She doesn't leave these girls too many "choices", does she??

No sex education, no contraception, no pregnancy terminations, and no place to live.

Do we really want to make this election more about family values than issues like the economy and the environment and the military adventurism that seems to be acceptable policy?

But this Gallup Poll
out today is certainly good news for Obama.

I do think it's still early to judge support coming from the Palin nomination.

snip:

"An update on gender differences in white voters' presidential vote shows that Barack Obama's gains vis-à-vis John McCain in the days since the Democratic National Convention have come among independents and Democrats of both genders, but that McCain has actually gained slightly among Republican women. The preferences of Republican men have not changed.

"The net effect of these patterns: Obama has registered significant overall gains among white men, but there has been no net change in his support among white women."

But that last statement is due to McCain's gain among Republican women--up 5% from 8/1 to 9/1.

Because the number I am really excited about is that Obama is also up among women--Dems up 8% (74-82!) and Indies: 41% to 46%.

And this is public radio!

Some issues were covered, such as did Palin raise taxes (yes, she did: 1/2 cent sales tax increse to pay for purportedly popular sports arena--think she also cut taxes, but not sure) and did she work to get Washington money (yes, she did, for a medical center and some other things), so was she hypocritical? Exactly when and why did she decide against the "Bridge to Nowhere). Not pluralized, however.

And does she have too many children to be VP.... Would a male in her place be taked about differently? (D'oh.)

Oh, and she was given a ticket for drift net fishing without a permit sometime way back.Some other trivial matter I now can't recall.  

I found myself wondering when the MCM will decide it needs to "vet" Obama--like what did he do during those years he never mentions. The work he did in Chicago other than community organizing. I kinda think that since they've made their Village choice, they won't try to find out much.

Until after he's in office....

Of course, Sully thinks Palin should produce her OBGYN records for the edification (and titillation?) of the voting public. Was Track conceived prior to marriage? (We know Obama Jr. was--we just don't know when exactly his mother married Obama Sr; nor can I find when she married Soetero--not crucial, but surely knowable?). Just what happened between TX and AK prior to birth of her last child? And, of course, did she really give birth to that child....

As long as Obama can connect McCain to Bush, he has a chance. But last night at the Convention, it was obvious that Bush is being marginalized and pushed to the background.  They didn't even want him there.  

If the new message of "reform" (there is a religious implication there too) holds to the Republicans, Obama has a problem.  Right now, there hasn't been a big jump for Obama, just a couple percent of people moving to him, but after this Convention, I believe you are going to see a bounce from McCain and a fall from Obama, bringing back to an even race.

And Palin is getting ready to take control of this message.  I don't think she was a mistake because the Republicans have yet to pull out the big guns against Obama.

Everyone underestimated McCain and his campaign.  They called them incompetant.  And, I think most are underestimating him again over the selection of Palin.

The media claims to have been caught off guard and surprised by the pick.  So much so that they had nothing at the ready to go with when she was announced.  YOu know they all kinds of stuff ready to go if he picked Romney or Ridge.  They shouldn't have been surprised at all.  Palin's name has been floated out there as a possibility for months now.