Democrats Eat Into McCain's Lead as Palin's Halo Starts to Slip

[Hissyspit]

Source: the Independent

Democrats eat into McCain's lead as Palin's halo starts to slip
By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Tuesday, 16 September 2008

There were growing signs yesterday that the "Sarah Palin effect" is starting to wear off and that the Republican candidate, John McCain, has peaked. Democrats took heart from four national opinion polls which show that despite the bounce caused by interest in Mrs Palin, Mr McCain now leads by an average of just 1.6 points, his smallest margin since the Republican convention.

The latest polls come amid a flurry of critical news reports into Mrs Palin which cast doubt on some of her claims to be a squeaky clean reformist. Senator McCain's claims that his running mate had not sought special interest funding from Congress have been shown to be wrong. It emerged yesterday that she had asked the US to fund $453m worth of projects in oil-rich Alaska for the past two years. Among the requests was $4.5m for an airport serving fewer than 100 people on a Bering Sea island and $9m to help Alaska's already hugely profitable oil companies.

Democrats mocked the Alaska governor as "an earmark queen". The disclosures come on top of evidence that her administration also held on to more than $500m in federal funds for a much-derided "bridge to nowhere" which she maintains she vetoed. For two weeks the McCain campaign has wallowed in the media's obsession with Governor Palin. A huge bounce in the opinion polls followed, with women especially declaring that they were changing their allegiance because they admired her so much.

But that appears to be changing as the focus of the election turns to the economy, especially in northern states. In Iowa, a poll in the Des Moines Register gives Barack Obama a comfortable lead of 12 points. In traditionally Republican southern states, however, the McCain campaign remains strong (he has a 20-point lead in South Carolina).

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/race-for-whitehouse/democrats-eat-into-mccains-lead-as-palins-halo-starts-to-slip-932001.html

[Kaleko]

1. Halo? More like the toxic glow of the Palin novelty freakshow. n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. It's sad that this headline will appear only in the foreign press....

But it gives me some degree of hope that the American may not fall for it again..."NOT THIS TIME"!

[bleever]

3. The Northern Lights are beautiful,

and fleeting.

[NBachers]

8. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights . . .

'The Cremation of Sam McGee'

There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
The night Sarah Palin had to concede

Apologies to Robert Service



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

[Hekate]

11. LOL! Haven't read The Cremation of Sam McGee in ages. nt

[bitchkitty]

13. Good one! I'm sure

that no apologies would be necessary! ;)

[bleever]

15. Excellent.

:)

[kayell]

16. Brilliant! AND Please, please someone make a vid of Palin to the linked youtube song. PUHLEASE?

[mitchum]

17. But the Northern Lightweight isn't beautiful

unless one has a thing for Peggy Hill

[curious one]

4. As long as some paper report it and we bring it up here, others can learn about it.

If we do our job, MSM will follow.

[flamingdem]

5. "Eat into McCain" well I wonder what he tastes like!

We are having a good week.

[Tigress DEM]

6. Looks like *ush*t, smells like *ush*t, must be *ush*t. Don't gotta taste him to know that. nt

[sce56]

7. Here is a picture to go with that in fact looks like we found Bush's lost twin!

Graphics courtesy of www.firedoglake.com

[Tigress DEM]

14. Is that the "Church Lady"?

"I just know you're all looking at my fanny and thinking impure thoughts."



Maybe Al Franken could ask Dana Carvey to work up a split personality skit with *ush and caribou barbie as the church lady fighting for control of *ush's features and clothing choices.

[NBachers]

9. BRAINNNS!

Sounds like the Republican National Convention

[pnorman]

10. LEAVE SARAH ALONE!

You're making her ANGRY!

pnorman

[LiberalFighter]

12. Could this possibly mean that Biden will have more ammo for his debate against Palin? Hmmm

[katty]

18. she'll be slipin' in more moose shit...w/her BIG FAT DUMB MOUTH