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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Maimonides on June 16, 2011, 01:30:49 PM
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Seems strange, but apparently the NY Times fears Palin more than Bachmann.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/debate-swings-door-open-for-perry-closed-for-palin/?scp=1&sq=palin%20door&st=cse (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/debate-swings-door-open-for-perry-closed-for-palin/?scp=1&sq=palin%20door&st=cse)
Here is an excerpt:
The candidate to break news in this debate was Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who announced that she was running for president. And then she performed strongly throughout, exuding confidence, and turning her service in the House of Representatives from a potential liability (in a field that also includes governors and senators) into a strength (by emphasizing her active role in formulating policy on the major issues of the day).
The comparison between Ms. Bachmann and Sarah Palin is perhaps made too easily. But as I remarked on Twitter during the debate, if there is a constituency of voters trying to decide between the two, Ms. Bachmann has a lot to offer. She’s considerably sharper on her feet than Ms. Palin, and has more discipline. She does not have the baggage of “blood libel,” a reality show, or having prematurely quit her term as governor. Her family story — a mother to 23 foster children, as she frequently reminded us — is every bit as compelling. She has considerably better favorability ratings — Americans who are familiar with her split about evenly on whether they like her or not, which is not true for Ms. Palin. She has a geographic advantage in Iowa, has devoted more time to her presidential campaign and has a reputation as a strong fundraiser.
That is not to say that Ms. Palin will necessarily engage in such a careful analysis when she decides whether to run for president. But it’s possible that she’s missed her moment — whether or not she decides to run. Rather than being a proxy for Ms. Palin, Ms. Bachmann may instead be preferred to her in the eyes of Republican voters.
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You quote an article saying that there are a lot reasons why Michelle Bachmann may find more support than Sarah Palin among Republican voters. On the basis of this article, you cannot say that "the NY Times fears Palin more than Bachmann", I would say that the article actually suggests the opposite, if I understand it correctly, because it lists the many strong points of Michelle Bachmann's candidacy relative to Sarah Palin.
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It may seem hard to believe but I still don't trust them. That newspaper needs to be put out of business.