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**zoe** Houston Chronicle Endorsement

Did you read it?This was my favorite part.

 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/recommendations/6065490.html

Perhaps the worst mistake McCain made in his campaign for the White House was the choice of the inexperienced and inflammatory Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. Had he selected a moderate, experienced Republican lawmaker such as Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a strong appeal to independents, the Chronicle's choice for an endorsement would have been far more difficult.

Re: **zoe** Houston Chronicle Endorsement

  • imagezoegirlTX:

    there are MANY "conservative" newspapers that have endorsed Obama.

    Dallas still went McCain....

    I'm not at all surprised about DMN. Seriously, if they had endorsed Obama, I might have passed out from the shock. (But remember: they aren't a major paper, and they don't count.) The number of newspapers endorsing Obama really is amazing when compared to the 2004 election.

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  • For the life of me, I do not understand the Palin pick.  I don't get why he didn't give serious consideration to Hutchison or Liddy Dole.  I think they would have equally roused the conservative base and without all the negatives.
  • imagezoegirlTX:

    imageFarBeyondRubies:
    For the life of me, I do not understand the Palin pick.  I don't get why he didn't give serious consideration to Hutchison or Liddy Dole.  I think they would have equally roused the conservative base and without all the negatives.

    KBaily didn't want to go down on that sinking ship??? She's supposedly running for Gov in a few years.  I still think she would have done it b/c it woudl have given her a lot of national publicity...unless she didn't want to be associated with McCain(*and all his negative attacks).

    Perhaps. I'm not really fan of Kay Bailey politically, but I do admire her fire and political grit. The lady knows what she is doing.

  • KBH is pro-choice, so she was out. Not sure about Liddy Dole's stance on abortion rights. My guess is that having a Dole on the ticket would have sent the wrong message, with Obama hammering the "change" theme. I think the biggest thing keeping other women off the ticket is the choice issue. Most Republican women who are qualified are pro-choice, and the base would've revolted.
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  • imagebrideymcbriderson:
    imagezoegirlTX:

    I'm not at all surprised about DMN. Seriously, if they had endorsed Obama, I might have passed out from the shock. (But remember: they aren't a major paper, and they don't count.) The number of newspapers endorsing Obama really is amazing when compared to the 2004 election.

    LOL!!!

    I think the most shocking -- perhaps even more than the Chronicle -- was the Bryan/College Station paper going for Obama.  Now I KNOW they aren't considered major, but that's irrelevant.  The fact that stalwarts of traditionally conservative country are not endorsing McCain is HUGE.

  • imageFarBeyondRubies:
    For the life of me, I do not understand the Palin pick.  I don't get why he didn't give serious consideration to Hutchison or Liddy Dole.  I think they would have equally roused the conservative base and without all the negatives.

    The problem with Liddy Dole is that she is not very popular in North Carolina and has a reputation as ineffective and absent from the state.  She's in a very tight raise for re-election.  She's also the same age as McCain.  Not that Palin is a good pick because she is young, but Dole wouldn't bring much youthful vigor to the ticket.

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