Palin: We shouldn’t pull out of Michigan
posted at 2:35 pm on October 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Parts one and two of a day-long series with Carl Cameron. I admire her pluck but there’s no sense spending her precious time on a lost cause, which Michigan appears to be. If the ‘Cuda wants to commune with blue-collar voters and start a little Palinmania brushfire, the place to do it is Ohio or Minnesota.
Exit question: Hey, how about a Malkin/Palin interview? It can happen if you only wish it.
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Malkin/Palin interview? You betcha!
Pasalubong on October 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
I wish it…
ballz2wallz on October 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
these fox embeds suck. 1/2 the space is taken up with text. The videos are so small.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Turn them both loose! Please!
Starlink on October 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
::clicking heels together three times::
Patrick S on October 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Sarah Palin is a badass.
The Race Card on October 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Laura Ingraham read a good letter this morning about why McCain should not pull out of Michigan.
The Race Card on October 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Malkin Palin interview will never happen…
They know Malkin would make her answer questions about Illegals and the border… somthing NO ONE has asked Palin about yet.
Romeo13 on October 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
I thought Malkin didn’t like Palin?
Was I wrong?
upinak on October 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
I wish it!!
thirteen28 on October 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Note to Team McCain: The only way to win this is to point out His Holiness connections as well as Bidenisms………………………GO ALL PALIN ALL THE TIME!!!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM
I clicked my heels 3 times and loaded a round into the chamber.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Yes
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/02/sarah-rocks/
thirteen28 on October 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Malkin/Palin.
Heh.
hippie_chucker on October 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Michigan? What is the reality in Michigan? There’s not even no crack heads in Michigan. There’s not even no black people. There’s not even no like… crime?
No way is Palin going to win back the Detroit crackhead vote.
saint kansas on October 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I was in the UAW for thirteen years and I think if the Palins toured the plants and actually talked to the people that work there they would be impressed. Todd Palin couldn’t be any more blue collar, get him up there. Maybe McCain could give them a week or so and see if they get any momentum?
kongzilla on October 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM
That was not FOX embeds
KBird on October 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM
A lot of Fox viewers are rural with dial-up. Big videos take forever to load.
BadgerHawk on October 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Would’nt that be too much sexy for one t.v. screen?
/sarc
x-wing on October 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Plain’s not a quitter, unlike a lot of conservative Pundits (e.g., Barnes, Noonan, Krauthammer, Parker, the entire NRO staff, etc.)
TheBigOldDog on October 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Sarah is awesome!
jencab on October 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
On Michigan though, if it’s lost it’s lost. It’s hard to think that a state which has been driven into the ground by Democrats would vote a Democrat into office. Sigh.
BadgerHawk on October 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
You got to know when to hold em
Know when to fold em
Know when from Michigan to walk away
And when to Ohio to run
MB4 on October 3, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Local media is where it’s at for the McCain camp. Get in the studio in all these battleground states and give interviews to local media. She’ll kill and it’s a ton of free press.
McCain camp has just totally wasted 3 weeks with whining.
Jerk offs. I can’t stand them.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 2:46 PM
You know, she is really starting to shine.
Geraldine Ferraro has been quiet lately. I wonder what’s going through her mind. She could really get back at Barry right now, and you know she wants to.
Mark1971 on October 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Michigan resident here-we are NOT defeated yet!! So don’t write us off and we’d love to see Sarah here!!
Bullhead on October 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
That’s a point they could drive home, dont you think?
Run by democrats. For democrats. Costing jobs in Michigan. Give republicans a chance.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Malkin/Palin interview..
I’m wishing and tapping my heels..
DaveC on October 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
She’s already with Barry…
ninjapirate on October 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Exactly!! That’s our message here.
Bullhead on October 3, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Make it so, Number One.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 3, 2008 at 2:50 PM
wow.. at least the third person to say the ‘heels’ bit..
