I don't think this will change anyone's minds, though it might reassure any reluctant Republicans who were going to sulk at home. Hopefully it will also annoy enough Democrats who were also going to sulk at home.

Both McCain and Palin will get trounced in the debates.

I can't wait. It's gonna be so sweet.

The one part I'm not looking forward to is the GOP spin machine painting Biden as a misogynist the moment he steps up to the podium - it's the only card they'll have to play in the VP debates, and I don't doubt they'll hit it as hard as they can. My hope is that HRC will step forward to the press and put as much of a damper on it as she can by agreeing with everything Biden says.

And all I can think of Trig is "She named her kid after a horse or an integral part of a gun-- either way, poor kid."

I hope that when Trig gets to High School, he won't suck at trig.

I don't think this will change anyone's minds, though it might reassure any reluctant Republicans who were going to sulk at home.

I think that is very important for McCain, he needs to fire up his base.

What's the "Biden is a Misogynist" thing? Did he call his wife a cunt?

Apparently they ordered her from central casting (Wikipedia):

Her husband, Todd, is a Native Yup'ik Eskimo. Outside the fishing season, Todd works for BP at an oil field on Alaska's North Slope and is a champion snowmobiler, winning the 2000-mile "Iron Dog" race four times. The two eloped shortly after Palin graduated college; when they learned they needed witnesses for the civil ceremony, they recruited two residents from the old-age home down the street.

She briefly worked as a sports reporter for local Anchorage television stations while also working as a commercial fisherman with her husband, Todd, her high school sweetheart.

On September 11, 2007, the Palins' eighteen-year-old son Track, eldest of five, joined the Army. He now serves in an infantry brigade and will be deployed to Iraq in September 2008. She also has three daughters: Bristol, 17; Willow, 13; and Piper, 7. On April 18, 2008, Palin gave birth to her second son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who has Down syndrome. She returned to the office three days after giving birth. Palin refused to let the results of prenatal genetic testing change her decision to have the baby. "I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection," Palin said. "Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"

What's the "Biden is a Misogynist" thing?

I think it's just anticipating the Republican spin when Biden debates her.

And on the PUMA thing, I really think it has been blown out of proportion by the media and McCain's campaign. I mean really how many Democratic women are going to vote for McCain because they are pissy Clinton didn't get nominated, not very many at all I don't think.

Most of the polls I've seen have shown Obama with some ridiculous advantage among women, consistently hovering around 20 points ahead of McCain. So, yeah, I'm fairly skeptical of the actual size or impact of PUMAPAC.

Shakesville also reported on an ABC article about PUMAPAC that discussed the whole "movement" seriously and uncritically but mentioned, almost parenthetically, that one of the founders and biggest talkers is a lifelong Republican who'd given something like 20K to the R's this election cycle and then gave Hillary 2K after Super Tuesday. So, not exactly the scorned and bitter long-time Dem the article portrayed her as.

I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"

Her views on this don't seem to extend to gay people.

Her views on this don't seem to extend to gay people.

That's a lifestyle choice.