Now THAT'S a nickname! (Though "Sarah Barracuda" isn't bad, either.)
I've been surprised by the relatively muted response from the mainstream press to the Palin pick. Quite frankly, I expected more pundits to go full-Olbermann on her. But the attitude I've gotten from folks I've spoken to here at the RNC--like Susan Page at USA Today and Michael Barone at US News And World Report--is "So far, so good. Who knows--it might actually work!
"Meanwhile, Palin's having precisely the effect I expected to see from the Loony Left. Sen. John Kerry blew a gasket on ABC This Week, accusing Gov. Palin of being a member of the Flat Earth Society. (He also got her position on global warming wrong, too); one Democratic activists was quoted as saying McCain isn't the first old man to fall for a showgirl; and Andrew Sullivan erroneously claimed she was a Buchananite because she welcomed Pat to her town when she was mayor. Other angry Democrats keep falsely accusing Gov. Palin of pushing for the teaching of Creationism in science class, too. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
And Alan "I'm Only On Fox To Make Conservatives Look Smarter" Colmes had a repugnant posting on his web page accusing Gov. Palin of denying her youngest son Trig proper prenatal care. If you think that's bad, some Daily Kos nuts are claiming that Gov. Palin was never pregnant at all, that Trig is her oldest daughter's illegitimate baby and Palin's "pregnancy" was just a cover-up. After all, how did Gov. Palin have time to get pregnant when she was so busy planning the "controlled demolition" of the World Trade Center?
Monday morning, from 9am-noon, I will be explaining exactly how choosing Palin can work--how it might be a stroke of political genius, in fact--assuming, that is, that she doesn't turn into Dan Quayle.
But this article comparing Palin vs. Obama on the experience question shows the potential benefits of going with the Governor.
And for those of you still looking for Palin-related bumper stickers, don't miss this one.
(h/t to Ladyblog and, of course, Wayne's World)