11-08-2008, 03:36 PM | #21 |
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I think W's re-election was more about a sitting President during wartime. You generally don't boot them out in the middle of it.
I think if W were allowed to run again this year, he would have been booted, though, so who knows about my theory. The Palin base would have an even tougher time defending her incompetence if she were subjected to the scrutiny of a Presidential candidate. As it stands, they had a tough enough time defending an interview with Katie Couric and a prank call by some Canadian DJs. Her debate wasnt even a debate...it was all canned questions. Imagine if she were actually speaking to the press almost daily, like a Presidential candidate does.
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Powerline's single comment on the post-election Palin nonsense:
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Presidential candidates cannot refuse to speak to the media for a week at a time. It would be campaign suicide. As it turns out, allowing Palin to speak at all was campaign suicide.
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Another example, Nixon had a horrible relationship with the press and was hounded constantly. Clinton was hounded by the special prosecutor but not by the press. Democrats receive better treatment as shown by some studies that Dems receive either consciously or subconsciously better treatment. It's likely to be that way for a long time, so Republicans don't need to kick against the pricks, but rather should find a way to combat it.
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And the WaPo's Ombudsmen acknowledged their biased news coverage.
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What is relevant is that if Palin were to run for President, she would definitely get hounded by the press daily, everyone looking for funny soundbites, malapropisms, or the like. She is not ready for that scrutiny. Perhaps in 4 years she will be more articulate, but doubtful, since the ability to schmooze is mostly innate, not learned behavior.
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Well, she only has two years to prep, since we now run two-year presidential campaigns. She seems to schmooze pretty well (see debate appearance), but coherent extemporaneous discussion is clearly not something she's suited for.
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Who does Intrade have for 2032? I imagine it's some college student body president some where on the east coast.
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