Colorado Dems: Palin will attract GOP base but repel moderates

COLORADO SPRINGS-Following a Saturday rally with the Republican presidential ticket, state Democratic officials said GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin would help turn out the Republican base in Colorado but turn off moderates wary of her conservative views on abortion and other issues.... Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak said it was "obvious" that McCain and Palin would make Colorado Springs one of their first stops after the Republican National Convention, which concluded last Thursday. "This is, of course, one of the strongest areas of the most extreme Republicans in the state," Waak said at a coffee shop in Colorado Springs following the rally. "So to come in, especially where (McCain) had some lukewarm acceptance and bring in Governor Palin, who is very right-wing herself -- it was a way to sort of rally people in this area." Waak said the addition of Palin to the GOP ticket would help Republicans in Colorado to motivate a voter base that had been ambivalent about McCain to turn out on Election Day. But that base is "shrinking" in Colorado, she said, and said that Palin "does not help (McCain) with unaffiliateds and Democrats" who disagree with the Alaska governor on issues like abortion, health care, and the economy.

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This is very good news. Colorado could be the state that puts Obama over the top.

but she does not like Palin, and is insulted. She's voting Dem this year. Thanks McCain. I was worried my mom wouldn't go through with it. She was a very bitter Hillary supporter, lukewarm on Obama, and had voted for Bush twice prior. Then you picked Palin. My mom, the quintessential fundie church lady, cannot stand her, which I was shocked to hear. Her pastor even spoke about Palin to his congregation today, touting her as being into guns and against abortion (why in the FUCK don't these Republican-shilling churches pay taxes?), which pissed my mom off. My mom is anti-abortion, but that's not going to do it this time. She's voting for Obama.

MOM! :bounce:

McCain is now up by anywhere from 4 to 10 pts depending on the poll.

That must mean that some independents and moderates are in fact NOT turned off by palin.

Republicans and have always been.

or bitter Hillary supporters impressed by Palin.

she`s not going to be a deciding factor in this election

Colorado is a key battleground state Obama want's to win.

post, DCBob!

Despite my home-state bias, if I were running things for Obama I'd stop running ads and putting resources into longshots like Indiana and North Carolina and just pour everything into New Hampshire and Colorado. Since Iowa and New Mexico seem to be in the bag, CO and NH are the only two states we need. Hell, at this point I'd settle for a 3 million vote defeat in the popular vote if we can win the electoral college, and we can do that with NH and CO.