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McCain’s Plan To Save Palin’s Image? Right-Wing Radio

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, McCain, Media, Palin, Partisan Hacks

Palin heads to McCain’s cabin in Arizona today to prepare for her Thursday debate, and while she’s there she’ll do a round of conservative talk radio interviews. [...]

Rush Limbaugh, who hosts the most popular radio show in the country, noted in an e-mail that he doesn’t invite guests on and alluded to his rocky relationship with the top of the GOP ticket. “The McCain camp doesn’t trust me,” Limbaugh said. But asked if he’d welcome a call from Palin, the conservative talker said: “Of course.”

Yeah, Limbaugh is sure to give Palin a hard time. No doubt about it…

Folks, Palin has absolutely NO problem with the base. In fact, I think she could probably could have bombed her interview even more with Couric and it wouldn’t have mattered very much for the die-hard Repubs. I mean, these are the people who still love Bush and think he has done a great job.

But it’s the independents McCain has to worry about, and if the campaign really thinks a round of right-wing hyperpartisan talk radio will help Palin’s image, they’re out of their minds.

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2 Responses to “McCain’s Plan To Save Palin’s Image? Right-Wing Radio”

Noc Says:
September 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
It may be that they want to give her time to get her confidence back, in front of a friendly audience.

It may be effective for that.
Agnostick Says:
September 30th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Monday night, I think it was Pat Buchanan over on MSNBC that said the same thing, Noc… except that it might be a bit too late, that this is what they should’ve been doing all along. Let her get her sea legs with the more friendly outlets, like talk radio, and then move up to the more challenging interviewers.

NPR’s Nina Totenberg said it best this morning: Palin’s either sealed up in a cocoon, or they’re tossing her in the deep end of the pool.

I suppose it’s also possible that Palin’s been “playing possum” all this time, and Thursday night she’ll leave Biden in the dust. Possible, yes. Likely?

Also mentioned by a couple of people last night that Biden’s best strategy for Thursday might be to smile quietly and let her do as much talking as she wants!

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