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Why does she need to 'address the press'? People are free to run their campaigns anyway they want to. She's doing an interview. Now it has to be a full blown press conference. I don't remember Lieberman or Cheney doing those in 2000 or Edwards in 04. So log as she gets tough questions, I don't care what the format is. As far as candidates in the past...John Edwards had already ran for the top job at that point, so he'd given plenty of interviews already. Cheney has never been shy about interviews, either, and had already been giving interviews for years as Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, and House Minority Whip. Palin hasn't gone through any form of rigorous questioning by the national press, and there are lots of relevant questions about her record as governor that need answers.

I watched Hardball today, and Chris Matthews actually spent most of the show calling bullshit on the lipstick attack. Also, from the other thread (because it's such a good point)...

Thank you.

I've had it with this righteous indignation bullshit. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/bid...eeds/index.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_.../obama_lipstick When did the conservatives begin to embrace the "easily offended victim" philosophy?

No matter who Obama had picked, there'd be a problem. There's no such thing as a perfect pick. There is no one out there who has both executive and foreign policy experience that is exciting to the base, not a career politician nor Washington insider, and who will bring in independent voters. Also... Come on...nothing? No comments? Or are we so Palinned out at this point that no scandal surprises us?

I'm just a regular hockey mom who joined the PTA because I wanted to get involved in my kids' public education. I told Congress thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere. If Alaska wanted a bridge, we'd built it ourselves.

Sarah Palin has been billing the state of Alaska for nights spent at her own home, and for her husband and kids’ travel expenses.

Maddow is nifty when she's got someone to talk to, but the times she's filled in for Olbermann, she's kinda lame. Maybe this new show'll let her stretch her Ph. D. wings and she won't seem like such a hack.

To be fair, Factcheck.org also debunks some of the charges against Palin: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html ________________________ I've decided what's wrong with America is that most Americans learned history from high school football coaches. Our teachers are given so little time to prepare for class as it is....let's turn the crucial task of preparing tomorrow's citizens over to someone who has even less time than the norm because they have an athletic team to run. _________________________ Good article on Newsweek's website: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/arc...to-nowhere.aspx

I dunno about Maddow, but I'm definitely clamoring for more Michelle Bernard. Ten minutes at the end of Hardball's just not enough.

Did you scroll all the way down, Czech?

Fox News will probably just rotate coverage based on whoever's timeslot they are in. CNN will bore us with Bill Schneider's inside reporting, which usually just state the obvious.

McCain has apparently pulled WAY ahead now. This won't help: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/08/ob...-rumor-busting/ (Be sure to read the story comments.)

I recently heard a scientist observe that our universe seems to be perfectly designed for the creation of black holes. So, the universe literally sucks.

Olbermann's a bigger partisan hack than I am. Unless they can get him to tone down the rancor a bit, Gregory's a better choice (though he's as interesting as watching grass grow). People vote for the top of the ticket. If its this close after the first debate, I'll admit it looks grim for my team.

Godfuckingdamnit.

Because it shows she's a MAVERICK who wants to CUT GOVERNMENT WASTE. Just like she said 'THANKS, BUT NO THANKS' TO THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE. PITBULL. EARMARKS. CUT TAXES. HOCKEY MOM. GLASS CEILING. SMALL TOWN VALUES. STOOD UP TO HER OWN PARTY. (Did I forget anything?)

Video about new demographic groups. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/...national-media/ Maybe they'll ask her about the plane she didn't really sell on eBay.

Palin's gender doesn't appear to be having any effect on poll numbers. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26568866/ My opinion of her has changed since last Wednesday. Arguments that she isn't experienced enough probably won't gain any traction unless she proves herself a total doofus at press conferences and the VP debate. As it was noted when the case was being made for if Obama had enough experience, we've had good presidents that hadn't a lot of experience that did well in the office, and presidents with vast experience that did horribly. I can excuse Obama's inexperience because I believe he has a good mind of politics and policy. Palin, despite early indications otherwise, appears to be a lot more politically astute than I initially gave her credit for. Let's look at the two pieces of evidence she's incompetent: 1. She said she wanted to mnow what a VP does every day. I think what she meant was that she wanted to know what her responsibilities as VP in a Republican administration would be. VPs can be as active as Cheney, or as irrelevant to their administrations as most have been in the past. Inher answer to the VP question, she said she was used to being active, which seems to indicate she's perfectly aware that the VP's strict constitutional duties are limited. 2. Her response to not having thought about Iraq a lot. Sure, she could really have not given it thought, or (more likely) she could have been giving a non-committal answer to dodge the question and not sound critical of anyone's position. The Democrats aren't going to win if they keep underestimating her. The media already let its guard down and let her make fools of them with the news about her daughter. Fortunately, I'm happy to see Obama handled the daughter issue correctly, and Biden has indicated he is taking her very seriously. Alaska may be a small pond, but she's a big fish in that small pond. I beleive she's quite capable politically, even if I have many other problems with her.

What is he even trying to say with that? That sentence is a grammatical nightmare.

I think we can all agree that any further focus on rumors and scandal in this campaign will ultimately backfire. Its far less slimey and far more relevant to focus on her far-right social agenda, ignorance of foreign policy, and deception about her record as governor (although any such attempts to expose these things will be dubbed by the campaign as "sexist," which I hope most people are smart enough to see through).

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews

Palin bitching about the liberal Democrats gives McCain the freedom to bitch about the crooked Republicans and win back some of that "maverick" credibility he's lost in the last few years. Factcheck.org finally went after her and Rudy, BTW: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/go...in_part_ii.html Let's see if they ever let her do a press conference or interview with someone besides Fox News.

Well, this was inevitable... http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/...race-barracuda/