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To: jlallen who wrote (414869)	9/6/2008 11:30:54 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577867

Who wrote her speech??? Quote: As Democrats and the Obama campaign scrambled to attack Sarah Palin's well-received acceptance speech at the Republican convention in St. Paul Wednesday night, they latched on early and hard to the fact that it was penned by former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully. But the story is more complicated than just the recycling of a Bush staffer into the McCain fold, and it tells you more about how McCain's camp intends to use Palin than it does about the continuing influence of the current White House. The clues are in the text itself. Scully started working on the vice-presidential speech a week ago, before he or anyone else knew who the nominee would be, and it's not hard to pick out the parts that would have been the same regardless of who delivered it. Scully unspooled two centrist themes via Palin that have been key to the McCain message: the idea that the Republican nominee puts service to country ahead of career and the notion that he's the true representative of middle America. Both themes implicitly push Obama and Biden to the left, and Scully made it explicit with lines accusing the Democrats of elitism and talking down to working class voters. Once Palin was chosen, Scully tailored the speech to the Alaska governor, highlighting her biography and using her PTA background and local political experience (contrasted so memorably with Obama's work as a "community organizer") to bolster his two themes. Where much media attention in the wake of her surprise naming has focused on Palin's views on cultural issues like abortion, the speech carefully steered away from ideological touchstones. Palin was shown as an average mainstream American looking to bring change to Washington, further bolstering McCain's overarching message of reforming the wasteful federal government.

To: jlallen who wrote (414869)	9/6/2008 11:59:49 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1577867

To: Dale Baker who wrote (82608) 9/6/2008 10:11:46 PM From: Dale Baker of 82613 New GOP Spin: Sarah Palin's Not Ready by JedReport Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 06:16:43 PM PDT Todd Harris, a GOP strategist who is close to the McCain campaign, says Palin won't be available to the press for about two weeks. His defense? She might make "a mistake." "If she goes out and makes a mistake, that is something that [voters will] care about, and that's something that will haunt [McCain] for awhile, so I think this is a smart move." * JedReport's diary :: :: * This has got to be one of the craziest messaging decisions ever: Harris is conceding that Palin's not even ready to be a vice presidential candidate, let alone be president. I just don't see how they can sustain two weeks of keeping Palin in hiding. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they bring her out of hiding after just one week and try to spin it as "Wow, she got ready fast!" But that won't change the fact that they don't think she's ready now. Bottom-line: every day McCain campaign keeps her away from reporters just highlights the fact that they don't think she's ready. This strikes me as a pretty impressive strategic blunder.