Sarah Palin heads for Indiana Friday; not a good sign for GOP
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will campaign in Indiana on Friday.
Not a good sign for the Republican ticket.
The 44-year-
old vice presidential candidate wows the faithful wherever she goes. She's mobbed by fans, especially young girls. She draws publicity. All good.
But the Republicans should not have to campaign in Indiana less than three weeks out from election day.
Latest state polls show the McCain-Palin ticket ahead by two points in the Hoosier state; Karl Rove's national electoral map, published regularly here in The Ticket, shows the Republicans just having regained Indiana from the tossup category.
But it's a measure of how the Obama-Biden campaign, rolling in money, has forced the GOP candidates to play defense far too long into the campaign. They've recently also been forced to shore up support in two other once-staunch-Republican states -- Virginia and North Carolina.
Even if the Democratic ticket doesn't take Indiana on Nov. 4, it's forced the Republicans to "waste" a precious day of candidate time defending the heartland state and not chipping away at Democratic states elsewhere.
Indiana hasn't voted Democratic in a presidential election since the year Palin was born.
--Andrew Malcolm
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The Republican ticket seems to be grasping to keep their fellow Republican votes and sway undecided. Sending Governor Palin who the American public is still trying to understand may not be the best move. There is a lot about her that people don't know. Dailysource.org has a lot of evidence on Palin's current political views and actions, which presents her high and low career points as Alaskan governor. Go to http://dailysource.org/palin to see it.
Posted by: Satyra | October 13, 2008 at 06:44 PM
Sarah Plain is never a good sign for the Lib media,
so what else is new?
Posted by: steve rodriguez | October 13, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Okay, but it's fine and dandy when Obama is rallying in Philadelphia right?
Posted by: John | October 14, 2008 at 07:43 AM
There is a lot about her that people don't know.
Well, there is an awful lot about Obama that people don't know about also.
Posted by: Hoosier8 | October 17, 2008 at 11:50 AM
At least the GOP is focused on obtaining LEGITIMATE votes. (ACORN...need I say more?).
Posted by: Bob | October 17, 2008 at 06:34 PM