DaveC on October 3, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Uh, the guy called Palin the Democratic VP candidate in the second video. Maybe, while he’s reading the cue cards, he can read them correctly.
Torch on October 3, 2008 at 2:50 PM
I wish it. Awesome a Malkin/Palin interview. Two straight talkers.
BobK on October 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM
But McCain is. Unless, and until, he ties the credit mess to the Dems, he’s lost. National security is at the back of everyone’s mind. Talking non-stop about earmarks and raising taxes on people making $200,000 isn’t getting him anywere. McCain needs to show how liberal stupidity got us in this mess. But he won’t. Apparently, the arguments are too complex for him to master.
Sigh.
BuckeyeSam on October 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM
The Gov. needs to come out here to NorCal, if for no other reason that I can see up close what I’m fighting for.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 3, 2008 at 2:53 PM
That first video’s awesome. “Annoyed with Katie Couric”. Hahaha… probably’s Katie’s bosses are, too, considering their only solid advertiser is Prep H….
Go Sarah.
Pasalubong on October 3, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Great point and sad really. McCain should really be the VP running mate in this race. She has an uncanny ability to connect, over and above the politics and Washington elites and MSM.
If she hits the road, i.e., Dallas, etc., she will singlehandedly turn the campaign around. I was resigned to McCain fumbling this away, but if she is not prepped now, she never will be and literally has the ability to take the country by storm. She will only get better. The crowds will be huge.
Starlink on October 3, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Gee, let me think about that. UH…YES PLEASE!!!
CP on October 3, 2008 at 2:53 PM
McCain can’t win Michigan BUT Palin can.
Old Hippie Vet on October 3, 2008 at 2:54 PM
MM/SP: Make it happen.
Akzed on October 3, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Former Michigander, here.
It’s sad to see what has happened to my (former) home. I grew up in Saginaw which had been a thriving city back in the day because of timber and then automobiles. The last time I was home, many parts of the city looked like a ghost town.
Folks, ACORN already been caught committing fraud in Michigan. They have other ways of scaring people into voting for the Dumbocrats. Check what the crapweasels are trying now…..
Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote Michigan Republicans plan to exclude African-American voters
I find it hard to take any alleged journalist with a first name of Eartha (other than Kitt) seriously.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 3, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Palin’s tour should be:
A North tour (roughly 8 days): Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire. Then a swing down south (2 days): Florida, North Carolina, Virginia. Then head out west for a few (3) days: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado.
So that would be her next 2 weeks. After that send her back up north and to VA and NC. Basically, McCain will hold the south (excepting maaaybe VA), and if Iowa is lost, they should at least make an attempt at flipping some of the northern states. Maine and NH are within reach. Wisconsin is lost, I’m afraid. Minnesota (and, yes, Michigan) are still possibilities.
She needs to get out there!
Abby Adams on October 3, 2008 at 2:54 PM
I wish it. I want her to go to Michigan. Even if it is just a stop. I don’t live anywhere near that state but I just feel so bad for them. I wish the would be bold and vote for something other than a Democrat.
Cindy Munford on October 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM
No way would I wish it. Malkin owns HotAir. Gov. Palin can reach much larger audiences other ways than through a blog interview. It would only benefit MM enterprises — not Palin. Find another way to make money.
Where’s the Couric bashing? The videos don’t work for me. This is a woman who’s only journalistic claim to fame is having a large tube shoved up her butt on national television — twice. Obviously, j-school prepared her well.
Blake on October 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM
I totally agree about local media. I remember during the primary hearing Sen. Clinton on local radio here in Texas because some networks were too busy being going gaga over Obama. She won Texas. Although, her wins in Texas and Ohio came to late in hindsight.
