Frank Luntz: They just don't like her; AARP focus group

[notadmblnd]

Another week, another Frank Luntz/AARP focus group of undecided voters--this one in Minneapolis and with some bad news for John McCain: they don't like the choice of Sarah Palin for vice president. Only one person said Palin made him more likely to vote for McCain; about half the 25-member group raised their hands when asked if Palin made them less likely to vote for McCain. They had a negative impression of Palin by a 2-1 margin...a fact that was reinforced when they were given hand-dials and asked to react to Palin's speech at her first appearance with McCain on Friday---the dials remained totally neutral as Palin went through her heart-warming(?) biography, and only blipped upwards when she said she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere--which wasn't quite the truth, as we now know.
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/focusedthe_sequel.html

[Lex]

1. And this from Frank Luntz--a Republican pollster.

Not good for the repubs.

[earthside]

2. Beginning of the End

If a candidate is losing votes because of a decision of this magnitude ... well, the smart politician cuts her/his loses.

What do you think the McCain internal polling must show?

So, this is either the beginning of the end of Palin -- or the beginning of the end of any chance McCain ever had for winning.