Sarah Palin Should Sell Tea

[Valin]

Power Line:

Steven Hayward

12/20/13

 

If a liberal were stuck on a life raft with Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz (as a proxy for the Tea Party), who would she try to shove off first?* Trick question: the answer is neither, because conventional wisdom among the media and the Left (but I repeat . . .) is that Palin and the Tea Party are both damaging to the Republican Party.

 

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Reconsidering the Palin Effect in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

 

Abstract

 

The Palin Effect in the U.S. 2008 Presidential Election analyzes the effect of Sarah Palin on presidential vote choice. Two of the substantive conclusions are (1) Palin cost McCain votes among independents and moderates, and (2) Palin had the largest effect on vote choice of any recent vice-presidential nominee. Our analysis shows that the data do not support these findings. We find that respondent evaluations of Palin have a positive effect on McCain vote choice, even among independents and moderates, and Palins effect on the election outcome is comparable with ten of the last fifteen vice-presidential nominees.

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http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21591855-novel-way-measure-influence-protest-movement-watery-tea%5DWatery tea[/url]

A novel way to measure the influence of a protest movement.

Dec 21st 2013

 

HOW influential is the Tea Party? The anti-tax protests that erupted in 2009 have long since been hijacked by every right-wing group with the wit to add the words Tea Party to its letterhead. But new research suggests that the people whom left-wing pundits once dismissed as teabaggers made a big difference in the mid-term elections of 2010, when Republicans recaptured the House of Representatives.

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[pollyannaish]

Yup. Right along with the belief that the majority of Americans watch Duck Dynasty to laugh at them rather than because we like them.

 

They need to get out of the bubble!

[Valin]

Yup. Right along with the belief that the majority of Americans watch Duck Dynasty to laugh at them rather than because we like them.

 

They need to get out of the bubble!

Too Many Bubbles.