And I’m sure local television and radio stations would love to be part of the presidential race.
terryannonline on October 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
And then she needs to repeat that again and reach out to where the votes are
ConservativePartyNow on October 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I would like to know how the fundraising is going at the RNC after last night’s debate. I guess if it’s great they’ll tell us and if it’s not they’ll be quiet
Mark1971 on October 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Yeah, it’s scary to think what their internals must look like nationwide if they’re pulling out of a state that has been destroyed by Democrats. It seems McCain’s message would be a sure winner there, but who knows.
BadgerHawk on October 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
She better prep McCain on Tues on how to use a camera.
She is that good.
Starlink on October 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Blake on October 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Blake, it’s not either/or she is going to do a lot of media. The more the merrier.
Cindy Munford on October 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Sarah and Todd Palin need to make a stop near detroit.. like Warren or Novi..
i think that would help move it over…
(former Michigander myself)
DaveC on October 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Number One, I order you to take a Number Two.
Resistance is futile.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
I really think that if they let her go to Michigan and spend some time ther, she will make a big difference.
Chudi on October 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
She will draw 100k before it is all over.
Starlink on October 3, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Blacks and Dems, Michigan and Dems, it’s the Stockholm Syndrome.
Akzed on October 3, 2008 at 2:58 PM
These interviews are awesome.
lodge on October 3, 2008 at 2:58 PM
She seems refreshed. I think going up against Biden really did some good for her…
i actually think this debate has been weighing her down, it looks like now, she has nothing else to worry about, but just to go out and campaign and do well.
Chudi on October 3, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Cool thanks!
upinak on October 3, 2008 at 2:59 PM
McCain lost all his momentum, wasted the very last of it by supporting the biggest pork project ever. The left will never like him, the border folks barely tolerate him and now he can’t even play like he’s fiscally responsible. Even Palin can’t pull this campaign out of the nosedive it’s in now. National security, listen to Obama and drone, they’re only 2 degrees off of what McCain is. Now the left knows they’re lying or code pink would be all over them but notice they’re not.
Buzzy on October 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Absolutely! Michelle would conduct an outstanding interview.
sinsing on October 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM
“oh gee, gosh darn it, do we really have to pull out”
venicesurfer on October 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Absolutely McCain needs to continue the fight in MI.
.
Send the Palins, send Mitt Romney!
.
Don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit!
arizona on October 3, 2008 at 3:01 PM
VA, OH, IN….that’s the key to stopping the flood. If those states can be put solidly in the Red camp then it’s on to CO and NM. MI, MN, WI are wasted effort.
Limerick on October 3, 2008 at 3:03 PM
If they’re losing in Michigan, where else are they losing?
Kini on October 3, 2008 at 3:04 PM
:|
*lurks*
Grue in the Attic on October 3, 2008 at 3:04 PM
This is not the grue I knew.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Something tells me the video would go viral and would be seen in more places than HotAir, including on cable channels and portions would be repeated on talk radio. So, she would reach a large audience.
CanadianGuy on October 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM
McCain should do the right thing drop off the ticket and let Palin name her V.P. .At least we would have a person that fight the dems and not talk about how wonderful Al Gore is.
thmcbb on October 3, 2008 at 3:07 PM
See that little box/screen icon to the right of the share link on bottom right hand side? Click it for full screen.
Texas Gal on October 3, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Today, Palin is appearing at a fund raiser in Dallas. There were about 500 demonstrators (proPalin 3 to 1) that were getting into it and had to be separated by the police.
Blake on October 3, 2008 at 3:10 PM
At the moment, everywhere.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Carl talks a lot.
Ronnie on October 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Yes, it is either or. There is only so much time in the day and before the election. Why choose a smaller audience over a larger audience? Don’t be silly.
Blake on October 3, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Why can’t we just get more of these, from both sides. Carl is not a “gotcha” guy, steady as they come. He will get the info he needs, and thus so will we.
Candidates answer so much better when they don’t have to be “on guard”, and that goes for both sides.
right2bright on October 3, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Malkin was dribbling all over herself last night playing giddy cheerleader for Palin.
