Jim Treacher at The DC Trawler:
"Say what you want about Sarah Palin quitting her job, but at least she finished her own press conference."- JP
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Quote of the Day (December 11, 2010)
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Jim Treacher at The DC Trawler:
Jim Treacher at The DC Trawler:
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Bill Clinton: Gov. Palin is 'compelling', 'tough' and 'resiliant'
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Bill Clinton was reunited with the man who served as his White House Communications Director recently for an interview. George Stephanopoulos, now the chief political correspondent for ABC News, asked the former president for his thoughts on Sarah Palin. Clinton warned Democrats who want Gov. Palin to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2012 because they believe President Obama could defeat her in the general election that "It's always a mistake to underestimate your opponent":
- JP
Bill Clinton was reunited with the man who served as his White House Communications Director recently for an interview. George Stephanopoulos, now the chief political correspondent for ABC News, asked the former president for his thoughts on Sarah Palin. Clinton warned Democrats who want Gov. Palin to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2012 because they believe President Obama could defeat her in the general election that "It's always a mistake to underestimate your opponent":
“In the Republican primaries she's very popular with the conservative base. She gets more people to come out,” he told me. “And she hasn't won all of her endorsements, but she's won most of them. And you know, she's a compelling, attractive figure.”Columnist Mark Halperin recently wrote that of the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, “Most of all, she is like Bill Clinton: what doesn't kill Sarah Palin makes her stronger.”
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“I do think she’s a resilient character. And we may be entering a sort of period in politics that’s sort of fact free, where the experience in government is a negative,” he told me.
“I think she's clearly a public figure who is, who speaks well and persuasively to the people who listen to her. And she's somebody to be reckoned with,” he said. “And she's tough.”
Clinton recalled when “people were making fun of her” he read about Palin’s husband finishing the last 500 miles of Alaska’s Iron Dog race with a broken arm.
“Now, where I come from people like that. They think that's pretty good,” he said.
- JP
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Battle of the heavyweight endorsers
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Political consultant Mark McKinnon observes that disgraced former president Bill Clinton now has higher favorables than the current occupant of the White House. The Comeback Kid is enjoying a 51 percent approval rating, while Obama is under water at 45.6 percent. As a consequence, the value of an Obama endorsement is not what it used to be:
McKinnon says Democrat candidates, especially those running in swing districts, are not likely to be all that eager for Obama to come stump for them this fall. But they might just welcome a certain former president's nod and his help on the local campaign trail, while their Republican opponents will be seeking an endorsement from the world's most famous hockey mom:
A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters taken in March had Perry leading White by 6 points, 49 percent to 43 percent. In May, the same pollster found Perry ahead by 51 to 38. A June Rasmussen survey showed Perry ahead by 8 points, 48 to 30. We would be genuinely surprised to see White narrow the gap to under 5 points. We've been wrong before, but we just don't see it happening, no matter what the spinmeisters say.
- JP
Political consultant Mark McKinnon observes that disgraced former president Bill Clinton now has higher favorables than the current occupant of the White House. The Comeback Kid is enjoying a 51 percent approval rating, while Obama is under water at 45.6 percent. As a consequence, the value of an Obama endorsement is not what it used to be:
Ironically, in a poll recently released by Public Policy Polling, 48 percent of likely voters say support from President Barack Obama would make them less likely to vote for a candidate. A sea change, indeed.Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum, and Clinton may be ready and willing to assume the mantle of Democrat endorser-in-chief. So far, he's only endorsed candidates who backed his wife for the presidential nomination in 2008. He helped Blanche Lincoln win in Arkansas, and he raised more than a few eyebrows Tuesday by endorsing Andrew Romanoff in the Colorado primary race for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Michael Bennet, who has Obama’s blessing. Will more endorsements be coming from the Democrat who, in January of 1996, proclaimed "The era of Big Government is over?" Obama and those who voted for him didn't seem to get that message in 2008, but all indications are that it has hit home today.
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Despite a lot of footwork, Obama couldn't help Sen. Arlen Specter (PA), the fourth Democrat in seven months to lose a high-profile race. His endorsement didn't help Gov. Jon Corzine (NJ), state Sen. Creigh Deeds (VA) or Attorney General Martha Coakley (MA). And though Obama backed Rep. Critz in the elimination bout for the late Sen. John Murtha’s seat, Critz opposed Obama's health care plan and even skipped the president’s visit to Pennsylvania a few weeks back.
McKinnon says Democrat candidates, especially those running in swing districts, are not likely to be all that eager for Obama to come stump for them this fall. But they might just welcome a certain former president's nod and his help on the local campaign trail, while their Republican opponents will be seeking an endorsement from the world's most famous hockey mom:
Bill Clinton will likely be in huge demand, as will Sarah Palin, his Republican counterpart, who has become a heavyweight endorser as well.While we're not big gamblers, we like the odds of a Palin endorsement over one from Bill Clinton in the Lone Star State. Texas is Sarah Palin country. Rehabilitated or not, Bubba is not that popular here, as many people still remember what went down in Waco.
For someone who no longer holds elective office and has been summarily dismissed by the press, Palin has an impressive endorsement record this primary season; she’s 9-3 so far. Among her best picks: state Rep. Nikki Haley (SC) and Carly Fiorina (CA).
