While Palin seemed at first to be a shot in the arm to an otherwise geriatric McCain campaign, she is seriously beginning to look like a major drag on the McCain ticket.
The latest national polls have Obama ahead by 10 to 14 points. Opinion polls have the main reason as "disapproval of VP choice", with 34% of Independent voters saying that is their primary reason for leaning toward Obama.
She is now also listed as the primary negative association with McCain in Independent voter's minds, outpacing the previous albatross of George W. Bush. You have to work hard to be a worse influence on voter's choices than W.
Incidentally, I loved her delusional statements about the role of the VP today. In a mind-boggling answer to a question about what her job will be as the Vice President, she said she thinks the Veep is in "charge of the United States Senate" and is supposed to "get in there and make changes and mix it up and make policy changes". LOL What constitution is she talking about that supposedly describes the role of the Veep as being "legislative"? The ONLY role of the VP according to the Constitution is that you are there to vote IN CASE OF A TIE. You would think that anyone running at the VP would understand the role of the job she is running for that any kid who has taken a 7th grade Civics class would understand.
This is a serious question because she previously talked to Katie Couric in that now infamous interview in which she used language about the VP role as potentially being "legislative". This is the 2nd time this has been floated, which is beginning to seem like an argument being made to unlawfully extend the powers of the VP office. This could foreshadow plans this administration wants to instill should they somehow manage to win this election. Most importantly, this language is strangely similar to what Dick Cheney wishes his role to be as the Veep. Cheney has said some strange things on more than one occasion about his office being some hybrid between the Executive and Legislative branches, most notably to avoid potential blame/prosecution about the Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame scandal.
This woman is scary for so many reasons, and it has nothing to do with my political leanings. I believe she is potentially a true threat to national security.
The latest national polls have Obama ahead by 10 to 14 points. Opinion polls have the main reason as "disapproval of VP choice", with 34% of Independent voters saying that is their primary reason for leaning toward Obama.
She is now also listed as the primary negative association with McCain in Independent voter's minds, outpacing the previous albatross of George W. Bush. You have to work hard to be a worse influence on voter's choices than W.
Incidentally, I loved her delusional statements about the role of the VP today. In a mind-boggling answer to a question about what her job will be as the Vice President, she said she thinks the Veep is in "charge of the United States Senate" and is supposed to "get in there and make changes and mix it up and make policy changes". LOL What constitution is she talking about that supposedly describes the role of the Veep as being "legislative"? The ONLY role of the VP according to the Constitution is that you are there to vote IN CASE OF A TIE. You would think that anyone running at the VP would understand the role of the job she is running for that any kid who has taken a 7th grade Civics class would understand.
This is a serious question because she previously talked to Katie Couric in that now infamous interview in which she used language about the VP role as potentially being "legislative". This is the 2nd time this has been floated, which is beginning to seem like an argument being made to unlawfully extend the powers of the VP office. This could foreshadow plans this administration wants to instill should they somehow manage to win this election. Most importantly, this language is strangely similar to what Dick Cheney wishes his role to be as the Veep. Cheney has said some strange things on more than one occasion about his office being some hybrid between the Executive and Legislative branches, most notably to avoid potential blame/prosecution about the Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame scandal.
This woman is scary for so many reasons, and it has nothing to do with my political leanings. I believe she is potentially a true threat to national security.
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