HUH?????

Where were their sensitive selves when Shuster was accusing Clinton of "pimping" he daughter?   Why were they not personally offended when the likes of Rhodes were trashing Clinton and Ferarro with sexist insults?  

As much as I despise the stupidity of people using "personal" family stuff to attack, I find the "media's sudden sensitivity" to attacking personally to be a bit on the phony side considering how much they snickered and sneered and joined in the personal trashing of the Clintons.
To pretend that the press (whether on the blogs or on television) is above personal attacks is laughable.  I am seeing the same old, same old....sexism, politics of personal destruction that I saw for the last year in the primaries....that I saw directed at Al Gore; that I saw all through the 90s directed at the First Family.  AND NOW, I am supposed to believe these press people are "personally offended?"  

I just don't know what we can do about it...we're up against the entity with all the lawyers, guns, and money.

As somebody who cheerfully supported Hillary Clinton during the Primary (I would have rather had a true progressive like Feingold or Paul Wellstone's ghost, but given the choices, I preferred her, argued for her, voted for her), I am truly embarrassed by people like you.  

Sarah Palin was picked to appeal to conservative women and social conservative women and men - not democrats.

Sarah Palin was picked to reinforce McCain's Maverick-ness.

Sarah Palin was picked to pander to the Media's hunger for something shiny and new...and historic.

"I guess I stupidly assumed we were somehow better than Republicans and the realization that we AREN'T still isn't sitting well with me."

I've been completely turned off by the rather rabid reaction from Jeralyn and disappointed in her willingness to turn to sources we found lacking in objectivity and credibility during the primary season.  Why all of a sudden HuffPo and MoDo are worth quoting, and TPM and the network pundits now are founts of truth is beyond me.

That being said,

During August, the number of Americans who consider themselves to be Republicans increased two percentage points to 33.2% while the number of Democrats was little changed at 38.9%.

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However, the Democrats still enjoy a much bigger advantage today than they did when votes were cast in Election 2004 and an advantage almost identical to their edge in January. In fact, other than the past six months, the current 5.7 percentage point advantage is one of the biggest on record (see history from January 2004 to present).

These new results have very little to do with recent news events such as the Democratic National Convention or selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be John McCain's running mate. Interviews are conducted throughout the month and the vast majority were completed before these events dominated the news cycle.

I didn't really support Obama until this Palin thing came around. Her views just reminded me how much worse it could be under a GOP admin.

As much as I am COMPLETELY DISGUSTED with the O campaign, last week was a great one, and I finally decided that I'd rather deal with Obama. The last few days of 'pre-emptive arrests' in StP/Minn have convinced me that no matter how bad I consider the dems (cages at the convention??), the GOP always manages to one-up them.

The fact that Intrade have started a market on whether Palin will be withdrawn,  and that it is up 8.9 points on the day (to 11.9) suggests that the conventional wisdom is that there is approximately a 12% chance of her withdrawing/being withdrawn.

I voted Hillary and now support Obama but I watched the Hillary/Obama jihads from the sidelines and found both sides offensive. I couldnt figure out where the vitriol came from but I saw it spraying around from both sides.

--  the accuracy of her bridge to nowhere story

-- her lack of candor when asked about what role she, her family and her staff had in troopergate (which is separate from whether the trooper should have been fired rather than suspended)

-- her involvement with a fringe political party

-- her position as director of a pro-Stevens 527

These are the same animals who knew better about Ralph Nader in 2000 and one these jerks had the audacity to say to me that if the Demcrats lose in 2000, because of Nader, they deserve it.

Unfortunately, these animals chose the 2008 presidential candidate and Obama knew just how to suck up to them.

I am very glad Obama thinks family members are off limits after his first attacks were on Bill Clinton, first by saying he was no Reagan and then lumping him with George W. Bush and second by calling him a racist.  He was the kindling that fueled that hate on the DailyKos and the news media.

Thanks for reaffirming me in my views on this.

Sexism with the blithe assurance that no one will call you on it.

Sorry, I retire from the arena for now because this is the mindset that pervades this election.

This is deflection and has nothing to do with leadership, nothing to do with Obama's cred or experience, and nothing to do with McCain's.

Just as with the bombshell announcement of Palin blew up so many of the Dems/Obama unexploded cluster bomblets when they and the media they encouraged strafed Sen Clinton AKA The Clintons with, this ordnance will continue going off during the GE.

The vetting issue? Keep it up, Dems/Obama. The Rethuggernaut hasn't even begun to relive the John Edwards saga.

They'll drag out Wright again too and (I predict) make it an issue of why it took 20yrs for Obama's judgment to kick in before disavowing his mentor. [/Ayers, Resko yadda yadda]

Obama needs affirmatively to ask voters for their votes, and to show himself as a leader by example: His statement on Palin's daughter, and his own teenage mom was impressive, measured and sensitive. It lived up to his Politics of Change mantra. He looked more like someone I'd actively support, which was where I neutrally was before the Clinton-Obama civil wars.

Showcase Obama's personal attributes and real talents (rather than pre-emptively pesterbotting a non-existent swiftboating) and Obama will win. (Clue: being a good fund-raiser and speech reader backslaps campaign staff; doesn't speak to leadership cred.)