A blog written by Manchester College students studying the 2008 presidential campaign.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Palin "going rogue"

Looking at CNN.com, I found an article titled, "McCain aide: Palin "going rogue". For those you that aren't quite sure what rogue means, the definition in the Webster Dictionary states that rogue is "a dishonest person". In this article there were McCain advisors that have stressed their frustrations about Palin.

There were several cases where McCain sources believe Palin has "gone off message". An example of this that was stated in the article was how she labeled robo calls "irritating". Another source believes that she seems to be looking out for herself rather then the McCain campaign in general.

A McCain advisor called her "a diva". They don't believe that she trusts any of them, her family or anyone, they believe that she pictures herself to be the next leader of the Republican party.

A Palin associate actually defends her from these comments by saying that she just isn't good at process questions and her comments about robo calls were answers to the process questions.

Again in the news we are still continuing to hear about negative impacts on Palin. There are only 9 days left till election day. Does the McCain campaign stand a chance?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

the McCain camp has been sending mixed signals since it's inception... looks like not even Sarah Palin can keep up with McCain's endless political wavering

Adam VanZile said...

I think McCain's chances of winning are declining daily. This situation with Palin hurts and I think if the Obama campaign makes a large enough issue out of this they could solidify the election. Assuming these accusations made on Palin are true, it only adds to the problems of the McCain campaign. I have thought Palin to be unqualified for VP from day one. This only adds to my negative opinion about her, since her own party and running mate have nothing good to say about her anymore.

MLBasey said...

I believe that the McCain campaign doesnt stand a chance anymore. Everything that has been stated just reinforces the fact that McCain and Palin should not be in the president and vp spot. Palin's spot should be on a comedy on comedy central. Everytime that I have ever seen her speak, she has turned the real issues into laughing matters. This only hurts McCain's campaign!

Anonymous said...

AS much as i would like to support the republican party if republican delegates decided to rally behind Sarah Palin as a contender to President Barack Obama in 2012. I this time in 2012 will support the candidate contending Obama for the president race however I would like to see the republican party search for anther candidate and put their energy into that candidates candidacy to the presidential win instead of Sarah Palin. I see that if Sarah is the republican's front runner against Incumbent President Obama, then Really voting for either candidate really doesn't matter for Obama and Palin have the same experience as one another and the only difference is Obama is a Radical liberal far left of his own party and Palin is a radical conservative far right of her own party. So the two either way of the vote really doesn't make a difference who would win between them.

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