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Elites Way Off on Sarah Palin's Electability

I just discovered a great series of articles on Sarah Palin's electability. The following was posted on Mar 17th, 2011 at an online polling analysis sight called pollinsider.

By “elites”, the article is not discussing the point of view of Liberal Democrats, but Republican inside the beltway elites, like Charles Krauthammer, George Will, and even "ruling class member wannabee", Karl Rove who is being treated with unprecedented respect by the Washington Ruling Class these days. After all the beltway set needs at least one or two token conservatives to show up to their dinner and cocktail parties, don't they.

We know from past experience,on the other hand, that Liberal Democrat Elites unequivocally consider someone a viable candidate who can actually win when that candidate like George W Bush, Ronald Reagan and now Palin and Bachman are treated to the type of vicious and hostile rhetoric which is always hurled there way. But if the mainstream liberal media really felt these Republican "targets of unbridled hatred" had no chance to win as they constantly point out to us with non-stop polling data they and their army of pollsters manufacture on a daily basis, then don't you think they would be encouraging these " sure losers" to run" Of course they would" But they are not, are they?

NO...NO...NO....Anyone but Sarah they say. And don't insult my intelligence by telling me that she simply isn't qualified because no one was ever more unqualified to run for President than Obama and he is still the most inept and unqualified person in any room he enters. And it is really obvious when he doesn't have his teleprompter with him, you have to admit.

Instead these progressive scribes, analysts. and pundits like Bill what's his name on HBO, oh yes Mauer, who have been attacking Sarah and Michelle recently with vitriol laced rhetoric rarely seen in American politics. It would seem that they are hoping and praying, (well not praying) that any of the other Republicans who have announced their candidacy will win the GOP nomination and run against OBama in 2012. Yes, as long as it is not one of these two Conservative women at the helm of the Tea Party movement which won the approval of the American electorate in a landslide election victory last November, they are pretty sure that Obama will get another four years, which I believe would be disastrous for the Country.

The Washington establishment is now learning, however, that the Tea Party and Conservative base behind that earth shattering and historic victory last November actually mean business and they are having a hard time believing that they will not cave and allow tax hikes.

Other Republicans like Romney, Huckabee, McCain and the latest to top the "DC Social Circuit Invitation List", the Senate "Gang of 6" who embody the old RINO "Compromise and Let's Make a Deal Philosophy" that got us into the present mess, are not being treated with such hostility....

On a day when I begin publishing this series of articles that should give us all second thoughts on Sarah Palin's electability comes news that President Obama would lose to Mitt Romneyif the election were held today, according to a poll released today by a Democrat polling firm..

I'm afraid, however that if Romney gets the GOP nomination many conservatives would sit the election out again, because of the similar way we know he would damage the Republican party nationwide as he did to the Republican party here in Massachusetts which is beyond hope in my opinion. The Progressives rule here and have succeeded in marginalizing and demonizing social and fiscal conservatives in the GOP to the extent that Conservatives are more despised by the Republican RINO establishment than even liberal Democrats are. I also believe that Romney and his money has had a lot to do with that demonization of social conservatives in Massachusetts during previous elections here and many believe he has also had a lot to do with the rise in power and influence of the Gay lobby in the Massachusetts GOP.

Romney would kill the tea party movement in Washington and if you think he would repeal ObamaCare, then I've got some oceanview property for you at a bargain basement price. Anyway...back to the article regarding Sarah Palin's electability

This article is the first in a series examining Sarah Palin’s electability, and why the Republican, Liberal, and Media Elites are using bias over analysis.

As we consider the electability of candidates, namely Sarah Palin, we first must consider the candidates floors. A “floor” is a candidate’s guaranteed minimum percentage based on current polling data, accounting for all factors. Obama’s floor, or guaranteed vote, according to analysis of current polling is 43%. What this means is that 43% of people will vote for Barack Obama no matter who his opponent is. It could be much higher, but probably not any lower. This number is arrived at by reviewing 6 months of polling date from all polling firms. This is Obama’s floor because, depending on his opponent, his support grows or shrinks, but rarely below 43%.

