Captain of Titanic says newfangled airplanes are doomed
- Friday, October 02 2009 @ 02:33 PM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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Captain Steve Schmidt of the S.S. 2008 McCain Campaign thinks a Palin 2012 Presidential run might not be such a good idea:
On the other hand, Schmidt is something of an expert on running disastrously incompetent Presidential campaigns, so I guess he does know what he's talking about there. And we're all quite well aware Schmidt a deep, abiding hatred of Palin, after his campaign's woefully inept and ham-fisted handling of her during the election run.
On the other, other hand, the 2012 election is three years and one month away, Steve old boy. Let's talk after Palin's book has been out a while. At this time in 2005, "Barack Obama" was just a punch line of obscure inside-the-Beltway political jokes.
"In the year since the election has ended, she has done nothing to expand her appeal beyond the base. ... Th[e] independent vote is going to be up for grabs in 2012. That middle of the electorate is going to be determinative of the outcome of the elections. I just don't see that if you look at the things she has done over the year ... that she is going to expand that base in the middle."
On the other hand, Schmidt is something of an expert on running disastrously incompetent Presidential campaigns, so I guess he does know what he's talking about there. And we're all quite well aware Schmidt a deep, abiding hatred of Palin, after his campaign's woefully inept and ham-fisted handling of her during the election run.
On the other, other hand, the 2012 election is three years and one month away, Steve old boy. Let's talk after Palin's book has been out a while. At this time in 2005, "Barack Obama" was just a punch line of obscure inside-the-Beltway political jokes.