Three Big Dogs in PA

Palin, Obama, and McCain all found themselves battling it out for Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes today in the somewhat industrial sectors of PA. While McCain and Obama did most of the talking (about health care, etc), Palin only seemed to be there to draw in the crowds. Palin planned two more rallies in PA.

On a separate note, Palin addressed a group of a few hundred in the auditorium of Shippensburg University wearing a shirt similar to the one seen bellow. Although she claims it was a mishap because she was under the impression that her day was over, it could very well be a failed attempt to balance out the $150,000 wardrobe we've heard so much about.



Info on Pennsylvania:
http://sites.google.com/site/sjunnarkar/Home/pennblog
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29campaign.html?ref=politics
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/28/palin-wears-her-fiesty-attitude-on-her-tee/


CORRECTION: Sarah Palin's shirt said "SHIP HAPPENS" in reference to Shippensburg University where she was speaking.

State Funds

It has been discovered in recent days that Sarah Palin has been using Alaskan state funds to pay for her daughters flight fairs to various parts of the country, mostly Juneau. State law says that for state funds to be used, it must be for official state business. Apparently to Palin that means taking a family photo and watching their father compete in a dog snowmobile race. This issue, when combined with the numerious other negative storys that have come out about Palin, adds to the fatal blow Palin is delivering to McCain's campaign. Overall it seems Palin is holding the Republican ticket down.

Just a friendly note:

"putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4." -Palin

Who needs a campaign when you have extreme religion?

Palin and McCain are in Ohio together, a state which no republican nominee has lost and gone on to win the election. For McCain and McCain supporter's sake, Palin can't slip up. At this point it would only take a single slip on Palin's part to destory McCain's campaign altogehter.

Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel
http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/article/the_latest_from_the_campaign_trail/21788/
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOk9t_aHv9C5h0pxR6KbVY11gUlQD93VMJL81

Quotes from below

For some reason they turned out really small:

1. "Its time to get tough. McCain is a gentleman and that's part of the problem. He doesn't want to get in there bloody somebody's nose verbally, and that's what he needs to do."

2. "Now America, doggonit, unfortunately we are deep in debt," she said. "Barrack Obama would make us even deeper in debt; we've got to reverse this."

Palin and McCain together in Virginia

Palin and McCain arrived at Virginia Beach October 13th. Together they tackled mainly economic issues such as how the $700 bailout isn't working, and how Obama does not know how to fix the economy. It seems that although the pair are always ready to bash Obama, they rarely if ever put forward their own plans.

Afterward, Palin continued on to Richmond, where she continued to bash Obama. As one conservative said,

"Its time to get tough. McCain is a gentleman and that's part of the problem. He doesn't want to get in there bloody somebody's nose verbally, and that's what he needs to do."

If McCain in fact lacks in the ability to "bloody somebody's nose verbally," then Palin sure makes up for it.

"Now America, doggonit, unfortunately we are deep in debt," she said. "Barrack Obama would make us even deeper in debt; we've got to reverse this.

You just have to love the fact that she said doggonit! Palin is expected to continue her campaign in West Chester, Butler County (the PA one i belive). With Pennsyvania leaning towards Obama, the Republican Party will be doing all it can to gain voter support in that state, and will infact be calling 150,000 voters with autimated phone calls.

Sources:
http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/15/hjn101508palin.html
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9171952&nav=menu496_12_22_1

Is Palin As Open As She Claims?

Palin's Alaska campaign was based on the notion that she would be 100% open with the people about what was going on in Alaska, such as her plan to publish Alaska's spending online for citizens to view. Although she carried out her promise, the fact that she used private forms of communication (such as her email account as mentioned in a pervious post) for most issues serves to show that she went back on the promise of her Alaska campaign. If the American people couple McCain and his Vice President nominee, this could cause Americans to think that the promises that Palin and McCain are making are simply election manouvers.

Palin, still in Florida, rallied from Jacksonville in the northeast to Pensacola in the pandhandle, drawing out crowds of liberal-loathing Americans in red t-shirts. The mudd slinging continued, and in some cases tensions grew so thin that onlookers would be under the impression that these were not McCain-Palin rallies, but rather Anti-Obama rallies.

As Julie Bosman said in one article:

"If there were undecideds, independents or swing voters among them, they were awfully hard to spot."

Finally, McCain and Palin appeared together on a Fox television program called "Hannity and Colmes," where the conservative host Hannity gave the candidates seemingly pre-rehearsed simple questions, almost as if they were trying to make up for a certain interview with a certain Katie Couric.


Sources:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD93LRF403
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434841,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html?em

Palin Visits the Golden State

Palin appeared in Carson, Los Angeles Country and the Bay Area in California before a large group of Palin-supporters. California, a largely democratic state, became the forum for Palin's smearing of Obama in an attempt to dissconnect Obama from the American people. She claimed that Obama "sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country," once again trying to tie Obama to anti-americanism. She continued by saying, ""This is not a guy who sees America as you and I see America... We see America as a force for good in the world."

This all after Palin and Bidin's vice presidential debate, which as predicted by Mr. Shulman, turned out to be pointless politically, and more like a vice-prediential reality show. The following is a brief represenation of parts of the debate.

Palin: "I may not answer questions the way you or the moderator want me to but I'm talking directly to the American people."

Biden: “Look, in an Obama-Biden administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple,” Biden said in answer to a question about whether he supported equal benefits for same-sex couples.

Palin: "Your question to him was whether he supported gay marriage and my answer is the same as his and it is that I do not."

Days after this encounter both vice presidential candidates set to work in Florida, possibly the most important swing state in the election. It was said that in between her visits Palin attended private fundraisers for the McCain campaign.

Overall nothing Palin has been doing these past few days has really shaken the election. Although some say she has stabalized McCain support, Obama is still pulling ahead in the polls.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/05/MN2R13BKI7.DTL
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/714302.html