Mike Allen from Politico claims a top McCain adviser called Palin a “whack job”.
From the cite above:
The last sentence certainly is right, tho’ not in the way she imagines.
How can anyone look at this and not conclude that it was spoken by a clueless twit? McCain just plain screwed the pooch in picking her, and there was no way the handlers assigned to her could ever make a silk purse out of that moose ear.
I’ll let someone else comment on her fondness for “The Underdog Position.” :eek:
Nah. After McCain-Palin lose the election, she will end up in radio. She would be a natural: an empty-headed, loudmouth, lying, right-wing radio commentator who would fit in quite nicely with Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham, et. al. Mark my words.
B-b-b-but her VOICE. It’s AWFUL.
I can’t think of any radio personality with a voice that bad.
On this, Governor Palin and I agree.
Ok, so Palin knows all about Alaskan politics, but hasn’t been asked about these things, so the public can’t tell how much she knows about Alaskan politics.
Sheesh.
My understanding is that her gubernatorial debates were cram-fests as well. But since governors operate on a much narrower issue base than Presidents, it wasn’t as obvious. Let’s not forget that she claimed that Alaska provides 20 percent of US energy, when the real figure is in the 2-4% range.
Perhaps Palin is an authority on nothing.
For whatever reason, Palin has been a net drag on the campaign, though she has energized part of the base. The Republican candidate for Governor or Indiana considers her toxic, though he has a comfortable lead in the polls. Also, “Of the 70 odd conservative politicians, pundits and newspapers that have turned from McCain to endorse Obama this fall, 38 of them have cited Palin as a significant contributor to the decision.” Relevant quotes here.
I admit that it’s possible that the McCain campaign mishandled Palin. But frankly I’m guessing that the pros know what they’re doing and that Robert Draper has it right
h/t TPM
It’s been said that Palin likes mixing it up with reporters. That may well be the case.
But for a Des Moines TV station, Palin agreed to be interviewed for about 5 minutes, only if the reporter would “submit which topics we wanted to discuss ahead of time which is not standard procedure.”
The exchange turned out to be a fairly boring recital of talking points.
In Maine, she would only agree to an interview if the campaign was allowed to pick the reporter.
I make no secret of my belief that Palin is wholly unqualified for the Presidency. But don’t take my word for it: the restrictions that they put on her reveal that the McCain campaign is in agreement. Surely it’s reasonable to expect a President to be able to handle a press conference or a Sunday talk show. If Palin can’t handle Tom Brokaw, why does anybody think that she could face off against Putin, Hu Jintao or Kim Jung Il?
That merely cements in my own mind that Palin was a short-sighted pick, where the goal was to get elected, rather than a long-term pick to be a good Vice President.
Maybe this is her plan for foreign affairs as well. She will handle an international crisis - but she gets to pick the crisis and country.
I’m so in.
I pick Tahiti’s terrible terrible lack of tourists crisis! I will go oversee that myself!