'Sarah Palin Will Cost the Republican Party Dearly'

[spindrifter]

Sarah Palin is a fresh-faced fishing and hunting wild card in the US presidential race. She just might be able to lure the media away from Obama. But can she attract enough voters from the right to make up for those she might lose McCain in the center?

Who is Sarah Palin? More importantly, what does McCain's pick for vice president think or know
about foreign policy? Even after her speech at Wednesday's Republican National Convention, Palin remains both a mystery and a subject of intense curiosity. She is by turns characterized as a savior of the Republican party, an enormous mistake and something in between.

"Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election," said Palin during her speech Wednesday. "In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change."

Some, however, see her very candidacy as a cheap ploy to steal some of the limelight from a charismatic opponent. Palin's family drama has certainly splashed her name all over the media. "Our family has the same ups and downs as any other, the same challenges and the same joys," said Palin at the convention as she introduced her husband and five children -- including her pregnant 17-year-old daughter, Bristol.

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-- Rachel Nolan 9-4-08

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,576286,00.html

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1. Rec'd

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[klyon]

2. If she pulls in the base it will be the ones that don't have a problem

with women in power. I don't think that will be too many. As far as the middle independents, her anti-choice stance and 5 kids will not endear them either. So I can't believe this is a winning strategy. Her parenting as an abstinence only parent may even cost votes with a pregnant daughter and son given the choice between jail and the military if true.