Delegates React to Thompson, Lieberman Speeches & Other Items at the RNC
Fred Thompson rocked the house at the Republican Convention last night in St Paul, Minnesota, but Sen. Joe Lieberman left a larger mark on the delegates at the convention.
Democrat Lieberman went farther than he was expected to go in support of Republican McCain according to a number of delegates in the hall. Despite a host of previous speakers, it fell to the Democrat Lieberman to first mention by name Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama.
“Senator Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But eloquence is no substitute for a record — not in these tough times,” Lieberman said. He added, “In the Senate he has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party.”
Going Off The Rail – Prop 1A Title & Summary are Deceptive
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association will be in court today seeking an
expedited hearing schedule for its suit challenging the ballot material for
Proposition 1A which seeks voter approval for $9.9 billion for a
controversial "high speed rail" system.
Proposition 1A was placed on the ballot just last week as a replacement for
Proposition 1. Both would authorize a massive $9.9 billion bond as seed
money for a controversial "high speed rail" project from San Francisco to
Los Angles. But the switch from Prop 1 to Prop 1A will cost the state over
$5 million just for the supplemental ballot – and serious questions have
been raised about whether the Secretary of State even has enough time to
comply with federal laws designed to permit overseas military personnel to
vote on the election.
Proposition 1A is flawed both procedurally and substantively. The manner in
which the title and summary have been prepared, the false and misleading
information in the ballot material and the fact that this project will be
one of the biggest boondoggles in American history render Prop 1A a taxpayer
nightmare.
Does Palin help or hurt McCain?
There are so many qualified and experienced Republicans out there, many of whom would have complimented Sen. John McCain’s perceived lack of domestic policy expertise such as Charlie Crist, Linda Lingle and Tim Pawlenty. Each of these governors is politically battle tested in states that are not all that red, and each of them has shown tendencies to be consensus builders. Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson would have been solid picks to be McCain’s running mate, too, and don’t forget Meg Whitman.
I am sure that Sen. McCain thought he was making a wise move by selecting Gov. Sarah Palin to shore up his conservative base and to show undecided women voters that they could count on him to further “crack the glass ceiling” in a direct appeal to Sen. Clinton’s supporters.
Yet, for probably every dissatisfied Hillary Clinton supporter, I suspect that their decisions on Election Day will come down to one issue—the Supreme Court. I don’t believe for a minute that any of Sen. Clinton’s supporters are willing to support McCain knowing that the next president will most likely determine whether Roe v. Wade is overturned or not.