Is There Any Dissenting GOP Reaction To McCain's VP?

[David Zephyr]

Are there any big players in the GOP who have publicly panned McCain's pick?

What are the Freepers saying?

Is there any dissension on this pick?

I can not imagine that Wall Street Republicans are going to like this pick.

[Arugula Latte]

1. Michael Savage, for one

Also, Pawlenty and Mittens were reportedly none too pleased. :rofl:

[1corona4u]

15. Yeah, I heard they were "FURIOUS"...

[MasonJar]

2. Good! perhaps a leg up for the dems in Minn and Mich.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

3. Freeps love her.

Puke establishment seems to be circling the wagons around her. Some pundits are not so hot, mainly due to her lack of experience, and the ceding of it as an campaign issue by McGramps.

[renie408]

5. Freeps are a lost cause to us anyway. What does it matter what they love?

We are not fighting for the Freep vote. We are fighting for the moderate/centrist Republican vote. And those people are likely to be scared shitless of this woman.

[David Zephyr]

8. I am looking for dissension in their ranks.

And I am hopeful that Wall Street type Republicans (not freepers) will be very uncomfortable with this VP pick by McCain.

[renie408]

13. Oh, I think your hopes will be answered. n/t

[Lucinda]

4. Seems to be a whole lot of agreement.

With very few exceptions, FR was incredibly happy today.

Lots of conservative Op Ed support on the intertubes.

Maybe someone else has seen a differrent response?

[renie408]

6. Keep in mind they have had approximately 8 hours to assimilate this.

A lot of what we will hear over the next few days are going to be knee jerk reactions. They will automatically support her because they are dyed in the wool Repukes. But I am thinking that over time, they might be less enthusiastic.

[Lucinda]

20. I always saw them as going with the flow. We squabble, they seem to jump on board

one they have a choice. Even FR is more accepting of McCain because of Palin today. It's a weird world. LOL

[David Zephyr]

10. Has Huckabee or Romney said anything yet?

I know that KBH of Texas seemed less than thrilled.

[Lucinda]

19. I havent seen statements. I was mostly blog hopping to see how the choice

was going over on discussion boards.

[faithfulcitizen]

7. I heard Kay Bailey Hutchinson said she didn't know enough her yet to give an opinion on the pick.

sounds like someone's not quite on board yet to me.

[JI7]

14. i think Kay Bailey is going to vote for Obama

she seemed to not really care for the pick at all. even if she didn't know much about Palin she could have repeated some bs about someone outside of dc and osme other shit but she didn't.

she probably feels it's insulting and condescending .

[Middle finga]

9. I'm pretty sure wall street are not happy at all, they have to put

their money on an old stupid stubborn guy that they don't really trust and his wacko side kick who is nothing but a Mike Huckabee in a skirt. They may have to take their chances with the dems.

[spanone]

11. this will take a few days to sink in.....when thugs realize he is pissing on the future

of their children with this choice i think there will be a backlash

[Ron Paul- voting BO]

12. Do not worry

Listened to them all day at work and they are all on board- They are really drinking the Kool-aid. I think after the press calm down and the reporters ask the serious questions and some of her old statements are replayed like " I do not know what the vice presidents job is" or "I have not really thought about Iraq" things will calm down. The fact is this is a close race and we need to all work to get Obama elected.... So lets get to it..

[Hamlette]

16. Ramesh Ponnuru: "Governor For Two Minutes;" "Token;" "Reckless"

The cons: Inexperience. Palin has been governor for about two minutes. Thanks to McCain’s decision, Palin could be commander-in-chief next year. That may strike people as a reckless choice; it strikes me that way. And McCain's age raised the stakes on this issue. As a political matter, it undercuts the case against Obama.

Conservatives are pointing out that it is tricky for the Obama campaign to raise the issue of her inexperience given his own, and note that the presidency matters more than the vice-presidency. But that gets things backward. To the extent the experience, qualifications, and national-security arguments are taken off the table, Obama wins. And it’s not just foreign policy. Palin has no experience dealing with national domestic issues, either. (On the other hand, as Kate O’Beirne just told me, we know that Palin will be ready for that 3 a.m. phone call: She’ll already be up with her baby.)

Tokenism. Can anyone say with a straight face that Palin would have gotten picked if she were a man?

Compatibility. It doesn’t seem as though McCain knows Palin well. Do we have much reason to think they would work well together?

Debates. Maybe, as Jonah said the other day, Biden will look like a bully going up against her—and maybe she’ll shine. But I can think of a lot of other picks who would have been lower-risk.

I am not even sure that the pick will have quite the galvanizing effect on conservatives that it seems to be having now as it sinks in. The concerns I’ve mentioned here—about her readiness and her credentials—are the kind of thing that many conservative voters take seriously.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/ponnuru-governo.html

[creature of habit]

17. dissenting voices

I agree with Pat Buchanan that Obama's acceptance speech was great as well as with those others who are saying this was a win all or lose all strategy by McCain for picking who he did for VP.

No matter how the local talk radio hosts want to spin it , I believe John McCains pick is laughable. I understand why he did it, however personally I am not buying it.



I was floored by Obama's speech. I mailed a donation this morning.

I was reluctantly leaning towards McCain, but there is no way I will vote for him now. Not after what I saw last night.

[Unsane]

18. Welcome, nice to have you on board.

[EC]

21. Welcome to DU

and I believe there will be more like you...


38 million watched last night and I cannot imagine any of them not being moved...

[Basement Beat]

22. Welcome!

We all was floored by his speech. But i'm curious, what exactly brought you over to support Obama vs. McCain?

[creature of habit]

26. I was leaning McCain/Romney, though it was not a lock

A nation of whiners? Tell that to the proud auto workers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up every day and working as hard as ever, because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burdens silently as they watch their loved ones leave for their third or fourth or fifth tour of duty*. These are not whiners. They work hard and give back and keep going without complaint. These are the Americans that I know.




This election is not about me, This election is about you





*and I might add, or until they get killed

[Faygo Kid]

24. Welcome, and I love your avatar.

None better on DU.

Terrorist fist bump, indeed.

That idiocy alone should tell you that you have found a home here.

[Doremus]

25. Obama was truly inspirational wasn't he?

Welcome to our tent!

:toast:

[highplainsdem]

23. What I'm hearing and reading is that both fiscal conservatives and social conservatives like her.

Larry Kudlow seems very happy with the choice.