"This move -- the day after Obama's Greek Temple speech -- has sucked the air out of Obama's 15 minutes of fame. I predict that Obama will end up back in the Senate humiliated by a devastating defeat."
The coalition promises further comment on Palin during the Republican National Convention this week in St. Paul, Minn.; presumably, the group will correctly spell her first name.
. . . but on the left, not so much
As an unswerving member of the left wing of the Democratic Party, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California wasn't going to be much impressed with whomever McCain selected as a running mate. Still, her reaction to the pick of Palin is noteworthy for its sharpness, especially given Boxer's commitment to feminist causes. Here's Boxer's statement:
"The vice president is a heartbeat away from becoming president, so to choose someone with not one hour's worth of experience on national issues is a dangerous choice.
"If John McCain thought that choosing Sarah Palin would attract Hillary Clinton voters, he is badly mistaken.
"The only similarity between her and Hillary Clinton is that they are both women. On the issues, they could not be further apart.
"Sen. McCain had so many other options if he wanted to put a woman on his ticket, such as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Sen. Olympia Snowe -- they would have been an appropriate choice compared to this dangerous choice.
"In addition, Sarah Palin is under investigation by the Alaska state Legislature, which makes this more incomprehensible."
Snowe, considered by many in the GOP a RINO -- Republican in name only -- was never a vice presidential prospect. Hutchison's name surfaced as a strong possibility, but her support of abortion rights probably made her a nonstarter for the McCain camp.
Oprah cries her eyelashes off
Daytime talk show diva and billionaire businesswoman Oprah Winfrey, who played a crucial early primary role in raising the prominence of her fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama, was so moved by her man's Democratic acceptance speech Thursday night that she cried off her false eyelashes.
Winfrey, who had previously said she would play a small behind-the-scenes role in Obama's speech to 84,000 close friends at Invesco Field, was herself mobbed by enthusiastic fans after the address.
"I thought the speech was transcendent," she said. That's "what I thought. I thought the speech made us all feel we can do better, be better, walk taller, be higher. I just have never experienced anything like that." And she said "ANYTHING" as if it was all capitalized.
