Saturday, December 12, 2009

Jack Kelly: Palin up, Obama down

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Jack Kelly, columnist for both the Toledo Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, remarks on the recent convergence in poll numbers for President Obama and former Governor Sarah Palin:
The turnabout in fortunes is all the more remarkable because no political figure in recent history has been subject to such vilification from our news media as Mrs. Palin. No malicious rumor was too preposterous to report. No accomplishment was important enough to mention.

Meanwhile, no presidential candidate or president has received more favorable press coverage than Mr. Obama.

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That's changing, in both directions.
Kelly cites as evidence positive comments following Sarah Palin's Gridiron Club speech by journalist Dan Thomasson and liberal columnist Clarence Page. He also quotes from a suprisingly favorable review of Going Rogue written by Stanley Fish for the New York Times:
"Perseverance, the ability to absorb defeat without falling into defeatism, is the key to Palin's character," he wrote. "Her political opponents, especially those who dismissed Ronald Reagan before he was elected, should take note."
Read Jack Kelly's column in its entirety here.

- JP

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