And she does have a track record; during her run for Governor of Alaska she did have a number of debates with opponents, which were recorded and can be viewed. She seems to have acquitted herself just fine under those admittedly less frenzied–but still pressured and unscripted–conditions.

The truest judge of a person’s character is the quality of their enemies.

And the quality of Sarah Palin’s enemies, both old and new, Neo, are extraordinary to me. Enough to seal my loyalty, adoration, and love.

“He’s thinking he should have went with Hillary…”

Finally, there is policy: Victory or Defeat in Iraq (& Afghanistan), lower or higher taxes, pro-life or pro-choice.
I think more Americans support 2 or 3 of these first choices, and thus should vote Reps. But if they’re convinced lower taxes are the economic problem, and the economy is the most important thing, they might vote for their own 1 in 3 chance.
If they’re strongly pro-choice, they might vote for that, especially thinking Reps made the mess.

“Hostess, with only a few weeks left to the vote, why not shift gears and blog about policy?”

Why not start your own blog and then you can do whatever it is you feel ought to be done?

This is the only right-wing blog I routinely read, and the only right-wing community I’m familiar with. If I blogged I’d attract left-wing readers, and that doesn’t interest me.

Anyway, I figure the hostess didn’t shift political camps just to blog about a horse race.

And she does have a track record; during her run for Governor of Alaska she did have a number of debates with opponents, which were recorded and can be viewed. She seems to have acquitted herself just fine under those admittedly less frenzied—but still pressured and unscripted—conditions.

“The thing is I just can’t believe that the majority of my fellow countryman think McCain is a better choice for President that Obama. I can’t even believe that McCain is even a valid or appropriate choice for President much less better than just about anyone.”
http://fallenmonk.com/

And when the impossible (to them) happens they start snapping and snarling and drive the undecideds into the Republican camp.

I tell you, from this side of the pond, I am just loving this campaign – but then I’ve always had a weakness for blood sports!

I’ve begun to wonder what happens to Obama if he loses. I can see him possibly not even finishing his Senate term. He doesn’t really seem particularly interested in the nuts and bolts of government. He’s not a policy wonk like Bill Clinton. I could see him resigning before the end of his term. Or perhaps just going through the motions of serving it out and then moving on to other things. He might even accomplish something tangible somewhere (which would be somewhat difficult as a lowly first term Senator with a defeat under his belt) and be in a better positition to run for president again in the future. Or perhaps he would just concentrate on writing and speaking.

Any thoughts? Or way too early to speculate?

There were not 18 million Hillary dead-enders. She receive that many votes, yes, but the dead-enders were/are the hardcore borderline cultists who refused to let go when it was clear she’d lost. It’s a very small but very vocal group, like so many one-note political subcultures.