Who Has Hurt Their Campaign More Biden or Palin?

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.....Or NOT at all.

Just curious cause I haven't seen much of Joe Biden lately and we do plenty about Sarah Palin.

It seems Biden has Gaffe Immunity and Palin has solidified the conservative base.

Helped or Hurt?

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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,066
    Biden has done nothing for the Obama campaign. You never hear Obama supporters say anything good or bad about Biden. The media never covers his speeches or appearances. Obama went safe with his choice, which makes sense. Hilary would have helped Obama for sure, as I think by the time the primaries were ending, Republicans liked Hilary better than Obama and she wouldn't be as hated by the right, and the left would have loved her.

    Palin is a tough call. She energized the campaign, which helped immensely, but also turned off some voters.
  • Republicans liked Hilary better than Obama and she wouldn't be as hated by the right

    Ha ha ha ha ha. Repubs like Hillary, eh? Yeah, that GOP has always been fond of all things Clinton. :rolleyes:
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,338
    Biden = no change, Palin = Hurt
  • PJ_SalukiPJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    Do not like Biden on the ticket. Biden's mouth gets him into trouble (see "international crisis" and TV comment) but Palin has been more embarrassing to republicans. She's probably better at rallies, but put her in an interview that isn't conducted by a reverend and she comes off as uninformed at best. Plus she energized the left and has probably cost McCain as many independent votes as she won him.
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  • DixieNDixieN Posts: 351
    I like Biden. I like him more and more all the time. He occassionally says stupid things, but overall he's a very good VP pick. He has been caricatured and lampooned to the point that many people believe the caricature to be the man. But, it ain't so, Joe. Watch him take care of this pit bull:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxT0ELP7az0

    He did a first-class job of not only defending Obama, but showing that he himself is extremely well-informed and totally unflappable. Imagine this being a Democratic pit bull going after Sarah Palin like this. Laughable. She wouldn't begin to know how to come back, and afterward all we'd hear is how terrible the media is and how unfair they are to her free speech rights, as well as their being sexist. A contender like Hillary would have spit out the "interrogator" like Biden; Palin would have had a meltdown.

    Biden is a definite asset for the Obama campaign. He's a guy who can deflect the crap, go on the attack without becoming an ugly American, and a man who has vast foreign policy knowledge. He is the "go to" guy for Obama on many fronts, and serves Obama extremely well. And he will continue to do so, should Obama/Biden become our executive branch picks in a couple of days.

    Essentially, what the Democratic ticket has is two men equally capable of being president on it. The Republican ticket has one man who has shown nothing but terrible judgment and one woman who is totally not up for any job but reality TV host. Biden is a true asset. Mark me well and hear my words. :)
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    Palin = The greatest thing that ever happened to the Obama Campaign.
  • prytojprytoj Posts: 536
    Wilds wrote:
    Palin = The greatest thing that ever happened to the Obama Campaign.

    the liberal elite, and almost factless, lynching of Palin = The greatest thing that ever happened to the Obama Campaign.

    McCains poor campaign strategy hasn;t helped a whole lot, to be fair.

    The truth is that Palin has been a good governor, while Obama has never sniffed ANYTHING executive in government. He is a second-tier politician in every sense of the word.

    The spin is just gross.
  • prytojprytoj Posts: 536
    DixieN wrote:
    I like Biden. I like him more and more all the time. He occassionally says stupid things, but overall he's a very good VP pick. He has been caricatured and lampooned to the point that many people believe the caricature to be the man. But, it ain't so, Joe.

    Biden is a caricature of himself, the man can't stop saying stupid things.
    If he's such an asset, where the hell is the man?
  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    I'll say Palin has hurt McCain's campaign more than Biden hurt Obama's.

    This should have been a poll.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    prytoj wrote:
    the liberal elite, and almost factless, lynching of Palin = The greatest thing that ever happened to the Obama Campaign.

    McCains poor campaign strategy hasn;t helped a whole lot, to be fair.

    The truth is that Palin has been a good governor, while Obama has never sniffed ANYTHING executive in government. He is a second-tier politician in every sense of the word.

    The spin is just gross.

    Even though he hasn't sniffed anything government as you say why is it that he's garnered so many new voters and such a huge following along with apparently leading in the polls?

