Aug 30 2008
Palin Pick Will Rock The Conventional Wisdom
All you need to know about how the Palin pick has rocked American politics is to learn how much money the many women (and men I am sure) poured into the McCain-Palin coffers upon word of Sarah Palin’s selection as VP. It was a stunning number that even Obama machine could not rival:
McCain camp claims $3 million poured in by 6 pm ET after Palin pick.
Just roughly speaking that is a rate that would translated into $90 million a month if sustained. And if we recall this was only over an 7 hour period (from the time the rumors were being confirmed) this is a wave of support never before seen in politics. When the polls catch up with America it will be too late for the liberal sexists in the media and Democrat to remove their foot from their mouths. The left is trying to stop a tsunami with a sand castle wall, and they don’t even see the wave coming.
For me as a woman, it is nice to see a woman in politics who is not Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton.
And Fred Barnes calculated the total at $4 million collected by 10:00 PM Friday:
See:
http://tinyurl.com/6yhshp
The Weekly Standard puts the day’s total at $4.49 million.
See:
http://tinyurl.com/5jpvfv
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