More Evidence of Tension Between Palin and McCain

[Median Democrat]

There is more news of tension bubbling up between the McCain and Palin camps. Some recent commentators in RW publications have ripped on Palin's poor performance in interviews, and have suggested that she step down, because she is a detriment. In contrast, other articles like the one below, have suggested that Palin is blaming her poor performance on her handling by the McCain campaign. In other words, Sarah is not being allowed to be Sarah, but a talking point spitting automaton.

The latest in this article is that Todd Palin is now getting into the act. The difference between Sarah and McCain is that Sarah potentially has a political future if McCain loses, but not if she is blamed for the loss, or is kicked off the ticket. She is not going to allow herself to be the fall guy, and I am sure her husband is pissed that she is blamed, but is not allowed to do more interviews to develop more practice.

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"The McCain campaign moved its top officials inside Gov. Sarah Palin's operation Sunday to prepare for what is certain to be the most important event of her vice-presidential campaign: her debate on Thursday with Democrat Joe Biden.

Additionally, at the urging of the Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, Gov. Palin will leave late Monday for his Arizona ranch to prepare for the high-stakes debate.

The moves follow several shaky performances by Gov. Palin last week and come amid concern and grumbling from Republicans, and even a few queries from her husband, Todd Palin, according to campaign operatives and Republican officials.

McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and senior adviser Steve Schmidt are planning to coach the candidate ahead of the debate, according to senior advisers. They traveled Sunday to meet the Republican vice-presidential nominee in Philadelphia. After her appearance with Sen. McCain at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, these top officials plan to fly with her on Monday to Sen. McCain's ranch in Sedona, Ariz., which they hope she will find a comforting place to prep, these people said..."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384667.html

[speedoo]

1. So Schmidt and Davis are now babysitting little Sarah.....

instead of tending to their imploding campaign.

I suppose that will give them an excuse for the landslide that is coming at them.

[tblue]

2. delete

[tularetom]

3. I read somewhere that the "1st Dude" was unhappy she was being separated

from her family. WTF does this dumshit think - she can be the VP on remote control from Bumfuck Alaska?

[TexasObserver]

5. the first dude is unaccustomed to being kept out of meetings

[all.of.me]

12. lol - you're probably right! nt

[GreenArrow]

4. I like this bit

"From her campaign's perspective, Gov. Palin isn't getting media attention for her contributions. For example, with foreign leaders last week, she had detailed conversations about the national-security and global implications of the energy crisis, one adviser said".

Of course she isn't getting "media attention" since her handlers told the media to go diddle themselves. Not that the media really needed to cover that dog and pony crap anyway, but they were going to until the McCain Group shut the door on them. Now they have the nerve to complain about not getting any coverage.

These characters are absolutely shameless.

[JTFrog]

10. How dare those banned reporters not get these detailed positions on tape and show them to the world!

Why do they hate America?!?

[izzie]

6. I would think if she just said I have no dealing with countries but

I can learn she would be better off then try to do what she is doing. Makes her look sort of foolish and that I do not think she is at all. Heck Bush did not know a thing and people voted for him and counting on his Vice. Course they did make a very big mess but then Bush has made a mess of every thing he gets near. He is sort of like a bad uncle that always makes a mess of Thanksgiving and Christmas. What ever they are sure not helping her at all.

[rvablue]

7. This makes me want to throw up a little,

because I don't want to look like I'm defending Bush, but there is no comparison between Bush and Palin.

From the day he was born, George Bush was engulfed in national politics because of this father. He went to two top universities and graduated from the in the appropriate time frame (although with undistinguished grades). He also went head to head with Ann Richards, one of the best and feistiest debators the Democratic Party has ever seen.

Palin is an idiot and an uncurious know-nothing, who even as her time as Governor, spent half the time at home, therefore giving her even less experience with government and policy-making than she could have accrued during that time.

She will fail in the debate and frankly I don't think it will have anything to do with the help she does or doesn't get from McCain's team.

[Median Democrat]

8. Well, as I noted, the latest out of the Palin camp is that she will be re-introduced

It will be Palin 2.0! Just as cute, but with 50% less incoherence. I wonder when or if the Palin v. McCain camps just start ripping on each other. For example, look at McCain cutting in on Palin's answer to Couric in a joint interview. Do you think Palin is feeling grateful for all the handholding or resentful for being treated like an idiot by the McCain campaign?

[izzie]

9. I sure do not think she is ready for this job but I do not think

McCain's people are any help to her at all. Frankly she should not have said yes to McCain in the first place. I my self do not like these closed minded people running our govt. and we sure have had 8 years of it and just look at the country. Hard to run a country when your mind tells you that govt. is the problem but I am always right so can do it. Now that we have 'right wing screw balls' in every roll that Bush could get them into, we see just how that frame of mind runs things. It is like Bush brought all the second rate people to DC with him and then he gave them a free hand to take the govt. down.

[Mother Of Four]

11. nt

[all.of.me]

13. She's a pawn.

She wasn't selected because she and JM are on the same page. It was because of her gender, a blatant political move. The two of them have no common ground, nor do they complement each other. I have to wonder if each of them understands what is going on as far as her position. It's as though others in the campaign made this choice, and they are BOTH puppets.

She likes being in control, but she is parroting the ideas of others, so she is frustrated. She wants to be herself, and she is not allowed to be. It's obvious she doesn't do well with someone else's script. If she could express her true self, she'd be much more powerful, scary as that is. But she is under the campaign's thumb and getting frustrated.

I don't care for Sarah Palin, but I do feel she is being abused. JM is an abuser, and she is his new victim. She is being used and is oppressed, and she feels it. It's becoming evident through this tension we all see. You can't keep something in and not have it leak out and boil over at some point. This is going to get very interesting.