links for 2010-07-26

Now, in the latest revelations from the Journolist archives, The Daily Caller reprints Journolist emails regarding Trig. And obsessed with Trig they were, filling 15 screens in The Daily Caller post.

BUT, the emails were not what I expected. None of the Trig bashing that was prevalent in the blogosphere and even the mainstream media. Little talk of abortion, again, unlike the public attacks on Sarah.

While it was clear that just days after her nomination Sarah Palin was widely hated by those on the Journolist, at least those who wrote emails had not yet exhibited full blown Palin Derangement Syndrome.

Rather, the focus was on whether to jump on the bandwagon promoted by Andrew Sullivan and many others that Trig was Sarah's grandchild not child, and that Bristol Palin was the real mother. As documented here before, this was a very widespread point of attack immediately after Sarah was nominated, and by no means limited to Andrew Sullivan.
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Ryan Donmoyer
Aug 30, 2008, 12:07am

I actually hesitate to bring this up…

But is anyone following this:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/17933/7330/417/579267

Adam Serwer
Aug 30, 2008, 12:18am

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Dylan Matthews
Aug 30, 2008, 12:21am

Obama absolutely cannot touch this. Even if it’s true.

I think the press would justify covering it on the issue of trust, but for me it’s offensive that she would refuse to allow her daughter the choice. She has no business deciding what to make of that pregnancy. If her daughter wanted an abortion, it speaks very ill of Palin’s character to deny her the option.
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Read them all….

And, we in the right blogosphere were wondering where the memes were coming…..

Sarah Palin’s speech to the 2008 Republican convention impressed more than a few doubters, including even some members of Journolist, an online community for liberal journalists.

“This speech is gangbusters,” wrote Ari Melber of the Nation. “Her tone is pitch perfect.” Adele Stan of the Media Consortium agreed: “Palin is golden.”

The exuberance appeared to unnerve the Guardian’s Michael Tomasky. “People get a hold of yourselves!” Tomasky wrote to his fellow Journolisters. “It’s a very good speech with good lines. But there’s very little substance.”
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Republicans have reserved $1.75 million for television ads to help Carly Fiorina in the final week of the California Senate race.

The commitment signals GOP optimism about unseating three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in November. The Republicans plan to target the Los Angeles market and the money would buy enough air time for viewers to see an ad – at least in part – 10 times.

Amber Marchand, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, confirmed the decision to invest in the bid of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Fiorina. She called the race "a highly competitive pickup opportunity for Republicans."

Previously, the committee had declined to say where it would be putting its money going into the Nov. 2 election.
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With the NRSC committing funds, other IE committees will also open their wallets. Looks like Carly Fiorina will have sufficient resources to compete with Boxer and her band of leftists.

Mason-Dixon / Post-Dispatch / KMOV-TV
7/19-21/10; 625 likely voters, 4% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Mason-Dixon release)

Missouri

2010 Senate
48% Blunt (R), 42% Carnahan (D) (chart)

Favorable / Unfavorable / Neutral
Roy Blunt: 39 / 23 / 37
Robin Carnahan: 39 / 38 / 23
Barack Obama: 33 / 55 / 12 (chart)
Chuck Purgason: 8 / 4/ 17

Job Approval / Disapproval
Pres. Obama: 34 / 57 (chart)
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And, look at Obama's favorable vs unfavorable.