Do you think the Democrats are using Sarah Palin to tar the Republicans?

[EmpressJodhaaBai]

Dems continue to think evoking memories of last year’s McCain- Palin campaign remains a useful tactic for tarring the GOP among swing voters as harsh and divisive.

The latest: Virginia Democrats are planning to go on the offensive today against GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell by using comments by Mike Huckabee, in which he seemed to disparage North Virginians, to remind voters of similarly controversial comments about Virginia by Palin and the McCain campaign last year.

Huckabee was recently caught on video by the Virginia Dem tracker at a rally for McDonnell, where he said that “some folks up there near the Beltway” don’t think the “same way folks like you and me think.”

The Virginia Dems are set to unleash a Web vid hammering McDonnell, a self-styled centrist candidate who Dems regard as far right, by airing the footage of Huckabee and similar McCain-Palin campaign comments.

“You remember the Republican strategy for winning Virginia last November?” the vid says, going on to air then-controversial footage of former McCain spokesperson Nancy Pfotenhauer describing the non-northern parts of the state as the “real Virginia.”

It then airs Palin’s infamous quote: “The best of America is in these small towns we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call Real America.”

“The Republican Party,” the ad concludes. “No New Ideas. The same failed divisive attacks.” Full script here.

It’s another sign that Dems remain convinced that Palin — and memories of the harsher moments of Campaign 2008 — remain a major turnoff to swing voters.
Hater Police: Excellent answer

[HaterPolice]

No. If Palin and her folks would go away and stay away... she would have an opportunity to re-introduce herself. Palin and her family have done DOZENS of interviews since the election. They are in no position to pretend they want their privacy.

Dems are not particularly interested in Palin. We believe the other high profile GOP members will take her down long before she gets near the nomination. Pity.

[jamier]

Of course. The liberals love to beat a dead horse...or is it a donkey. Oh who cares.

[zaphod73@attenet]

Why not use the ammo the GOP was so kind to arm us with? 8^) (You should blame the GOP for their failed policies and their divisive rhetoric; otherwise, the Dems wouldn't have that ammo to use.)

[HaterPolice]

No. If Palin and her folks would go away and stay away... she would have an opportunity to re-introduce herself. Palin and her family have done DOZENS of interviews since the election. They are in no position to pretend they want their privacy.

Dems are not particularly interested in Palin. We believe the other high profile GOP members will take her down long before she gets near the nomination. Pity.

[Obamunism]

I don't understand why Democrats keep bringing her up.She is gone and will not be heard of again during election times. Just like most other politicians that have lost an election. The only reason Dems bring her up is because they are intimidated by her.

[Union_Dooz]

No dear Gideot did it all on her own even the campaign manager called her a wacko job because she did it her way that even made the geezer pissed.

[ABillionOpinionsOnEarth]

Palin doesn't know how to lie low--she's too busy seeking attention.

[Desdamona]

Are you writing a speech or asking a question?

[futurefate]

The "Dems" haven't said ANYTHING about Sarah for a long time - nice fantasy.
It's just the taboid media - who have made Sarah and her extended hayseed family a permanent fixture due to their continuing hijinx.