Lee on Sep 17 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Sarah Palin’s personal email account gets hacked by an anonymous operative and Farhad Manjoo blames Palin for “Rovian tactics.” Indifference to irony isn’t a new thing in Palin reporting, but there’s a certain amusement about the event in liberal circles which is amusing in itself. That is, if you have the imagination to picture the [...]
Lee on Sep 16 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Who would win in a head-to-head contest of the Veeps for the presidency? Palin, according to Rasmussen, by 47%-44%.
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Lee on Sep 11 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Toby Harnden weighs in with his thoughts on the Palin effect. All interesting, all very astute IMO.
Of particular interest is Toby’s argument that McCain commands enough public respect for his experience and expertise, that he has no concerns about being eclipsed by Sarah. Because of that, he’s perfectly comfortable to ride in her publicity tailwind, [...]
Lee on Sep 11 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Last week I noticed that Sarah Palin had exceeded Joe Biden slightly in Google returns. Understandably, that has now become an avalanche (Biden: 5.6 million | Palin: 22.4 million). Although it plainly doesn’t exceed John McCain or Barack Obama’s returns as Robert Legge strangely argues.
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Lee on Sep 10 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Joe Biden says Hillary Clinton would have been a better pick than himself. A little amusing naturally, but I’m impressed by the candor and humility of it. Fine characteristics for a serving vice president who is expected to exert substantial influence on foreign policy.
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Lee on Sep 06 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
The Etch-A-Sketchist does Sarah Palin. Previously, Joe Biden.
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Lee on Sep 04 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
If you thought Huckabee’s contention that Sarah Palin received more votes for mayor of Wasilla than Biden did for president sounded a little unlikely, that’s because it was. I don’t know where that went wrong, but I bet he meant in Delaware, where Biden received 2,863 votes.
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Lee on Sep 02 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
When McCain named Sarah Palin his veep, she had about 500k mentions on the web according to Google, and Joe Biden mustered an impressive five million plus (I checked). A few short days later Palin has surpassed Biden with 5.8 million mentions, with Joe at 5.5 mil. Remarkable.
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Lee on Sep 02 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Be honest, wouldn’t you rather see Barack Obama vs Sarah Palin and John McCain vs Joe Biden in the debates?
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Lee on Sep 01 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Little Miss Attila picks up a good line from Jas at postpolitical. An amusing reversal for the ‘Cheney is the brains of the White House’ school of commentary.
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Lee on Aug 30 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Rasmussen’s first Palin poll suggests that while many Americans still need more information to make a judgment, she’s already made a superior impression to Biden on the day of his selection by Obama.
Of enormous significance is the finding that she receives a 63% favorable rating from independents, and a 61% favorable rating from independent women.
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Lee on Aug 24 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008
A majority of voters approve of Obama’s selection of Joe Biden in CNN’s first poll after the tap. Unfortunately for Obama and his new Veep, the choice appears to have further angered and alienated Hillary’s sad little village. Thus, Obama has dropped into a 47-47 tie with John McCain.
For her own political future, Hillary has [...]
Lee on Aug 23 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
It’ll be interesting to see if Jason at postpolitical posts a highly unusual encounter he had with Joe Biden when we were both kids in Delaware. So far, he’s held off. Too scandalous? Nah. Yet I’m pinging him to shame him into posting it.
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