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Wow, for a lifelong resident of the state of Wisconsin the following report from a paper in the state capitol of Madison is almost earth shattering. Conservatives in Wisconsin are known to refer the the state capitol as the People’s Republic of Madison. Ya, there’s a lot of blue going on around here. A Democratic Governor as well as two Democratic Senators and an abundance of other Dems representing districts around the state in Washington. To be fair the state had a Republican Governor the rest of you may remember as the Secretary of Health and Human Services by the name of Tommy Thompson. He was Governor of the State of Wisconsin from 1987-2001. That’s enough state history.

Point is the local Madison paper publishing a report that the Dems have plenty to be concerned about when it comes to Sarah Palin and her effect on the GOP. All politics is local and at least for a moment there are visions of this heartland state going for McCain/Palin this November.

Like her or not, local observers give Palin high marks
Steven Elbow 9/04/2008 5:19 pm

Julie Clark is religious, conservative, and was going to vote for John McCain anyway. But after seeing his running mate deliver a burn-down-the-house speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, she’s going to cast her vote with joyful enthusiasm.

“I was really proud of her last night,” said Clark, the wife of the Rev. John Clark of Evangel Life Center on Madison’s east side. “I thought she represented the Lord and women and the church beautifully.”

The Capitol Times report echoes other sentiments expressed after the ‘outta the park’ speech delivered by Palin Wednesday night at the RNC. There is a feeling with all the preloaded media commentary and tabloid style allegations everyone was anticipating failure from the Alaskan Governor. Once Palin exceeded those expectations with a polished performance the mood began to change and most seem to be reevaluating their initial analysis.

Sure, the gauntlet has been entered but the exit leading away from the relentless media pursuit and the campaign challenges and obligations are not complete. Joe Biden should have reason to worry if he can bring ‘game’ to the upcoming debate facing Palin. What the media expected from Palin was disaster but perhaps they will wonder now if Biden’s loose cannon speaking ability will be his undoing a few weeks from now.

The Cap Times report also featured a senior citizen whose decision making process makes little or no sense. This type of thinking surely is not lost on the campaign strategists but how do they account for it in campaigns? For instance, the woman is Catholic and was a religious women’s advocate in a local organization. She falls for the age of McCain and inexperience of Palin ploy for shying away from supporting them yet knowing Clinton’s lefty leanings at odds with the church would have voted for her anyway. Sorry lady, that is just plain dumb. Does this somehow explain election results in the state of Wisconsin? Who knows?

A poll of all political persuasions indicated agreement across the board that Palin improved the GOP’s chances for victory in the fall. So is the time left until election day too long for either candidate to maintain a lead or too short to develop one? What the means is does anyone really have a handle on the way this will play out? Probably not. Like placing any bet on some other list of possible outcomes. No matter how much confidence one has in the their chosen candidate fate or whatever has a funny way of altering the reality.

Stanford Matthews
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