God bless Sarah Palin!

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ion/index.html

Who could have ever predicted that she would be a disaster?

You're obsession with Palin is astounding.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Your obsession with Palin is astounding.

I just said the same thing to my husband!!!

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

I just said the same thing to my husband!!!

I'd guess that Flash and Cali are obsessed for different reasons.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Tex

Sorry, Dan, but that is the most foolish suggestion I've ever heard. It's not like McCain is Walter Mondale. Good grief, do you know what such an acknowledgment would do to Republican turnout? Jimmy Carter, idiot that he is, did so just a few hours too early in 1980, and destroyed lower-office western state Democrat hopefuls for whose base decided not to turn out.

One rule in presidential politics: you do not prematurely admit defeat. You admit it once it's final, and never before. A lot more is riding on that than just your sorry presidential butt.

I think that all that is being suggested is that Senators in certain races do this. I think at this point avoiding a filibuster-proof Senate is the best we can hope for. And I think it would enhance turnout in those races, and in the already lost presidential race, who cares?

Also, this isn't in the top 1000 of foolish things you have heard just on this web site.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

I think that all that is being suggested is that Senators in certain races do this. I think at this point avoiding a filibuster-proof Senate is the best we can hope for. And I think it would enhance turnout in those races, and in the already lost presidential race, who cares?

Also, this isn't in the top 1000 of foolish things you have heard just on this web site.

Plus, I think Tex may be missing the point. No one's asking McCain to publicly concede or anything of the sort.

But currently the RNC is subsidizing McCain because McCain is short on funds. The article that you read (unless I'm mistaken -- but I think I read the same one) simply suggested that the RNC stop subsidizing McCain and instead shift its remaining funds to the critical Congressional races to try to prevent a supermajority.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Plus, I think Tex may be missing the point. No one's asking McCain to publicly concede or anything of the sort.

But currently the RNC is subsidizing McCain because McCain is short on funds. The article that you read (unless I'm mistaken -- but I think I read the same one) simply suggested that the RNC stop subsidizing McCain and instead shift its remaining funds to the critical Congressional races to try to prevent a supermajority.

Thats correct.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

I think that all that is being suggested is that Senators in certain races do this. I think at this point avoiding a filibuster-proof Senate is the best we can hope for. And I think it would enhance turnout in those races, and in the already lost presidential race, who cares?

Also, this isn't in the top 1000 of foolish things you have heard just on this web site.

I know what you meant, and I still think it's quite foolish. Neither McCain nor the RNC nor anyone else ought to make any move that would any further demoralize Republicans than they already are.

Put it in the top 50 foolish things.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Tex

I know what you meant, and I still think it's quite foolish. Neither McCain nor the RNC nor anyone else ought to make any move that would any further demoralize Republicans than they already are.

Put it in the top 50 foolish things.

I guess you believe that this would inflict worse damage than is already in store. I think the catastrophe for the Republican party next week is imminent. I really think it would be difficult to make worse. Obviously I believe that the further demoralization you speak might motivate the party faithful, and some others, to help us salvage something.

Its probably academic. We're just hypothesizing how bad things will be. They will be pretty bad one way or the other.

[YOhio]

It's rumored that some former Romney folks now with McCain are behind the Palin trashing.

http://spectator.org/archives/2008/1...efeat-planners

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by YOhio

It's rumored that some former Romney folks now with McCain are behind the Palin trashing.

http://spectator.org/archives/2008/1...efeat-planners

OHMYGOSH!

I said a couple of weeks ago that polls would barely be closed before the candidates would be announcing for 2012. Apparently I was mistaken. They've already started:

The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He's in charge on November 5th.

-- former Romney adviser