August 30, 2008 09:39 PM UTC

Palin's Rollout Good, Viewed More Favorably than Biden

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• by: Haners

I’m sure some of my more liberal friends can’t (or won’t) believe it, but Senator McCain’s pick for V.P. seems to be going over well.

From Rasmussen Reports:

http://www.rasmussenreports.co…

After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin while just 26% offer a less flattering assessment.

By way of comparison, on the day he was selected as Barack Obama’s running mate, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden was viewed favorably by 43% of voters.

And it gets better

Democrats already have begun to attack Palin for a lack of Washington experience even though the message of their party’s presidential ticket is change. One of the reasons McCain clearly chose Palin is because she is the ultimate Washington outsider, even coming from the state on the continental United States that is furthest from the Nation’s Capital. Joe Biden has been in the Senate since Palin was nine years old.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.  Democrats have better be careful how they handle Palin-the more the American people get to know her, the more they will like her.  And people aren’t stupid.  When they see Obama and his crew attacking Palin for not having Washington experience, and they remember everything that Obama said about needing to be an Washington outsider….well, people are going to see the hypocrisy.  Talk about “politics as usual”!