Miami Herald: Palin Drags Down Republican Ticket (NOT an editorial)

[Tallison]

Alienating as party insiders know she is to independents and moderates - the very demographic that decides national elections - I think Palin's ambition to win the 2012 primary is delusional.

Excerpts:

"'Nice lady, no experience. It's so sad. She's a gigantic drag,' said Chris DePino, a Republican consultant based in New Haven, Conn."
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"Typically, post-election polls find that vice-presidential choices sway about 1 percent of voters. This time, Kohut (president of Pew Research Center) said, 'we'll get a much bigger number.'"
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"'It reinforced the notion that John McCain cared little about people like me,' said former Maine state Rep. Sherry Huber, a Republican who backed McCain in the primary but now supports Obama. 'She clearly does not share the values I and other moderate Republicans do.'"

"Prominent Republicans have echoed that idea. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one of McCain's closest friends, suggested that Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut, would have brought independents to the ticket. Last week, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said that had McCain picked him, the Republican Party would have had a better shot at winning his state."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/743802.html

[Arugula Latte]

1. She's the Delusional Drag Diva.