How bad is the relationship between Mccain and Palin?

[CatsDogsBabies]

Do they ever speak to one another? Do they hate each other? It seems the resentment runs deep for people who barely know each other? Are they really each other's own worst enemy, each getting in the way of what the other wants?

[JohnMcCant2008]

1. My guess is "bad" and getting worse by the day!

[BlooInBloo]

2. Sounds like the relationship between McAdulterer and his wife.

[SoonerPride]

3. She was foisted on him by his handlers. McCain doesn't speak for the McCain campaign

He knows that picking her was political suicide and it pisses him off.

She is using him like a stepping stone to grab more power and face time. But she is too stupid to know she is being used and will be thrown out after nov never to be heard from again.

They deserve each other. Partners in misery.

[yellowcanine]

4. I don't know, I bet he thinks about her fondly sometimes when he is spanking Mr. Monkey.

[Mother Of Four]

9. Ok...

Yuck...just...YUCK. I really didn't want to picture McCains popeye look with saggy wrinkly old man walnuts. THANK YOU very much!

[Aviation Pro]

5. If the hatred between Senator Angry Old Prick....

...and Sarah Pornstar is palapable, I can imagine that the hatred between Cindy Looney and America's Little Tweaker is gothic.

[demokatgurrl]

6. I disagree- I think they are just fine

McCain may be a tad jealous over the attention she gets, but on the other hand, it takes the spotlight off him.

[Youphemism]

7. Actually, I think it was very good at first, but it's eroding every day now...

Palin is in this for Palin. McCain can only sit by and watch as supporters voice wishes for her to be at the top of the ticket and talk about how they can look forward to voting for her in future elections after McCain loses.

Her post-debate handshake and talk with Joe Biden showed more genuine friendliness than her antiseptic, no-body-touching hugs with McCain on the campaign trail. She'll flirt with voters, but not with him.

With every bruise to his ego, their relationship will go downhill. I'm not sure whether it'll have any real impact on the election though, until there is a conflict between Palin helping McCain and forwarding her own political career. In that circumstance, there is no doubt what she'll choose.

[MarianJack]

10. I Think that the VP pick was always going to be a Hobson's Choice for McSame.

No matter WHOM his pick was, they would have a greater personal interest in McSame losing than winning.

That way, they'd be able to run in 2012 as a candidate with national exposure and be able to attack Obama, rather than defend 12 years of failure.

PEACE!

[Jennicut]

8. They barely know each other. Joe and Barack worked for a couple of years on the same comittee.

I just don't get why he picked someone he hardly knows but then again I agree it was forcd on him by Dobson and other right wingers. He wanted to win and threw the long pass but she came back to bite him in his old wrinkly ass.

[Essene]

11. Between them, fine. Between her and the campaign insiders... poor.

That's my guess.

I also suspect every female in the campaign HQ hates her... with a smile.

[DrZeeLit]

12. Hold it, hold it. He said he has routinely asks foreign policy advice from her.

Really. I am sooo not kidding.
They must be bff's... doncha think? You betcha!

In an interview this morning with NPR, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he has often turned to Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) for foreign policy advice:

NPR: Given what you’ve said Senator, is there an occasion where you could imagine turning to Governor Palin for advice in a foreign policy crisis.

MCCAIN: I’ve turned to her advice many times in the past, I can’t imagine turning to Senator Obama or Senator Biden because they’ve been wrong. They were wrong about Iraq, wrong about Russia –

NPR: But would you turn to Governor Palin?

MCCAIN: I certainly wouldn’t turn to them, and I’ve already turned to Governor Palin particularly on energy issues and I’ve appreciated her background and knowledge on that and many other issues.

According to the McCain campaign, Palin’s foreign policy experience that the senator is relying upon includes: 1) the fact that Alaska is near Russia, and 2) she allegedly “knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America.” In the NPR interview, McCain talked about Palin’s proximity to Russia, stating that it was important because “they have had certain relationships.” (They haven’t.)

More on Palin’s positions in The Sarah Palin Digest.


Link: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/01/mccain-palin-advice/