Media criticisms of Palin backfiring?


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According to polling data from Rasmussen, the media's over-scrutiny of Sarah Palin may be generating sympathy, and that many voters are forming generally favorable opinions of the GOP veep candidate:


Over half of U.S. voters (51%) think reporters are trying to hurt Sarah Palin with their news coverage, and 24% say those stories make them more likely to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in November.

Thirty-nine percent (39%) also believe the GOP vice presidential nominee has better experience to be president of the United States than Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

But 49% give Obama the edge on experience, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken before Palin's historic speech Wednesday night to the Republican National Convention.


When one VP candidate is losing to the other party's Presidential candidate by just ten points, it's not a good sign for Barack Obama's candidacy, but great news for McCain, who took what was considered by many to be a risky gamble by selecting her as his running mate.

2 Response to "Media criticisms of Palin backfiring?"

  1. Anonymous 4/9/08 22:11
    That wasn't a historic speech. That was a like taking an Uzi and firing all over the Democratic party. Some were truths and some were not. As a woman, I was disappointed it didn't have meat, just a lot of accusations.
  2. Anonymous 5/9/08 10:48
    As a gratutious assertion, I rebut as gratutiously, there was plenty of red meat. 2211, you're welcome to be pescatarian or vegan, just because Sarah Palin doesn't fit the leftist feminist boilerplate dosen't pbviat eher validity.

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