Sarah Palin’s current floor is determined to be 39% as she typically registers 39% or 40% in head-to-head match-ups against Obama (not counting 3-way race polling). So today, the floor stands at Obama 43% and Palin 39%, or Obama +4. Yes, I know what the skeptics/elites would say to this: “But Obama always scores much higher than 43% against Palin, duh!” That is true, but the point of determining a floor is to understand a candidate’s solid support. Elites prefer to go light on analysis and heavy on drama. If a poll shows Obama scoring 53% against one candidate and 42% against another, his support is quite volatile, and can be changed as information is acquired.

What does this all mean? For one, it is good news for Sarah Palin. Figure that almost all media coverage of Palin for the previous 2 years has been incredibly negative, accusatory, insulting, misleading, and “downright mean”, to quote Michelle Obama. It’s amazing to read something Palin writes or says and see how it is maliciously twisted into a salacious sound bite. Unfortunately most people at this stage know the sound bite, but not what she actually says. Meanwhile, despite being generally inept, but receiving glorious and glowing coverage from the media, Obama’s floor is at a mere 43%. This means that all the positive coverage on the world for Obama and all the negative coverage in the world for Palin results only in a 4 point spread.

When we toss in candidate favorable/unfavorable opinion we find a very interesting fact. Let’s not pretend that Palin’s current favorables are high. In reality, they shouldn’t be. We have to remember that 80% of the population’s opinion of Palin is currently formed by the media’s representation of her. Or, misrepresentation if you prefer, and I do. But Sarah Palin heavily outperforms her favorability rating, in many cases by 2-1 margins. Meanwhile Obama underperforms his favorable rating, usually by 10-15 percentage points. So far more people will vote for Sarah Palin even with a negative opinion of her while far fewer people with a positive opinion of Obama will vote for him. This only works in Palin’s favor as she is able to make the case for herself and opinions of her arise. If a large percentage of people will vote for her when they do not like her, what happens when the percentage of people who do like her increases dramatically, as will inevitably be the case.

So, how does Palin raise her floor? The good news is: things couldn’t get worse for Palin. The majority of current opinion about Palin is formed not on thoughtful consideration of her, but on minimally whimsical knowledge bandied about by frivolous “media” and entertainment personalities. Most voters, sadly, know more about Charlie Sheen and American Idol than they do about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama. Their opinion of her is that she is a ditzy beauty queen who is obviously controversial and not electable, and very, very right wing. After all, we just got our news from Saturday Night Live, Politico, or The Daily Show, so it must be true.

But what happens when 100 Million people tune into a debate between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin? What happens when she speaks freely and convincingly in that debate, as she did in a great interview with the Long Island Association? And then what happens when people realize that she isn’t the moron “they” have attempted to portray her as? That she can speak without uhhh’s and ummm’s like someone else cannot? And when Palin releases, yes I will say it, Reaganesque commercials that are inspiring and uplifting, you know about America being that shining city on a something or another? How quickly will opinion change when people realize that Sarah Palin is not what the media have portrayed her as?

And about those “controversial” opinions she holds? What happens when Americans realize that it is those “controversial” opinions that the majority of Americans agree with, often by wide margins. Well, that is a matter for Part 2 of Elite’s Way Off on Palin Electability.

Stay tuned for the second article in this intriguing series which will be posted soon And if you're one of the few readers who hasn't checked out Diana Peterson's latest CD for which I wrote 8 of the 12 arrangements and performed on piano for 9 of the 12 selections. Check it out and I promise you that you won't be sorry you did if your musical tastes in todays popular culture are as conservative as your political points of view obviously are.

