Everyone, Including Obama Camp, Weighs In On Palin Speech
Those on the left, right and center -- including Democratic nominee Barack Obama's campaign -- are weighing in on Sarah Palin's national debut last night at the Republican National Convention.
Prominent conservatives loved Palin's speech formally accepting the 2008 Republican nomination for vice president, with one calling Palin "the next Ronald Reagan." Obama's campaign chief, meanwhile, emailed supporters a rebuttal and an independent poll found voters believing Palin to help her and her ticket-mate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Weeks ago only the little-known governor of Alaska, Palin strode on the national stage last night at the podium of the Republican National Convention, in a speech introducing herself, touting her boss McCain and taking jabs at rival Obama.
"Now we know why liberal Democrats hate and fear Sarah Palin," says Richard Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com and author of Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big-Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause. "A week ago, conservatives and most Republicans were down-in-the-dumps, listless, unengaged. That lack of enthusiasm is a thing of the past. Tonight, thanks to Senator McCain and Governor Palin, conservatives and Republicans are fired up as they have not been since Ronald Reagan was president.
"Sarah Palin is the next Ronald Reagan," Viguerie adds.
A self-described "hockey mom," Palin is the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket.
Following Palin's speech at the GOP meeting in St. Paul, Minn., Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan issued a statement.
"Tonight Governor Sarah Palin demonstrated why the McCain/Palin ticket is destined to shake up the nation's capital," Duncan says. "This team has the experience, judgment, strength, and resolve to follow through on the reforms that will move our nation forward. As party chairman, I have never been more proud to be a Republican."
Not surprisingly, Democrats took a more dim view of Palin's remarks, in which Palin took a swipe at Obama's beginnings as a community organizer relative to her own start as mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Alaska.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says the speech by Palin and other prominent Republicans last night "demands a response," adding that they "lied about Barack Obama and Joe Biden." Senator from Delaware, Biden is Obama's running mate.
"Both Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin specifically mocked Barack's experience as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago more than two decades ago, where he worked with people who had lost jobs and been left behind when the local steel plants closed," Plouffe says.
"Let's clarify something for them right now. Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies," Plouffe adds. "And it's no surprise that, after eight years of George Bush, millions of people have found that by coming together in their local communities they can change the course of history. That promise is what our campaign has been about from the beginning."
Plouffe also says Americans "still haven't gotten a single idea during the entire Republican convention about the economy and how to lift a middle class so harmed by the Bush-McCain policies."
Plouffe encourages supporters to donate to the Obama campaign through a link in his email as a means to register their displeasure with the Republicans' remarks.
Results from a national survey conducted last night among 1,000 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and independents reveals that perceptions of Palin improved after viewing her acceptance speech, according to an announcement of the poll by by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion.
After viewing Palin's speech, a greater number of respondents across all parties believe that selecting Palin for vice president will help McCain's campaign, the survey announcement says. Republicans were especially positive about the implications of the pick, with nearly three-quarters reporting that nomination will "definitely help" his campaign. After viewing the speech, 70 percent of Republicans indicated that they will "definitely" vote for the McCain/Palin ticket after viewing Palin's speech.
There is a positive change in how independents anticipated voting in the presidential election after viewing Palin's speech, with a 9-percent increase among independents indicating that they will probably or definitely vote for the McCain/Palin ticket after watching the speech, the survey finds.
Palin's speech proved to be equally effective in increasing support among men and women, according to the survey. Among the independents who watched the speech, respondents who reported that they will "probably" or "definitely" vote for McCain increased by 10 percent across both genders, around 38 percent of female independents and 36 percent of their male counterparts.
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Prominent conservatives loved Palin's speech formally accepting the 2008 Republican nomination for vice president, with one calling Palin "the next Ronald Reagan." Obama's campaign chief, meanwhile, emailed supporters a rebuttal and an independent poll found voters believing Palin to help her and her ticket-mate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Weeks ago only the little-known governor of Alaska, Palin strode on the national stage last night at the podium of the Republican National Convention, in a speech introducing herself, touting her boss McCain and taking jabs at rival Obama.
"Now we know why liberal Democrats hate and fear Sarah Palin," says Richard Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com and author of Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big-Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause. "A week ago, conservatives and most Republicans were down-in-the-dumps, listless, unengaged. That lack of enthusiasm is a thing of the past. Tonight, thanks to Senator McCain and Governor Palin, conservatives and Republicans are fired up as they have not been since Ronald Reagan was president.
"Sarah Palin is the next Ronald Reagan," Viguerie adds.
A self-described "hockey mom," Palin is the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket.
Following Palin's speech at the GOP meeting in St. Paul, Minn., Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan issued a statement.
"Tonight Governor Sarah Palin demonstrated why the McCain/Palin ticket is destined to shake up the nation's capital," Duncan says. "This team has the experience, judgment, strength, and resolve to follow through on the reforms that will move our nation forward. As party chairman, I have never been more proud to be a Republican."
Not surprisingly, Democrats took a more dim view of Palin's remarks, in which Palin took a swipe at Obama's beginnings as a community organizer relative to her own start as mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Alaska.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says the speech by Palin and other prominent Republicans last night "demands a response," adding that they "lied about Barack Obama and Joe Biden." Senator from Delaware, Biden is Obama's running mate.
"Both Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin specifically mocked Barack's experience as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago more than two decades ago, where he worked with people who had lost jobs and been left behind when the local steel plants closed," Plouffe says.
"Let's clarify something for them right now. Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies," Plouffe adds. "And it's no surprise that, after eight years of George Bush, millions of people have found that by coming together in their local communities they can change the course of history. That promise is what our campaign has been about from the beginning."
Plouffe also says Americans "still haven't gotten a single idea during the entire Republican convention about the economy and how to lift a middle class so harmed by the Bush-McCain policies."
Plouffe encourages supporters to donate to the Obama campaign through a link in his email as a means to register their displeasure with the Republicans' remarks.
Results from a national survey conducted last night among 1,000 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and independents reveals that perceptions of Palin improved after viewing her acceptance speech, according to an announcement of the poll by by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion.
After viewing Palin's speech, a greater number of respondents across all parties believe that selecting Palin for vice president will help McCain's campaign, the survey announcement says. Republicans were especially positive about the implications of the pick, with nearly three-quarters reporting that nomination will "definitely help" his campaign. After viewing the speech, 70 percent of Republicans indicated that they will "definitely" vote for the McCain/Palin ticket after viewing Palin's speech.
There is a positive change in how independents anticipated voting in the presidential election after viewing Palin's speech, with a 9-percent increase among independents indicating that they will probably or definitely vote for the McCain/Palin ticket after watching the speech, the survey finds.
Palin's speech proved to be equally effective in increasing support among men and women, according to the survey. Among the independents who watched the speech, respondents who reported that they will "probably" or "definitely" vote for McCain increased by 10 percent across both genders, around 38 percent of female independents and 36 percent of their male counterparts.
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