An interesting title match in the fall elections: Who will have more impact as the party surrogate? Sarah Palin or Bill Clinton? Texas may be one of the races to watch with the Clinton-endorsed former Houston Mayor Bill White (D) challenging Palin’s pick, incumbent Gov. Rick Perry (R).
A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters taken in March had Perry leading White by 6 points, 49 percent to 43 percent. In May, the same pollster found Perry ahead by 51 to 38. A June Rasmussen survey showed Perry ahead by 8 points, 48 to 30. We would be genuinely surprised to see White narrow the gap to under 5 points. We've been wrong before, but we just don't see it happening, no matter what the spinmeisters say.
- JP
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Speaking of Sarah speaking...
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In a Chicago Daily Observer op-ed warning his fellow Democrats not to count Sarah Palin out for 2012, Phil Krone mentioned that a half dozen or speaking engagements would provide Sarah Palin with more income than her former salary as governor of Alaska:
There was a time when how much a person got paid for their work was not a topic for either public or polite conversation, but those genteel days are sadly behind us. We can barely remember when it was safe to sit down with the kids in front of the TV and not have to be bombarded with endless chatter about all sorts of things, including the sexual escapades of professional athletes and late night talk show hosts. Nor were the commercials which interrupted the chatter so distasteful. Ads for feminine hygiene and masculine sexual performance enhancement products are a far cry from Tony The Tiger hawking breakfast cereal and Dinah Shore encouraging viewers in song to see the USA in your Chevrolet.
How much Sarah Palin actually gets paid for her speaking engagements is a private matter between her and her agent, The Washington Speakers Bureau. Event promoters are not supposed to disclose the amount of the fees they contract to pay the former governor to speak, but some people just can't keep a secret, it seems. It was widely reported that Gov. Palin was paid something in the six figures for her first paid speaking engagement booked through the WSB in Hong Kong.
Next thing you know, the Wide and Snide World Web was all abuzz with noise that her agent was asking $100,000 per speech and would have trouble getting it because some "experts" were quoted as saying that event promoters would balk at paying that much. The so-called experts were soon discredited, as all Palin naysayers eventually are, when a series of speaking engagements were announced for her, one after the other - a right to life fundraiser in Wisconsin, a college in the Ozarks, a chamber of commerce event in Kansas, another one in Florida, a logging convention in northern California, a Tea party convention in Tennessee, another one in Texas, et cetera. So much for event organizers "balking" at signing Sarah Palin to speak at their functions...
It has even been reported that up in Hamilton, Ontario, some people are going to pay her $200,000 to speak at a fundraiser for a children's charity. All of a sudden Bill Clinton's $150,000 speaker fee doesn't seem quite so awesome, now does it, Phil?
- JP
In a Chicago Daily Observer op-ed warning his fellow Democrats not to count Sarah Palin out for 2012, Phil Krone mentioned that a half dozen or speaking engagements would provide Sarah Palin with more income than her former salary as governor of Alaska:
"...she had dozens, even hundreds of invitations to speak around the country, both party speeches on the rubber chicken and tea bag circuit, as well as the very remunerative speeches to national conventions and association meetings.Than he sniffs:
Obviously she couldn’t command the $150,000 that former President Bill Clinton gets, but I’m sure she is getting at least $25,000 or $50,000 to speak to the warehouse owners association or groups like that.""Obviously", Phil?
There was a time when how much a person got paid for their work was not a topic for either public or polite conversation, but those genteel days are sadly behind us. We can barely remember when it was safe to sit down with the kids in front of the TV and not have to be bombarded with endless chatter about all sorts of things, including the sexual escapades of professional athletes and late night talk show hosts. Nor were the commercials which interrupted the chatter so distasteful. Ads for feminine hygiene and masculine sexual performance enhancement products are a far cry from Tony The Tiger hawking breakfast cereal and Dinah Shore encouraging viewers in song to see the USA in your Chevrolet.
How much Sarah Palin actually gets paid for her speaking engagements is a private matter between her and her agent, The Washington Speakers Bureau. Event promoters are not supposed to disclose the amount of the fees they contract to pay the former governor to speak, but some people just can't keep a secret, it seems. It was widely reported that Gov. Palin was paid something in the six figures for her first paid speaking engagement booked through the WSB in Hong Kong.
Next thing you know, the Wide and Snide World Web was all abuzz with noise that her agent was asking $100,000 per speech and would have trouble getting it because some "experts" were quoted as saying that event promoters would balk at paying that much. The so-called experts were soon discredited, as all Palin naysayers eventually are, when a series of speaking engagements were announced for her, one after the other - a right to life fundraiser in Wisconsin, a college in the Ozarks, a chamber of commerce event in Kansas, another one in Florida, a logging convention in northern California, a Tea party convention in Tennessee, another one in Texas, et cetera. So much for event organizers "balking" at signing Sarah Palin to speak at their functions...
It has even been reported that up in Hamilton, Ontario, some people are going to pay her $200,000 to speak at a fundraiser for a children's charity. All of a sudden Bill Clinton's $150,000 speaker fee doesn't seem quite so awesome, now does it, Phil?
- JP
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