Good.

I hope she highlights the inconsistencies of Governor Palin.

And preface it with "I know I"ll be accused of being sexist for pointing this out, but...."

I really want the Dems to jump all over that sexist crap. Otherwise, the media will be cowed into not reporting about the real Sarah Palin, and this will, indeed, be an election about personalities, not issues.

Hillary... heeeeeelp!

And for the love of all that is decent and good in this world, could TPM please fix the freaking comment problems?

Please?

They're sending her to Florida because they sense an opportunity. Palin may play well in northern and central Florida, but not at all in South Florida, and the Obama camp thinks between Biden and Hillary they have an opportunity to run up the score there.

http://strategy08.wordpress.com

I don't want Hillary to come out strong because that's exacting what the republicans want. She would be the bait and lighting rod they're looking for.

Plus, the media want a Palin vs. Clinton catfight. It will be the continuation of the Drama the media seeks. Not good. Hillary can be angry behind the screens [and I hope she is?], but we don't need two woman trying to out woman the other.

Makes me sick just thinking about it.

I don't want Hillary to come out strong because that's exacting what the republicans want. She would be the bait and lighting rod they're looking for.

Plus, the media want a Palin vs. Clinton catfight. It will be the continuation of the Drama the media seeks. Not good. Hillary can be angry behind the screens [and I hope she is?], but we don't need two women trying to out woman the other.

Makes me sick just thinking about it.

A bunch of you have written...

Not to mention that David Kurtz posted:

A SIMPLE QUESTION

Where is Hillary?

Jeez.  ADHD run amok.  The RNC convention isn't even over, and the Hillary-jonesing anxiety attacks have begun.

She'll be there.

Hillary: I might sound like I'm whining, or being sexist but...

Hillary does whatever is asked of her by the campaign. Obama doesn't want to rally the GOP base further by putting Clinton out front and center. Obama will ask her to campaign in strategic states and areas. I expect Hillary to be complimentary of Palin, and then ignore her.

The GOP wanted Obama to rush to use Hillary to combat Palin, and in doing so it would have given certain stature to Palin.

The key is to give Palin no free press, make the McCain campaign waste time and money to introduce her to the electorate.

They played it perfect last night - her attacks were typical GOP campaign attacks. She says she's a reformer, but in her second sppech she is already playing the GOP game.

Obama isn't trying to convert the Republican base - he's about making sure Dems vote and trying to lure the independents and centrists his way, while not seeming like a bad guy to moderate Republicans (so they either may not vote, or at least be open to him as President, should he be elected).

There are republicans who would rather lose to Obama than win with McCain because McCain would further damage their brand.

In order to rally the GOP base McCain and Palin have to throw them red meat, and while it certainly goes over well with that target crowd, it also prods and pokes Dems and gets their backs up.

They did a nice job with Sebelius and the small town mayors angle, too.

Hey CarolBG -- Good eye. You at 10:52 a.m., me at 10:55 a.m., on the Fix. Don't you want to throttle AsperGirl and SSPHX, or whatever the handle is. And I just roll right past JakeD. I can't go there that often, but I figure it's a good place to check in for some input from Southerners. I'm up here in screaming liberal-land (Portland, Maine), so you can lose a sense of what other parts of the country think.

Hillary to save the day as always! I think Obama is eying her for Secretary of Women in his Administration. Any issues relating to women he won't touch...Hillary is expected to handle it.

Quit hiding behind her skirts. Obama and his campaign didn't have any issues attacking Hillary. Why should they have any qualms about going after Palin?

Sheesh.

Hillary is the perfect person to go after Palin. No one can accuse of her being sexist, if she takes Sarah down a peg or two.

BTW - If you haven't read it already, Jim Sleeper's blog on TPM has an insightful explanation of Sarah Palin's appeal to the angry middle.

"...if you didn't sense last night how deeply Sarah Palin channeled some of the country's deepest, most powerful currents of pent-up indignation and yearning, you don't sense the trouble we Democrats are in."

Hello, my name is Hillary Clinton. I know Hillary Clinton. Sarah dear, you are no Hillary Clinton. Then get into policy specifics and how they affect folks lives.

This is an absolutely BRILLIANT move by Barack, Hillary. My thesis is this:

Never mind the current shenanigans. Barack and co go hard after FL. Not only can they win. But it will have an Obama ripple effect on the other swing states if he starts doing well there.

At the very end of the DNC, a FL delegate confirmed my thoughts and plainly stated that Bill and Hillary should get down to FL ASAP and Barack and Joe should too.

I think they know this, which is why the first campaign event after the DNC was Biden in FL at an elderly Jewish community gathering. And now this.

Brilliant. Perfect timing too. The MSM of course were going apoplectic about the Dem response. But Barack and co have been playing this whole thing p-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y.

Hillary should stay home and let Barry and dial a Hair Plug do the talking. No VP for Hillary, let the two eunuchs try taking on the unqualified pit bull with lipstick. No Barry/Hair Plugs 2008!

Not so sure about central Florida, that's where I live, and there is a distinct Obama presence here, lots of Obama stickers on cars (including mine!), and signs on lawns, and I saw nothing like that for the Dems last election, so I'll be continuing to educate and motivate!!

Not so sure about central Florida, that's where I live, and there is a distinct Obama presence here, lots of Obama stickers on cars (including mine!), and signs on lawns, and I saw nothing like that for the Dems last election, so I'll be continuing to educate and motivate!!

Hillary is going to rip the stuffing out of Sarah 'MILF' Palin.

marijo,

let the arrogant trolls continue to think they have a chance.

I have seen so much excitement here in south florida by not just the typical groups but hispanics as well.

I'm hearing positive conversations all over the place by an electorate that is ready to take back america.

I've been phone banking and let these few trolls who spend most of their time posting negativity and we'll just take back the WH while they continue to traffic in lies. 5 million less viewers watched the spectacle last night than watched JB.

Just the fact that people can say they voted for the 1st AA President of the United States is an amazing prospect.

Hillary is going to rip the stuffing out of Sarah 'MILF' Palin.

Hillary can say that Palin has been advancing her own career by working against everything women have been trying to achieve. It's gotten her ahead, but at the cost of the political advance of women in general.

Yep. Hillary Clinton may be electoral poison in some places, but Florida voters seem to like her. She appeals to more conservative, ehm, "hardworking American" voters who are really concerned about the floundering economy. She can talk the policy talk in a way Palin never could. She doesn't have to slam Palin too hard -- she's a living rebuke to Palin just by talking sense, and showing them how a grown-up politician looks, speaks, and thinks.

Clinton has the (vicarious) "experience" and intellectual and policy wherewithal to remind everyone that, with the economy in such rough shape, McCain and Palin have "exactly zero" expertise in economic policy. (OK, she lost a little economic credibility with her "I don't need no stinkin' experts" take on the gas tax.)

She can expose the Republican economic plan, which, as far as I can tell, amounts to "drill here, drill now," and further wartime tax cuts funded by reducing earmarks like the ones Palin got for Wasilla. She can present the economic issues as Bill Clinton did, and show that the Democrats have a practical, nuts-and-bolts economic plan that'll genuinely benefit those "hardworking Americans," as well as the rest of us lazy bums.

Hillary needs to make the case for Obama and make a strong case against Palin--the bear-killer.