Made me wonder what Malkin’s agenda really is, seeing that she loses no opportunity to snark at McCain. I would half-expect her to start goading Palin to emphasize her differences with McCain, which might appeal to Malkin’s relatively small base but would give the MSM an unholy amount of free ammunition.
Personally, I think Palin needs to get good TV exposure more than she needs ‘net presence. Malikn, and by extension HA, are, much as we like to read and comment along with the posts, pretty marginal in the overall scheme of things.
MrScribbler on October 3, 2008 at 3:14 PM
………… why not just ask her?
Seven Percent Solution on October 3, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Can’t see the link in question – blocked by my office firewall – but mousing over reveals Beavis and Butthead in the URL. I’m not putting that crap in my mouth.
*lurks*
Grue in the Attic on October 3, 2008 at 3:15 PM
He’s obviously quite smitten with Sarah.
Brat on October 3, 2008 at 3:16 PM
What Palin has to realize, is the yes her answer on immigration may not be liked by Malkin, but not every candidate has every “right” answer.
You weigh them as a whole…like Clinton said, the one issue may out weigh the other four, or vice versa, it is a personal choice. But can only be made if we know what each candidate really believes.
No doubt, if the press was not so antagonistic, we would even know more about Obama. But the press suppresses the real information, because of this “gotcha” sound bite mentality.
right2bright on October 3, 2008 at 3:18 PM
How about a Palin/Malkin ticket?
Yea, I know MM doesn’t have the political experience but she’s is right on issues regarding bailouts and border enforcement.
SPCOlympics on October 3, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I very enthusiastically wish it! Make it so!
And completely OT but I didn’t see any other topic that was important… well let me ask first…
Can we have a topic about the Conservative movie “An American Carol”?
Mrs. B and I went to the very first showing right after lunch and just got back. It was MUCH better than I expected it to be. Go see it. It’s well worth the price of admission and I can almost guarantee you will enjoy yourself.
But you know how they show a gazillion trailers before the main feature? This time they showed only two. Guess which two they showed.
The first one was the oliver stone film “W.”, with a red period, don’t cha know. And the second one was an upcoming movie about Richard Nixon and David Frost’s interview back after Watergate.
Yep. Agenda much, hollywierd?
Anyway, “An American Carol” has a lot of laughs in it and several times the audience in the theater where we were got vocal. It was fun! Go support some brave Conservatives who are taking a very real risk by participating in this film. I want to see a LOT more movies like this.
Sorry for the OT. Carry on.
techno_barbarian on October 3, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Ronnie on October 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM
And gets paid to do it.
Cindy Munford on October 3, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Allah admires her pluck but he figures they should just give up on Michigan, even though they were competitive here just 2 weeks ago. Far be it from me to argue with Allah, who I am sure is far more knowledgeable than me, I have only lived in Michigan all of my 50 years on this earth. The Reagan Democrats in Macomb County were starting to get excited about Palin, the only reason they have dropped here is they haven’t tried hard enough. We have a terrible Dem governor and we just had a major scandal with the Detroit Mayor, Romney also could have been used as he still carries weight here.
McCain had a better shot at Michigan than anyone, but hey, lets just concede this thing, the pundits seem to know better. I mean we know they have been right about everything already. The read 2 paragraphs about a state race and declare it over.
echosyst on October 3, 2008 at 3:20 PM
If Palin thinks she can turn Michigan, I say trust her over the polls. She’s tremendous. She’s won in a lot of what seemed initially unwinnable situations.
Spirit of 1776 on October 3, 2008 at 3:21 PM
This doesn’t have anything to do with this subject, watch this and you will be freaking out…
http://logisticsmonster.com/2008/10/03/puma-politics-obama-definitely-has-changed-america/
reshas1 on October 3, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Because of Obama, they are all inspired to be in a higher tax bracket; so they can pay more taxes so others don’t have to be inspired at all.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 3:25 PM
The clip was adorable and I love her enthusiasm, but michigan is blue. Democrats create a depressed economy on purpose so people are dependent on them for basic necessities.
