Hide and Go Seeking Sarah

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You’d think that Sarah Palin was renting out the cave next to Osama bin Laden’s in Bora Bora. On the biggest night of the campaign thus far in which we heard from the three male candidates on the respective tickets, she was nowhere to be found. I’ve got to agree with [...]

Palin Uncomfortable, Defensive in Gibson Interview

It’s surprising that the Barracuda was not a little more poised in her big ABC prime time debut. After throwing down the gauntlet in her RNC speech, she certainly invited the media scrutiny that has followed. I expected her to perform better.
Since I didn’t watch it live, but read about it first and watched the [...]

Moratorium on Palin

There are 10,000 posts I’d like to write about Sarah Palin, and I’m just as fascinated as the next political junkie by her every move, her brand of feminism, female ambition, comparisons to HRC, why she fired the librarian, whether her husband is an emasculated SAHD, etc. But I’ve decided to talk about all those [...]

GOP Suddenly Champions Sexism

Heart Tells RNC They Can’t Use ‘Barracuda’

Sorry, Sarah! Looks like your theme song has backfired already. Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson sent the Republicans a cease-and-desist notice. From their statement, via the Boston Globe:
“Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song ‘Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. [...]

Post-Sarah: Dems $8 million, Repubs $1 million

Apparently I wasn’t the only person determined to show Rudy Guliani and Sarah Palin what community organizing entails. An Obama aid tells HuffPost’s Nico Pitney that the campaign has raised $8 million since last night’s speech.
Not surprising that 37 million people tuned in to see the spectacle. (Wonder what the cross-section is on people who [...]

Obama Responds to Last Night’s Bashing

(Thx: Ari Melber’s Twitter)

Sans Guiliani, It’s a Solid Night for Repubs

I managed not to turn off the television when Guliani led the home crowd in a cackle of distasteful laughter at the work of community organizers. Beyond that, it was the most inspired performance by the Republican leadership we’ve seen this year. Romney and Huckabee were passionate and appropriately firm in asserting the (misguided) Republican [...]