Let's be fair, Palin did very well the other night, and will appeal to small town voters. I think this shows how much of a threat the Obama campaign considers Palin's nomination to be. I have spoken to a large number of female democrats here in SF, and most had a begrudging admiration for Palin after her speech, but generally disagreed with her positions across the board.
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"Rightwing Jesus Freak" I can understand, but "undeserving slut?" What kind of female voters have you been talking to?
I try not to watch O'Reilly but made a point of watching last night. Personally, I thought that Obama came off pretty well (when O'Reilly wasn't listening to his own voice) and was pleasantly surprised when O'Reilly conceded that history will show that Iraq wasn't the proper battlefield for W's vaunted "War on Terra".
As for Obama's concession that the surge worked, what else was he going to say? Only the most die hard partisans are going to cling to their believe that it didn't work, and for Obama to win this election he has to capture the middle.