    Peace
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  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    DixieN wrote:
    I like Biden. I like him more and more all the time. He occassionally says stupid things, but overall he's a very good VP pick. He has been caricatured and lampooned to the point that many people believe the caricature to be the man. But, it ain't so, Joe. Watch him take care of this pit bull:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxT0ELP7az0

    He did a first-class job of not only defending Obama, but showing that he himself is extremely well-informed and totally unflappable. Imagine this being a Democratic pit bull going after Sarah Palin like this. Laughable. She wouldn't begin to know how to come back, and afterward all we'd hear is how terrible the media is and how unfair they are to her free speech rights, as well as their being sexist. A contender like Hillary would have spit out the "interrogator" like Biden; Palin would have had a meltdown.

    Biden is a definite asset for the Obama campaign. He's a guy who can deflect the crap, go on the attack without becoming an ugly American, and a man who has vast foreign policy knowledge. He is the "go to" guy for Obama on many fronts, and serves Obama extremely well. And he will continue to do so, should Obama/Biden become our executive branch picks in a couple of days.

    Essentially, what the Democratic ticket has is two men equally capable of being president on it. The Republican ticket has one man who has shown nothing but terrible judgment and one woman who is totally not up for any job but reality TV host. Biden is a true asset. Mark me well and hear my words. :)

    This pretty much sums up how I feel. I think Biden is a great pick for VP.
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    prytoj wrote:
    the liberal elite, and almost factless, lynching of Palin = The greatest thing that ever happened to the Obama Campaign.

    McCains poor campaign strategy hasn;t helped a whole lot, to be fair.

    The truth is that Palin has been a good governor, while Obama has never sniffed ANYTHING executive in government. He is a second-tier politician in every sense of the word.

    The spin is just gross.

    Truly McCain has run a terrible campaign, but his choice of Palin as VP will go down as his worst mistake.

    Both sides sling mud, but in the end the truth sticks.

    I don't care about Obama's house discount.
    I don't care about McCains Houses.
    I don't care about people who came into contact with Obama throughout his life. (Rev. Wright, Ayers, The PLO dude)
    I don't care about mistakes that McCain made. (divorcing his 1st wife because she is ugly, His wacko reverend)
    I don't care about Palins Shopping or her Witch doctor beating out the demons.

    But the truth is Palin is completely ignorant of world events. She couldn't name one newspaper she has ever read, and in her unscripted interviews she comes across as a moron.

    I don't think the McCain campaign vetted her and they ultimately paid the price. She solidified the base, but she alienated the middle and that in the end will be the undoing of McCain.
  • prytojprytoj Posts: 536
    g under p wrote:
    Even though he hasn't sniffed anything government as you say why is it that he's garnered so many new voters and such a huge following along with apparently leading in the polls?

    Peace

    becasue he's the best used car saleman in the world. even I get goosebumps listeneing to his rhetoric, until I analyze the actual words.

    that and the indesputable liberal bias in the media.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    prytoj wrote:
    becasue he's the best used car saleman in the world. even I get goosebumps listeneing to his rhetoric, until I analyze the actual words.

    that and the indesputable liberal bias in the media.

    That's just great now we'll have a used car salesman as President just when car sales are going in the dumps. What are we to do now? :)

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • prytojprytoj Posts: 536
    g under p wrote:
    That's just great now we'll have a used car salesman as President just when car sales are going in the dumps. What are we to do now? :)

    Peace

    vote for the better man, there's stil time.
    thanks for agreeing with me on that.
  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    jesus christ...this thread isn't here to bash mccain or obama...it's about the vp choices so lets stay on topic.

    Biden is flawed just like any politician..yes he'll say literally every five seconds even though it's not a literal number. Sometimes you'd think you're talking to dan quale i'd swear! However, the man doesn't really make gaffes in policy questions. He has been around for 25+ years and the American people know that he knows foreign policy. The media wasn't interested in him and never really covered him on the campaign trails which always helps make those gaffes minimal but they are there.

    Palin on the other hand is a whole different story. PERSONALLY, the VP pick is someone that's supposed to be there to advise the president when needed. I don't see how sarah palin can advise john mccain aside from cutting spending here and ther. The woman has absolutely 0 experience on foreign policy and Mccain's camp handled her as poorly as you could. They killed the woman's confidence by limiting her to the press and doing only big interviews (gibson, couric) and it gave the American public a very skewed oulook on her. I don't know what type of politician she will be...but she did alienate the independent base in a major way. Mccain was trying to pass her as clinton #2 to women but IMO greatly underestimated the independent female vote and intellect...overall biden helped a little bit or none and palin hurt, not sure how bad, but she did not help him overall in this election
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