Tired Old Class Envy Arguments

I get so tired of hearing class envy arguments filled with the same old liberal clichés which always come down to one thing: tax increases for the rich in the name of “liberal” code words like “fairness”, which is another word for “income redistribution”. I abhor the Robin Hood analogy of stealing from those who work, create jobs, and put their capital at risk to give to those who don’t work or know the first thing about how to create a job.

The government will never be the solution for solving our economic problems and creating a robust economy. The solution has always been and always will be with a private sector based on the constitutional guarantees of liberty and private property rights, which for the most part means “money”.

Liberal Democrats have no right to to decide how much is too much for people to have. “Keep your grubby hands off my money” I always say, and unfortunately I don’t have very much of it. If I want to be charitable and it was one of the Bible based beliefs this country was founded on i.e. “faith, hope, and charity” then that is my choice and my responsibility before God. It is not the governments right to force me to be charitable.

The government in my opinion is no more than a school yard bully ready to take your lunch money at a moments notice and is always an entity we need protection against.

Furthermore, I believe the government is not and never will be a friend that can be trusted. Those qualities belong to the country, which was ingeniously designed during its’ founding to maintain a weak central government for the most part linked to a confederation of strong state governments which many have given their life for over the years so we all may enjoy the God given rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, so important to the founding fathers.

I'm almost ready to start political blogging again but not today...

My first post since entering a self imposed exile from political blogging is about the musical project portrayed on the cover of the "Our Love is Here to Stay" CD which consisted of arranging music and performing instrumentally in a recording session at the BIAS studios in the Washingtonon, Dc area for a talented vocalist, Diana Peterson, who performed as featured vocalist with the Sixth Fleet Music Show from 1972-1974 while I performed as a pianist and arranger. Although Diana and I disagree on politics, big time, we both are on the same page when it comes to music (thank goodness)

Other musicians on the session included Alan Gaumer who was a jazz trumpet player, close friend, and musical mentor of mine from my sixth Fleet days; Diana's talented daughter Laura who also contributed as an arranger and keyboard instrumentalist; Diana's college roommate and oboe virtuoso, Joyce James, formerly of the Florida Symphony and Tony Bennet's former Bass Player, Paul Langosh. The talented group also included DC studio pros Darryl Brensel, alto sax; Bruce Swaim, tenor sax; John Jenson, trombone; Dominic Smith, drums and Bruce Parker, guitar.

The CD was a vision of Diana's and consists of love songs that Diana selected with great care and presented to myself and Laura to arrange for the CD in order to help celebrate her 40th Wedding Anniversary to her husband Gordon, who also disagrees with me about politics, but loves the musical output on this CD. So far the initial reaction to the Romantic collection of contemporary love songs, traditional big band and cool jazz selections, and even a classical Art Song has been very good and something that touches all who have listened to it including the following people who sent in comments to Diana.

"I have to tell you that your CD is just awesome!! Every selection is so perfect for the theme. I've cried or swooned on the ballads, jumped up and down-and up again-on the up tunes, and I keep discovering more wonders with each listening." Valrie Kantorski, pianist and keyboardist with the Toledo Symphony

"I have had the pleasure, and I do mean the PLEASURE of listening to your perfectly pitched voice in compliment with a finely tuned band that is sometimes smooth, sometimes bold, and sometimes whimsical, but always harmoniously connected to perfection." from Kimberly-Lynn Moore of Washington, D.C.

"From a 17th century woman poet to Sammy Cahn, Frank Loesser, McCartney and Lennon, Buddy Holly, Edith Piaf, and the Gershwins---every selection was moving and right on target." from Mike Donaghue of Washington, D.C.

It is now on sale at CD Baby and will soon be available at other online venues as well where you may listen to some samples and purchase the CD or download mp3 files.

I will resume weighing in on the current political issues both nationally and here in Massachusetts shortly, but for the moment my mind is focused solely on music and world peace. (I always wanted to say that...ha ha ha)