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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (29033)	8/29/2008 7:34:01 PM
From: nigel bates	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

We also know that McCain had met her only once before selecting her as VP. She must have made an impression. She's not exactly running on the 'change' platform: time.com (Q.) The Republican party nationwide has a lot challenges. What ideas do you have to bring the party back, to gain back majorities in Congress, to change the platform to appeal to more people? (A.) The planks in our party's platform — they're sound, they are solid. They are the right agenda for America. I know the Republican platform is right for my state in Alaska because the planks we can stand solidly on are respect for equality and respect for life and an acknowledgment that it is individual Americans and American families who can make better decisions for ourselves than government can ever make for us. So individual freedom and independence is extremely important to me and that's why I'm a Republican, and there are planks in our platform that reflect that.

To: koan who wrote (29033)	8/29/2008 7:58:07 PM
From: TARADO96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Did she name her children after nouns, objects, etc? Track, Trig? Not making fun at all, but that is a very peculiar way of naming your children.

To: koan who wrote (29033)	8/29/2008 7:58:15 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

She enters an already historic election, knowing well two of the biggest things McCain needs her to do: shore up votes among social conservatives and win over disaffected Hillary Clinton-supporting Democrats -- many of them women. This is what caught my eye. It remains to be seen if those Hillary women would agree that Palin is anywhere near as good as Hillary to deserve their vote. Besides, those folks support Hillary because of a woman's right to choose. I don't expect these women to turn overnight and vote for Palin who does not support a woman's right to choose. Shoring up support among conservatives tells me that the Republicans have a larger split in their own party than the split that the MSM said the Democrats had between Hillary and Obama.