rssMcCain Adviser: Palin Takes Some States Off the Table
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 4:50 pm
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Aboard Straight Talk Air, an adviser to Sen. John McCain said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin alters the electoral map, and gave a glimpse into her role in the campaign’s strategy. From the pool report:
In his view, Sarah Palin ticket takes Montana, Georgia (and Alaska) out of play for Democrats, although adviser says he never thought they were in play anyway. In weeks ahead, adviser anticipates that campaign will use Palin not just in small and medium markets, as is traditional for a vice presidential candidate, but in large markets as well.
If Palin plays as strongly with Christian conservatives as pundits suggest, voters in heavily evangelical swing states like Iowa, Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia will be seeing an awful lot of her. As my colleague Ari Melber notes, there is plenty of time for numbers like this to change — but Palin appears to be wildly popular, at least initially.
That’s the benefit of being a virtual unknown.
If Palin can tip the balance in just a few close states, she could fundamentally reshape the map and give the Obama campaign a good reason to re-evaluate its quixotic 50-state strategy.
With two months left, it may prove practical for the Democratic Party to focus its resources more exclusively on the battleground states where Obama actually stands a chance. Particularly if McCain is able to compete financially.
5 Comments
Comment posted September 6, 2008 @ 6:21 am
Once again McCain needs to catch up with history. Georgia is no longer occupied by under-educated, racist fundamentalist only. Some of us have come here from elsewhere and brought our belief in humanity, our common sense and our money and we are willing to put that to work to secure our future.
Comment posted September 6, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Don't write off Montana either… I got quite a surprise when a born-again female friend of mine in Montana informed me that she definitely would NOT support McCain because she couldn't stand Palin. I'd have bet ten-to-one she would've liked Palin.. but clearly not.
Comment posted September 8, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
I second that Montana is in play.
The “quixotic 50-state strategy” is in reality a grass-roots organizational started by Howard Dean which is just now getting going. Meanwhile McBush has spent all of his pre-convention money on ads.
The Obama campaign has been spending lots and lots of money on local chapters that will be putting out the word, organizing workers, helping people register, etc. in ALL 50 states.
The McBush campaign is “focusing” their resources because that's all they've got besides lying about fighting earmarks.
Someone please ask Palin why she keeps lying about saying “no thanks to the bridge to nowhere”
She only said “no” after Congress said “no.”
What else is she lying about?
Comment posted September 8, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
I second that Montana is in play.
The “quixotic 50-state strategy” is in reality a grass-roots organizational started by Howard Dean which is just now getting going. Meanwhile McBush has spent all of his pre-convention money on ads.
The Obama campaign has been spending lots and lots of money on local chapters that will be putting out the word, organizing workers, helping people register, etc. in ALL 50 states.
The McBush campaign is “focusing” their resources because that's all they've got besides lying about fighting earmarks.
Someone please ask Palin why she keeps lying about saying “no thanks to the bridge to nowhere”
She only said “no” after Congress said “no.”
What else is she lying about?
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