From Marc Ambinder:
The huge crowds Gov. Sarah Palin attracts are one thing, but enthusiasm about the Alaska governor has produced an outpouring of volunteers for the GOP's get-out-the-vote program.According to a Republican official, countywide, seven to ten times as many new volunteers are signing to help as compared to the same days a month ago.
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That's more people that GOP field planners assumed they'd have, so in some areas, they're scrambling to figure out what to do with them all.
That's a delightful problem to have.
We've been hearing all year this will be a Democratic election season, in part because the dispirited Republican base wouldn't be motivated to work on behalf of the Presidential ticket. With that twist potentially evaporated, and if the generic Congressional ballot keeps tightening, what does that mean for November?
Posted by Eric Earling at September 11, 2008 07:07 PM | Email ThisJust a quick aside, the big "Palin, Charles Gibson" interview is coming out in snippits. This report makes it sound like Gibson is the wise man questioning the upstart student. There is also this "analysis" going on which is critical of Palin's apparent "preparation" as if Charlie boy never "prepared" for an interview. I'd like to know where all this deep expert "snap analysis" of body language and speech patterns is regarding Obama and Biden. More press hypocrisy and double standards.
Are they actually criticizing her for preparation and confidence? Gee, if she didn't prepare she'd probably sound like those pillars of wisdom Matt Damon and Pamela Anderson.
The Saddleback Forum was at least balanced in that they had the very same questions on the same playing field.
I will admit, that as much as I despise every single thing that marxist stands for, when he has a genuine smile he is quite engaging. Too bad for him that most of us are smart enough not to be sucked in by an engaging smile.... hells bells, if that's all it takes....
Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on September 11, 2008 08:56 PMhttp://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3521/pub_detail.asp
Here's some damning info on the "(communist) community organizer":
"Throughout his career, Obama has drawn on all of these strategies. In Illinois's Republican-controlled state senate, Obama specialized in incremental legislation, often drawn up in collaboration with groups like Gamaliel and ACORN. His tiny, targeted expansions of government-financed health care, for example, were designed to build political momentum for universal health care. And his claim to be a "common-sense pragmatist," rather than a leftist ideologue, comes straight out of the Gamaliel playbook.
New evidence now ties Obama still more closely to both organizations. Not only was Obama a trainer for Gamaliel and ACORN, he appears to have used his influence to secure a major increase in funding for both groups -- arguably stretching the bounds of propriety in the process."
Obama was/is a community seditionist. The only place for him and his ilk is jail. That's why he evades specifics about his "organizing." Expect Gamaliel and ACORN to attempt massive election fraud for their former trainer.
Posted by: The Pirate on September 11, 2008 09:06 PM"Even after becoming a U.S. senator, Obama has maintained his ties to the Gamaliel Foundation. According to an October 2007 report for the University of California by Todd Swanstrom and Brian Banks, "it is almost unheard of for a U.S. Senator to attend a public meeting of a community organization, but Senator Obama attended a Gamaliel affiliate public meeting in Chicago." Given this ongoing contact, given the radicalism of Gamaliel's core ideology, given Obama's close association with Gamaliel's co-founder, Gregory Galluzzo, given Obama's role as a Gamaliel consultant and trainer, and given Obama's outsized role in channeling allegedly "nonpartisan" funding to Gamaliel affiliates (and to his political ground troops at ACORN), some questions are in order. Obama needs to detail the nature of his ties to both Gamaliel and ACORN, and should discuss the extent of his knowledge of Gamaliel's guiding ideology. Ultimately, we need to know if Obama is the post-ideological pragmatist he sometimes claims to be, or in fact a stealth radical."
Posted by: The Pirate on September 11, 2008 09:13 PMEspecially if several busloads of McCain campaign workers go to the new King County facility in Renton to be election observers and also hang out side of the precincts and root out ACORN workers - clamoring for illegal votes and provisional ballots.
Posted by: KS on September 11, 2008 09:28 PMI think swing voters are just starting to pay attention. They aren't strongly party affiliated, so if the "like" Charles Gibson they may not vote for McCain. I just wish swing voters would study up on what MARXISM is before voting. NOW is the time to pay attention and, yes, take a stand.
Posted by: scott on September 12, 2008 11:52 AMThe positive impact of the GOP convention on polling indicators of Republican strength is further seen in the operation of Gallup's "likely voter" model in this survey. Republicans, who are now much more enthused about the 2008 election than they were prior to the convention, show heightened interest in voting, and thus outscore Democrats in apparent likelihood to vote in November. As a result, Republican candidates now lead Democratic candidates among likely voters by 5 percentage points, 50% to 45%.
Hah!
