I've been following politics for a very long time.
I watch Hardball on a consistent basis.
When the financial crisis hit, Romney was the perfect VP pick.........
There's no arguing that.
The fact that he's a Mormon worked against him in the final analysis, everyone knows that.
Palin made a splash early on, but when she actually had to debate and answer questions based on her own merit, failed miserably.
She a brilliant politician, but an ignorant person in general with a limited appeal outside of the conservative base.
The polls back this up.
Most upper-class educated whites thought she was a detriment to the ticket and she also turned off the suburban soccer moms.
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Personally I think Hardball is OK when it comes to this type of coverage...not the best, not the worst. MSNBC though has got to be the worst of all the news outlets when it comes to political bias in the media. Sure, it's easy to say Fox leans a little right, and CNN a little left...and i watch both regularly....but MSNBC takes the cake to outright political bias IMO.
If we're going to talk about "Keeping up with politics" I guess I'll throw my own resume out there...not to toot my horn, cause who cares...rather, if for nothing else but to give my point of view hopefully some validation. Not saying it will make others agree with me, but I wouldn't consider myself an idiot when it comes to this.
*I have a degree in Political Science with an emphasis in Law.
*Was the co-founder for the Young Republicans while I attended my University
*After graduating I was actively involved in the county Yong Republicans later the state
*Still a card carrying member of the state and national republican party as well as financial contributor on the state level.
*I have worked for 4 campaigns so far, one state representative, 1 governors race, 1 U.S. representative and 1 U.S. senator
*Was offered a position to head up a small campaign for a local state representatives campaign for this last election. It would have been my first but I had to reluctantly decline due to personal business related matters.
*Received university recognition for 2 essays I wrote, one was on the works of Karl Marx & John Lock (a comparison) one was on St. Augustine's book, "The Confessions of St. Augustine."
I'm not saying I'm an expert and would not make such a claim. When it comes to the discussions we have hear on AAS I wouldn't call me a champion expert either...but when it comes to political things, I would say at the very least that I have some what of an idea on what's going on.
As for Palin and your claim that she is not popular with the GOP base...if you're getting your info from MSNBC, then I'm afraid this is simply dead wrong.
If you're an active member of the GOP then you will receive regular emails concerning what's happening within the party as well as regular party line polls. During heavy political season such as now, these polls come out almost daily.
In one of the polls released today, GOP members were asked who they saw as the future leader of the Republican party. The choices were: Palin, Huckabee, Romney and Jindal
Palin received a 70% favorable rating, while Huckabee and Romney received 12% and 11% with Jindal receiving 7%
Another recent poll question among the GOP was did Palin hurt or help McCain's campaign: 69% said "yes she helped."
So the point of all this, it is ridiculous to say that the republican party is not behind Palin and does not think she has a bright future in the party. It doesn't matter if you like her or agree with her, the party does and that's all we're talking about here.
You could read almost identical polling results on these same questions at Rasmussen.
