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"Glenn Greenwald, who had previously defended Palin from attacks:
But Sarah Palin's performance in the tiny vignettes of unscripted dialogue in which we've been allowed to see her has been nothing short of frightening -- really, as I said, pity-inducing. And I say that as someone who has thought from the start that the criticisms of her abilities -- as opposed to her ideology -- were much too extreme. One of two things is absolutely clear at this point: she is either (a) completely ignorant about the most basic political issues -- a vacant, ill-informed, incurious know-nothing, or (b) aggressively concealing her actual beliefs about these matters because she's petrified of deviating from the simple-minded campaign talking points she's been fed and/or because her actual beliefs are so politically unpalatable, even when taking into account the right-wing extremism that is permitted, even rewarded, in our mainstream. I'm not really sure which is worse, but it doesn't really matter, because with 40 days left before the election, both options are heinous.
Way too many on our side were willing, nay -- eager -- to give her a pass and concede that she was smart and wonderful and oh so pretty. Too many people were begging us to stop paying attention to her and instead focus all our attention on John McCain.
New Hampshire might be Exhibit A of what happens when people still like Palin.
McCain has actually gained ground in the Ras poll since August, even though it was in the field on Tuesday, in the midst of all the economic turmoil that has generally benefited Obama. So what could account for McCain's gains? It looks from the internals that the Palin effect is still very much in play in New Hampshire.
Take this result:
John McCain named Sarah Palin to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice for McCain to make?
Yes 51%
No 39%
Not Sure 10%"