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Listed below are comments made by rulebookconsulting between Saturday, 23rd August 2008 and Monday, 20th October 2008.

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Palin disaster, Powell endorsement 1:05pm on 20 Oct 2008 For once, I disagree with Justin. Palin - despite her self-evident inability to assume the office she is running for - has, in purely electoral terms, been more of an asset than a liability. She has energised the GOP base in a way that the other options would not. She protects McCain's right flank, allowing him to chase undecideds. She attracts media attention, which McCain was otherwise failing to get. Her main negative is that she isn't ready to be President - but this is mitigated by the fact that she isn't running for President and, despite McCain's age, people will be voting for him, not her. Powell's endorsement of Obama will also have limited impact. McCain will lose because of the economy, because he's a Republican, and because he is, actually, a lousy candidate and campaigner.
Scrabulous users - stunned, bemused,baffled. 4:26pm on 25 Aug 2008 When you've all grown up, I recommend this Facebook group:

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Biden a necessary antidote 4:56pm on 23 Aug 2008 I'm baffled by Obama's choice of Biden. Whilst Biden has foreign policy 'experience', it's experience of chairing a Senate committee, rather than making any real foreign policy decisions. And foreign policy is surely one thing that the President can't easily fob off onto someone else.

Biden has no executive experience. He's a lifelong Washington insider. He brings no electoral advantage, Delaware being both tiny and safely Democratic (I don't believe for a moment that Biden can really help in Pennsylvania). Biden has no appeal to Republican voters, nor to disillusioned Hillary supporters. And he's a loose cannon with an unhealthy love of the sound of his own voice.

A bad choice, overall, in my view. I'd have probably gone for Evan Bayh if I were in Obama's position.

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