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TOPIC: "Just Two Senate Candidates Share Stage With Palin" (Steve Peoples, CQ Roll Call, 10/28/10)


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"Just Two Senate Candidates Share Stage With Palin" (Steve Peoples, CQ Roll Call, 10/28/10)
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As you may have heard, SP shuns participation in fundraising and asks for appearance options..

Read @ CQPolitic.com

Just Two Senate Candidates Share Stage With Palin

When Sarah Palin headlines a rally for Alaska Senate nominee Joe Miller (R) Thursday night, it will be one of the few times the former Alaska governor has shared a stage with a Senate candidate this cycle.

It may be the last.

She is notoriously tight-lipped about campaign plans, but Palin-endorsed candidates from California to Pennsylvania don’t expect to see the polarizing former Republican vice presidential candidate over the next six days.

Palin has endorsed nine active Senate candidates, but her time in person with them has been mostly limited to fundraisers behind closed doors, if anything. During the general election season, Palin has held just one rally with a Senate candidate — Republican Marco Rubio in Florida on Saturday. Palin did a joint Fox News appearance with Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul (R) on Sept. 19. She rallied with her 2008 running mate Sen. John McCain before Arizona’s Republican primary.

Some campaigns, particularly in the battlegrounds of the Northeast and West coast, privately concede that Palin has become a general election liability, and Democrats have fought to use the endorsement against GOP candidates.

Regardless of whether the candidates share a stage, Palin’s blessing has forced Republicans to answer uncomfortable questions before a general election audience. Her endorsement proved helpful in several Republican primaries, but now debate moderators from Alaska to Florida are asking Republicans whether they believed Palin is qualified to be president.

“I don’t know anything about her schedule or her plans,” said Nachama Soloveichik, spokesman for Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey (R), who was surprised by Palin’s endorsement last week. “Pat’s had a schedule for this week and next week pretty much set in stone. He’s really focused on his schedule.”

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There was another article that said just how incredibly unprofessional and chaotic it is to get any commitment or scheduling done as she says she MAY endorse, and then waits.....

She waits till the end when it is almost clear who is winning and endorses that person, tries to appear on stage with them, and bask in the glow. It doesnt always work out for the candidate as Doug Hoffman can tell. Looks like Toomey's campaign is sending a clear message that their schedule is full!
Yeah, media used to say Hillary is polarizing... Now they know what polarizing really can be like.

As to the appearance with Miller, it may help me as she still has some favorable rating in Alaska.  She is quite against Murkowski!

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