Why McSame Will Dump Her

[Me.]

It's all about her now and Johnny McEgo is going to get fed up with that. fast. OK magazine has Obama on the front and her on the back. He's being overshadowed by his choice. How long will he put up with that?

[WinkyDink]

1. Good luck with that.

[mwb970]

2. He should dump her, but he won't.

A Republican will never, ever acknowledge any mistake or bad judgment, no matter how far out, even to salvage a campaign! They are always right and never change their minds, except on matters of policy when they need to pander to some specific group of weirdos. Even in that case, the spin is always "Senator McCain supports the bush tax cuts; Senator McCain has always supported the bush tax cuts" 1984 BS.

No, the Geezer is stuck with his Gidget.

[Me.]

4. It Would Be Hard For Him To Back Down

But I expect to see him get crankier and crankier until he blows. She may be his banana peel.

[H2O Man]

3. He might,

he might not. The longer he waits, the more difficult and damaging it becomes.

It is evident that some of the republican leaders are talking about this privately.

[Boz]

6. She would have been gone already, she speaking tonight shes it, Hell or high water

[Erin Elizabeth]

9. They're letting her speak for a convention bump.

But who knows after that?

[H2O Man]

11. I agree that

if she speaks tonight, it becomes almost impossible for McCain to drop her. And there would seem to be relatively little chance of her being dropped between now and tonight.

However, if she speaks tonight, and then is exposed to an extent that makes her a ball & chain on the McCain campaign, they will be in a position with no "good" choices.

[Me.]

7. Just Read A Piece On HuffPo

Saying how reporters are becoming relentless about this as they smell blood in the water.

[H2O Man]

12. It's important to

remember that McCain has done severe damage in his relationship with the media. Of course, the owners of the corporate media want McCain to win. And the majority of the top "journalists" are nothing but lap dogs. But it is the second- and third-tier journalists who are going to do the work required to sink Sarah Palin's candidacy. They are already using the research done by progressive and liberals on the internet, and taking the story forward on the mainstream media.

The individual who gets credit for exposing Palin, and destroying her chances, gets a big career promotion.

[Me.]

15. Here's The Piece

“Laura McGann, an enterprising reporter for the online Washington Independent, was doing a basic check on John McCain's VP choice, Sarah Palin, and called up Kristie Smithers, the Wasilla City Clerk where Palin was Mayor. Ever courteous, McGann thanked Smithers, noting that she must have fielded request after request from the McCain campaign and Republican vetters.

"She chuckled," McGann wrote. "Then she told me that I'm the first person who has asked her office for anything."

“The mainstream media has been no slouch in tracking Palin. Matthew Mosk of the Washington Post, for example, broke the story that Palin had been a director of a "527" independent expenditure organization working in behalf of Senator Stevens' re-election. McCain has been an adamant critic of such organizations.

Even the McCain campaign's defensive strategy in dealing with the Palin controversies is being vetted by the blogosphere. Marc Ambinder posted the campaign's internal email telling delegates and others to counter inquiries by saying the Palin family's privacy should be respected.

While stiff-arming inquiring reporters may work to help a delegate who otherwise would not know what to say, the McCain's failure to fully vet Palin is blood in the water for the press -- something like an aphrodisiac for Don Juan: There is no stopping the media, new and old, in the hunt for Palin stories.”


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/media-new-and-old-vet-pal_n_123363.html

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. He Will No More Dump Palin Than Bush Pere Dumped Dan Quayle

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[No Elephants]

8. Eagleton called. He wants his last laugh back.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Must Have Been One Heck Of A Long Distance Call

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/washington/05eagleton.html

[orwell]

13. 1.99 per minute?

I wonder if Cindy knows...

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

14. cindy is also being overshadowed

i wonder how she's taking all this. she's been on the canpaign trail all these months and then sarah comes along and steals the spotlight, it will be interesting to watch how the two get along.

[HooptieWagon]

16. The Beeress vs. the Bearess?

My guess is not too well... especially if McCain starts spending time alone with her (you know it's coming).