Dylan Ratigan just got done making the assertion that if not for Tina Fey we might be talking about sitting VP Palin. Yes, Tina Fey was funny as hell as candidate Palin and to be sure some of her routines bled over onto Palin. This idea of Ratigan's seems to be that a large voting demographic took Fey seriously and that the clips of her counter posed with clips of Palin didn't show Palin to be ignorant and extreme - in fact not in comedy.
Sure, the Right would like to scapegoat anyone other than their favorite for her failure and they'd certainly like to ignore the failure of McPOW to connect with much of anyone. I don't mean to minimize the number who voted McCain/Palin, I'm talking about enthusiasm for McCain in general and the narrow appeal of the Palinesque approach. I'm curious as to whether this is a view held by that 27% that seems to always be around and around the damned bend or if Ratigan is repeating something more generally held. I'm pretty comfortable with the idea that he just repeated RW talking points, but these folks aren't my speciality.
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This is the first I've heard of that notion.
Some California social scientists published a paper that concluded that Palin cost McCain 2 points in the 2008 election.
Micah,
I'm sure Palin cost McCain at least 2 points, I'd be uncomfortable adding more to that and even less comfortable to go under it. Her coterie seems to forget that 27% just won't do in a General Election even if it will do for a mid-term Primary. A candidate needs to at least achieve a neutral approval with the so-called middle, scaring them is bad business. Scaring them about the "other" seems to work, though...
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