Spreading misery = democrat votes.
Face it. It’s a loser of a state for Republicans.
lorien1973 on October 3, 2008 at 3:27 PM
A frustrated Michigan could not be reached for comment.
fossten on October 3, 2008 at 3:27 PM
The game on the left now is to make fun of her “common speak”. They speak it sarcastically because that make them feel intellectual, they think they can join the elitist crowd by dumping on main street.
Hey, the elitists aren’t going to let you in because you still are not “one of them”. You lefty fools, you still will be the last one chosen for the team.
right2bright on October 3, 2008 at 3:27 PM
It’s because of this:
Obama Website calling for people to protest Palin at Dallas hotel event today.
Brat on October 3, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Time to repost the cheerleader Vent!
saint kansas on October 3, 2008 at 3:31 PM
I tend to agree, but what happens if her and Todd, with family go up there and begin to turn the tide? What happens to the rest of the nation when it finds out she really does connect to the common person?
And what happens when we find out, that may have been the plan. Internal polling could show that they heavily connect with Palin and family, and not with McCain.
Could it happen? It may be worth a few days of campaigning to find out. And if the polls begin to shift, what does Obama do…panic.
right2bright on October 3, 2008 at 3:31 PM
After 6 years of a Jennie Granholm administration,
FIFY
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 3, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Due respect to most of you folks, you know nothing about Michigan any more than I know about your local politics, neither does Allah. He reads the same pundit BS and makes up his mind. Moderate Republicans have done well here and we have issues on the table that McCain could have seized on if it wasn’t a moron. Palin should have been used, she is just like thousands of families that live here and they would love her.
echosyst on October 3, 2008 at 3:31 PM
reshas1 on October 3, 2008 at 3:23 PM
I would have liked it better if they had used this salute.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L6pDyjqqsvY/SJwoM6u8MxI/AAAAAAAAPpU/FkN723R4P-c/s1600-h/obama+head+wringer.JPG
Cindy Munford on October 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Recipe for Michigan success:
Barracuda, The Dude, and……………TED NUGENT!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM
LOTS (a record number) watched the VP debate. If there is a “bounce” which brings McCain within the MI polls’ margins of error, then it makes sense to “make a run” at the state.
alwyr on October 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Hugh Hewitt follow-up after the debate said that McCain’s crazy not to put Palin on a loop circuit of talk-radio host interviews, none less than 30-minute.
We ALL have been wondering why McCain has been keeping Palin under wraps yet forcing interviews with the very Couric that conservatives detest, and that liberals don’t like either. Couric has the lowest ratings of ANYONE. People actually HATE Couric. The only advantage to sending Palin to be interviewed by Couric would be to boost Couric’s career, as people DO WANT to meet and know Palin. So why the hell did Couric get to interview Palin?
maverick muse on October 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Michigan is totally gone. Like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and likely Ohio. These states are now bluer than blue and (like New York, Massachusetts, California, and Illinois) will be so forever more.
I just knew that any group of people that RE-ELECTED an absolute asshole, corrupt to the core, like Granholm, in the middle of her catastrophic one-state depression, would never go for McCain/Palin. And just look at the seeping chancre that is Detroit! If THAT isn’t enough to get people to flee the donk party, nothing on earth will save them! McCain/Palin never had a chance.
The sad fact is that there are just too damn many dumbass members of the jackass party, union members all, in Michigan. The state is now populated with the worthless detritus that remains after the exodus of all of their productive people to greener pastures, caused by their long-standing, never-ending, Democrat-driven decline. There is just no basis for any hope for a positive future in Michigan.
And, if Hussein gets elected, which looks likely, expect to witness the Detroitification of America, which will happen very quickly! This country will become like Zimbabwe, Sudan, and Beirut! Count on it!
blackelkspeaks on October 3, 2008 at 3:34 PM
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