While she goes around continuing to fruitlessly assert that the Democrats aren't patriotic and getting booked on "Saturday Night Live," Sarah Palin actually was lauded today by Time magazine, which placed her in a Top 4 category--her selection, the magazine says, is one of the four worst mistakes of John McCain's campaign. Here's the story:
McCain's Struggles: Four Ways He Went Wrong
By Michael Scherer / WASHINGTON Friday, Oct. 17, 2008
Sarah Palin Needed a Crash Course She Never Got. The selection of Palin as McCain's running mate was initially a coup. It shocked the nation, rocketed McCain in the polls, especially among white women, and solidified support among the GOP base. McCain rallies suddenly rivaled Obama's rallies in enthusiasm and size. But while media scrutiny of Palin's record started to damage her maverick credibility (can you say Bridge to Nowhere?), her bubble truly got deflated by Katie Couric. Palin's two weeks of interview broadcasts on CBS Evening News coincided with a collapse in her approval ratings and a loss of McCain's gains among white women. In the interviews, Palin showed a lack of understanding of a number of key federal issues, including the debate over the constitutional right to privacy that forms the basis of Roe v. Wade, McCain's policy on Pakistan and the record of Vice President Dick Cheney. After Couric was done, Saturday Night Live took over. One can only imagine how much better it might have been if the McCain campaign had given Palin some extra time to prepare for the questions she would surely face. But that would probably have required that she not be a last-minute choice, which she apparently was.
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McCain is going to be HULK angry when he realizes that he was railroaded into picking Palin to lose and set up her own run for President.
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