This was shared with me by a fellow Virginian who is also supporting Obama.  It’s an email from his mom in response to Sarah Palin’s speech last night.  As you read it, keep in mind that in a previous email, she had said she was excited about McCain’s choice of Palin:

Last night I watched Gov. Palin give her speech,  I was so annoyed with her I could feel my blood pressure climb.  What a really wicked woman.  At the end of her speech, when everyone was on stage her youngest daughter wanted her attention and the all inportant Palin couldn’t even take a second to give the child a hug. And of course the bit about firing the mansion chef was just plain mean.  My advice to the democrats is to watch their backs with this woman.  She didn’t appear to be wearing lipstick so prehaps she really is a pit bull.  I will be watching when she and Biden have their debate in St. Louis.

When I asked my colleague to describe his mom, he said “65 years old.  White.  Widow of soldier.  Grew up in rural Kansas.  Lived in mid-Missouri for 50 years.   High school grad only.  Homemaker.   Historically Republican.   Two kids.  Lots of cats.”

In other words, swing voter.  Not a good sign for Republicans.  And I think that McCain’s speech last night also is going to hurt.  Prediction of what we’ll see in the polling numbers:  a Palin bump (from the base, not undecideds/independents) starting tomorrow, followed by a McCain deflation/Palin backlash within a few days.

As I said last night, it’s Sarah Palin’s party now.  But not everybody is happy about it.

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