If that many people watched McCain's speech, it won't be good for him. It was not a very well-written speech (I've read the text and watched clips since) and it was delivered poorly until the last 15 seconds.

As for Palin, she fired up both bases. The middle will wait and see.

And one other thing: Palin does not appeal to moderate and liberal women. She turns them off, actually. Palin does appeal to white working class men, however. And that's for two reasons: her Nixonland anti-elitism resentment and her looks. Yes, she's an attractive, female Richard Nixon.

Well… this just shows that more metered households watched McCain than Obama. It doesn't mean that more people actually saw McCain than Obama. I know there were a ton of events and people gathered in bars (which I guess would not be considered “metered households”) and at friends houses (I guess some of those would be “metered households). I didn't see as much publicity around McCain, nor did I even talk to anyone who was going to watch McCain in a public setting.

But that's my observation in SF. I'd be interested to know if others (and I hope the McCain supporters here weigh in with their observations) saw a lot of buzz around McCain's speeches, with folks attending house parties or watching in public places…

SF is pretty solid Obama and my observations ae skewed, though I did talk with friends in other parts of the country who went to Obama parties… So I'd like to hear some balance here. Thanks!

I'm a little surprised at how easy you make this.

Did you see the Daily Show report showing Karl Rove, Bill O'Reilly and several others completely changing their tunes? If not, click here.

They don't even go through the kabuki of twisting themselves into knots. They just utterly reverse themselves to suit the prevailing winds, as if previously held principles never even existed.

And as for whatever coverage you disliked that occurred here this weekend, surely you concede it was partially the result of Palin having been poorly vetted. To that extent, maybe Republicans could look in the mirror when they point fingers. But that probably wouldn't suit the prevailing winds.

Well, TMV is a pretty liberal group, and folks see the world through a partisan lens.

When the left blogosphere and media piled on Palin over the weekend, it was echoed here. I gather “US Magazine” is paying with the loss of subscribers from its editors prematurely assuming Palin being toast.

It is truly fascinating to see the media . . . which refused to even look into rumors of Edwards' affair when he was running for president, as they were merely rumors . . . now twist themselves into knots to justify their wall-to-wall coverage of every rumor in Palin's personal life.

The most accurate predictive model is right here at TMV……..whenever Mullen, Stickings, Shaw or Sorwell post something about Palin, expect the majority of public sentiment to show movement in the exact opposite direction.

OMG!!!

“3. The Democrats have to be careful how they handle her, not because she’s a woman, but because a large chunk of the public has reacted to her favorably.”

Ann Althouse catches the panicked Obama sending women out to blunt the unexpected popularity of Palin.

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-to-d…

Obama’s biggest mistake is trusting Hillary as a surrogate. Anyone thinking that she will place the interests of the party above her own ambitions is deluded. When Obama loses, Hillary will regain control of the Democrat party and begin a process of punishing those who were disloyal, while setting up her 2012 presidential run.