story so many times that “tax cuts are for the rich” that they now believe the story, despite the fact that two of their favorite Presidents, JFK and Bill Clinton, both cut taxes with great results. So we might have to go throw a “detox” period of the Left’s attitudes toward free trade AND tax cuts in order to finally convince that free trad and tax cuts are the best vehicles for growth and prosperity and equalizing incomes and protectionism and tax increases lead to income inequality.
OT- there is someone using my screename using very foul language. those who know me know I don’t go for that stuff so please ignore it/ them. thank you
Rabid dogs used to be put down. We; in this enlightened age, re-elect them. The constant foam flecked spittle from the Democrat majority would be humorous if it wasn’t so costly. The people most responsible for the housing and credit meltdown; that would be you Barney, Maxine, Chris and Chuckie; deserve jail time. Instead; the enablers (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and PMSNBC) will continue at all times to point out how wonderous our new Dear Leader is in comparisson to his knuckle dragging predecessor.
We get that you have surrendered all pretense of reality and objectivity. We aren’t that stupid, in spite of you telling us that we are. Just be prepared to live with the results of this economic black hole that you are voting for. We can and hopefully will climb out of it, but the Dems need to be subjected to the same deserved scorn that they will earn. 7 years of being told that our civil rights were being violated every second of every day with no visible proof sent a big message of what will be tolerated in the media. The worm will turn……
Above all, the Democrats want to rule, with or without complicit Republicans to help them. When they’re out, they do whatever it takes to get in. When they’re in, they do whatever it takes to stay in. Those are their principles.
“When they’re out, they do whatever it takes to get in. When they’re in, they do whatever it takes to stay in. Those are their principles.”
Fascinating & truly enlightened perspective. Democrats must be the only political party on the planet that practices these “principles”. Nobody else trys to hold onto power or get back in after a losing election. That’s just unheard of anymore.