Palin’s Appeal: Dems Do Damage Control
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden issued the following statement on Sarah Palin:
“We send our congratulations to Governor Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the Republican nominee for Vice President. It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics. While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward Governor Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign.”
That’s quite a turnaround since this statement by Obama spokesman Bill Burton:
“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies; that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same,” said Bill Burton, Obama Campaign Spokesman.
This shows the difficult position Gov. Palin puts Democrats in. If they attack her, they’ll alienate more women than they’ve already alienated. If they don’t attack Gov. Palin, Hillary’s supporters will ask why Gov. Palin gets the kid glove treatment but Hillary got attacked. (more…)