Until she runs for another public office.. See ya next time folks!

Out of long retirement, I’m emerging to call this thing for Obama.  As of right now, with a predicted 200 electoral votes and with California’s 55, Oregon’s 7, and Washington’s 11 electoral votes going to Obama, Obama will be our new president.

Now let’s see if I’m committing a Dewey vs. Truman.

And a question:  Will this be the election that finally brings about the downfall of the electoral college?

10 Facts About Sarah Palin.  No, these aren’t our ten facts.  They come from Time.

The New York Times joins several of Sarah Palin’s friends as they watch her accept the VP nomination.

The final line of the story is by far the best line about an Alaskan I’ve ever heard.

Time has a cozy little interview with Sarah Palin shortly before her selection as VP.  It’s interesting, if a little bland.

Remember how CNN “beat up” poor Tucker Bounds, the McCain campaigns spokesman, while he was trying to defend Sarah Palin’s selection as VP?  Watch the whole thrashing here:

How does Britain view Palin?  The Telegraph tells us:

At the beginning, the Republicans looked weary, stale, flat and unprofitable. Their candidate was old, tainted by an unpopular war, a stricken economy, and an eight-year presidency that the voters were booing off the stage. Barack Obama was young, eloquent and renewing. He had the future and the big momentum.

Now, everything is in flux. Last weekend, I phoned around my Republican friends. Who is Sarah Palin and what do you know about her?   Continue Reading

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The Daily News thinks that tapping Palin as VP may drive women voters to Obama’s camp:

If John McCain wanted to poach the women’s vote from Barack Obama, he shouldn’t have tapped a running mate who dubbed herself a “pit bull with lipstick.”  Continue Reading

Um, does this really surprise anyone?  When McCain first announced he was selecting Palin as his VP, everyone screamed “She’s going to steal all the Hillary votes for McCain!”  And then she opened her mouth and we all calmed down.

Clive Crook of The Atlantic calls Palin’s RNC speech “Amazing”:

After the thrashing she has received from press and television in the past few days, knowing what was at stake for the party and for John McCain as she stood at the podium, with a good part of the nation watching and waiting for her to trip, her composure and self-assurance were simply amazing. Who could fail to be moved by this? And it was even more impressive than it looked, because the waves of adulation from the audience kept interrupting her momentum: they did not know it, but at times the audience was making it harder for her. Yet she never looked hesitant or thrown. She paused when she had to and controlled the timing. She actually seemed comfortable. If ever there were a political natural, we saw one tonight.

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Personally, I think the comments are better than the post, but you decide.

Anne Kilkenney gives the skinny on Sarah Palin:

I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992. Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her father was my child’s favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the residents of the city.   Continue Reading

I know how this argument goes:  Democrats–Thank you, Anne, for being courageous enough to tell the truth.  Republicans–More liberal slander.  And she’s hotter than you are.