BTW - although Palin was probably a positive choice for McCain, given all the demographics, it is turning out not to be anywhere near the brilliant strategy that it first seemed. He shoulda gone with Condi.
I have a distinguished older friend who has never voted for a Democrat, and will not this time either, but he dropped his support for McCain BECAUSE of Palin. Using his words, not mine, this can be called the "trailer-trash" effect. And it will end up diminishing her net positive effect among that small segment of the wealthiest voters, but this type of GOP voter will merely abstain from voting for President, and not switch sides. As Terry mentioned, Biden is turning out to be a terrible choice too, perhaps even more so than Palin - but in that case, Obama is less likely to die of natural causes in the near term, so the effect of a poor choice of VP is less problematic for the Dem-wits. Biden is consistently ranked as the least-wealthy member of the Senate, and at least that indicates that he is not milking the Lobbies and PACs as are most of the others - nor is he spending half of the previous full-year's earnings on a tanning bed, instead of all those kids. Others might opine that it reflects more on a general lack of business acumen than honesty. Jones
