Reply #42: A few people, but precious few, thank God

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A woman across the street who worked for the conservative radio station here in this area (till she got laid off recently) said she's disgusted with Bush, is very impressed with Obama, but also likes Palin. The station, called "The Big Talker", has a lineup includes Rush, Hannuty, O'Lielly, Dom Giordano, Glenn Beck and Michael Smerconish. The neighbor actually tried to tell me it's not a conservative station, citing Smerconish supporting Obama as her proof.

Ironically, the guy next door to her, an indie, said he was thinking he would vote McShame until Palin, and I honestly think that's the way it's playing out in SE Pennsylvania/South Jersey and Delaware part of the country.

I hear my non-political not-too bright, but usually pleasant SIL likes her, and got pissy with my daughter when she expressed her intense dislike of Palin. SIL knows better than to even bring the subject up around me.

Judging from the neighbor-to-neighbor canvassing my husband and I did (and are continuing to do) in our neighborhood here in Montgomery County, my husband's large and extended family in the NE (of Philadelphia), his co-workers (oil refinery), and all of our friends, my analysis is, choosing Palin has pushed many more who were 'just not sure' to Obama then the other way around.

I'd say most of the people voting McShame are voting for him in spite of Palin. The majority of the McShame supporters that I'm aware of are my husband's coworkers, but even in a "macho" blue collar setting, the common sense rational thinking people, the anti-Bush/anti McShame/gung-ho Obama people edge out the VotingRepublicanNoMatterWhat people.