Herb,
 
I'm not a gambling person and I don't much care for politics or  politicians. 
My hope is that Palin will disappear into the sunset just like Dan  Quale did.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 11/4/2008 11:09:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:

Rob,

Do you not see how self-conflicting your statements are?  McCain is left 
of the middle. If he "lurches" right, he moves TOWARDS the  middle, not away.

I don't place many bets that are not sure things, but  here's one I will.

$100 says that Palin successfully runs for national  public office, 
maintaining a conservative right agenda.

Wanna put  our money where your mouth is?


Lowe, Rob wrote:

>  Dave,
> Thanks for the story.  I certainly agree with it.  I  do think McCain's
> lurch towards the right hurt him.  We'll have  to await the final results
> to see if it's true or not.  I do  agree his pick of Palin may have cost
> McCain the election by  alienating the middle.  I recall after the
> convention he floated  the name of Tom Ridge as his running mate, but the
> base recoiled due  to Ridge being pro life.  Tom Ridge may have helped
> him win  Pennsylvania, which is so critical to McCain's chances.  So
>  McCain was stuck trying to pick a running mate that appealed to the
>  base, which was Palin.  Problem was it drove the middle away.   With
> Palin's approval ratings in the teens and her disapproval ratings  over
> 50%, it's certainly not helping McCain.  If you have the CNN  story, I'll
> read it. - rob
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
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>  Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:51 PM
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] The end of the Rove era --  Political
>
> I think this in an interesting piece which  reinforces what I've been
> saying about the importance of the middle of  the political spectrum.
> A similar article on CNN.com over the weekend  about how Sarah Palin
> may have cost McCain and herself the election by  alienating the middle
> - I can send that link if anyone wants  it.
>
> Dave
>
>
>  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15177.html
>
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