Could the Libertarians Spoil Alaska for the GOP?
May 15, 2008
David Weigel for Reason Online:
John McCain isn’t the most popular Republican for Alaskans. On Super Tuesday he placed fourth in the state’s caucus, behind Ron Paul. McCain’s opposed to drilling in ANWR, a real political anomaly for a Republican in this state—even most state Democrats want to start the drills spinning. So I’m not surprised to see that a Research 2000 poll (conducted for Daily Kos) shows McCain leading Barack Obama by only 7 points, 49-42, even though George W. Bush beat John Kerry 61-36. Actually, I think McCain could lose the state. Two reasons. Read more
Political Betting Props
May 2, 2008
BetUs.com:
BetUS Sportsbook online betting customers who like to bet on political goings-on might be interested to know that in a recent Gallup survey, 11% of people who identified themselves as Republicans said that they would vote for the Democratic or third-party candidate if John McCain does not choose a vice-presidential running mate who is more conservative than he is. Nine percent more said that they would just sit the election out.
This leaves McCain with an interesting dilemma, because at the same time, he has to pick someone who is not too offensive to independents, undecideds and potential crossover votes, since, with all the infighting on the Democratic side, there will be a lot of votes up for grabs.
McCain also has to achieve a certain balance on other fronts, based on the way he has framed his own candidacy.
Before we go any further, let’s take a look at the BetUS political odds:
Sarah Palin +1200
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Glenn Beck loves Sarah.
April 30, 2008
Thanks to Adam of Palin for VP for passing this along.
The featured video there on the right is a clip from the Glenn Beck show on CNN. He talks about Sarah, Trig and perspective. I have a love/hate relationship with Glenn Beck. This falls in the “Love” category.
Palin’s too pregnant to be Veep
April 9, 2008
Ken Rudin has a post discussing McCain vp possibilities. He has Palin on his list, but claims he didn’t know she was pregnant when he wrote it. “McCain is not going to pick someone who (at this writing) is eight months’ pregnant.”
You can read the full post here.
Who will be McCain’s second?
April 4, 2008
Sarah’s name is once again popping up in VP possibility discussions. This article is from the OCRegister.com that says Sarah Palin has the power to neutralize either Hillary or Obamamania. Wait, what? That’s right, Sarah is Obama kryptonite. Read more
