“Dangerous”
Posted by sage of monticello | Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign 2008, McCain-Palin 08 | Posted on 06-10-2008
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Too dangerous…
“Tax cutter”
Posted by sage of monticello | Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign 2008, McCain-Palin 08 | Posted on 05-10-2008
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I think not…
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According to Peggy Noonan.
Fire up the Straight Talk Express buses
Posted by rawhide | Posted in McCain-Palin 08 | Posted on 03-10-2008
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Sarah Palin got the McCain campaign back on track last night yet again. Because she is such an incredible asset, I think the McCain campaign should allow Palin to be more herself and not so scripted. She can handle herself with striking success, as she proved last night. However, I would still try to preserve the media attention of having McCain and Palin together.
Here’s what I would do: Send Palin on her own Straight Talk Express bus tour, at the same time as McCain does his own Straight Talk Express bus tour, both in the same state. They could each start in different parts of the state, and have a stop every hour or so (so you only have to get 1,000 people to eight stops instead of 8,000 to one) until they meet in the middle. Find small venues and fill them.
Take Ohio. Palin could start in Cincinnati, McCain in Akron or Toledo. They could drive around for a couple of days to garner some intense coverage from local media. Then they could meet in Columbus or some other central location for one mega-rally to cap off the tour.
I would give them an issue (“On the Road to Economic Recovery”) and then have both mavericks give some straight talk. As an added attraction, I would have Cindy McCain travel with Sarah Palin to reach out to women. John McCain and Todd Palin could travel together to go after the blue collar men that always supported Hillary in the primaries.
Not only would this provide great positive media coverage, but there is something special for voters to have a national candidate visit their town and shake their hand. Have McCain and Palin give a 15 minute stump speech, take town hall questions for 15 minutes, and then visit with voters for the next 30 minutes. Maybe visit a famous local establishment, like the candidates do in Iowa before the caucus. Travel Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Michigan, and see how it works. I think that it would be a success.
