Posted on 09/20/2008 4:39:35 AM PDT by markomalley
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blew onto the national political scene like a surprise hit movie - with an exciting script, a new landscape, a fresh face - that suddenly everyone wanted to see and talk about.
But now that the Republican vice presidential candidate has been seen and heard by millions - and parodied on "Saturday Night Live" before millions more - a question has been raised about the "Palin Effect." While GOP loyalists apparently still love the movie, is it starting to wear thin on the rest of America, particularly the legions of middle-of-the-road voters?
"Is she a one-hit wonder? Unless she does something radically different from what she's currently doing, yes," Cal State Sacramento political communications Professor Barbara O'Connor said this week. She said that in the 23 days since Palin was named the GOP vice presidential choice, her script has been a limited and increasingly predictable one. "It's fine to say she needed some time to get her footing ... but we're well past that."
Palin's decision to postpone a two-day fundraising and campaign trip to California this week also might say as much about John McCain's campaign troubles this week as it does about her own, insiders say.
Campaign officials said Palin will bolster her foreign policy credentials by appearing with McCain at the United Nations next week. But the Alaska governor has been rescheduled to be almost exclusively at the side of McCain until the election - in part because she boosts the size of GOP activist crowds that the party's presidential candidate can't attract.
Jon Fleischman, the Southern California vice chair of the state GOP, said Palin remains enormously popular with Republicans - and a huge plus for their presidential campaign message.
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==========Dem talking points. Mind plants.===========
Exactly. More programmed disinformation to generate FUD...fear, uncertainty, doubt.
Good point, but Palin seems to have appeal to conservative Republicans. I am looking for evidence she's maintained her appeal beyond the base. I see large crowds for Obama, too.
“I worship every word that the SF Chronicle writes. (sarcasm)”
I am sure you have a crush on Ms Morford, hahahaha
I agree. Based on past perfomances, Mc Cain should prevail, but watch for the MSM spin.
One could only expect the post convention bounce to weaken. Thats what happens. I do think though that we will get post debate bounces. The Empty Suit can deliver a speech with the best of them but I think he will get whipped in the debate.
Liberal minds are working overtime to dig deep, they are bouncing around like rats in a bucket trying to find any weapon or strategy to counter Sarah Palin.
Do I have to turn you in to the moderator? (smile)
Very good turn of the tables. Thanks.
What really is wearing thin is the constant Palin bashing from the press and people who play make believe for a living. Its only been a couple of weeks and I have had my fill of reading letters to the editor of the NY Daily News how Gov. Palin kills innocent animals, etc.
450 wishful thinking comments at SFGate already - amazing how perfectly all of their insults about Palin’s inexperience apply to Obama. ;)
450 wishful thinking comments at SFGate already - amazing how perfectly all of their insults about Palin’s inexperience apply to Obama. ;)
I agree, but the Media will spin it like he won.
Is ‘Palin Effect’ already wearing thin?
This is code for, “We can’t really find anything, so let’s try ignoring her instead.”
Two points.
First, Palin is the VP on ticket, which is usually ignored.
(Joe "Walking Gaffe" Biden certainly is. Look at the union shirts in the crowd.
Second, didn't Obama give hotel and travel vouchers for his supporters in California to travel to Elko, NM to swell the size of the crowd there?
Palin's enthusiastic crowds are genuine.
I'd be interested in any articles comparing Obama's crowd sizes now to in months past. Interesting how his use of the Teleprompter is treated like a nice human interest story.
Watch the Florida rally Sunday in The Villages. FL GOP had 30,000 tickets for the event, and they were all gone yesterday.
Palin doesn’t seem to be wearing thin to me, but the Dem talking point that her popularity is on the wane, picked up and regurgitated by the drive-by media, is wearing very thin.
- JP
Wishful thinking.
All I can tell you is watch Fox... they had three on this week and FR had articles on at least two more this week.
LLS
osama is not drawing the crowds that he once was... but then the band and beer money has run out!
LLS
The “THIN ONE” is wearing thin.
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