While there is also a story out there of Hillary supporters now going for Obama because McCain choose Palin (surely the most asinine bit of spin ever created, but no way to disprove it), this part rings true, and will prove verifiable as time goes on:
Here is one from an Ohio source I know to be reliable:
Speaking about GOP grass roots on fire, here in Cuyahoga County we have four victory centers, and in mine alone in the all-important city of Parma, I had 47 calls between 12:30 and 2 p.m. yesterday, all asking how they could volunteer and how they could get a yard sign…
The RNC, clearly hoping to push this angle, has also sent over an internal memo from Political Director Rich Beeson with their own examples. This one, from Waukesah County, Wisc., stands out. The rest are after the jump:
Today in Waukesha we had a woman come in who was volunteering for the first time. She told me that she heard that Sarah Palin was McCain’s choice for VP, and that she could immediately relate to her. Like Gov. Palin, our volunteer is also a mother of five, and is also a “hockey mom.” She told me that she was sitting at her table (which she said also serves as her office), and that she realized that Gov. Palin’s urging others to “get involved” was meant for her. She told me that she heard that and immediately drove to our headquarters. She stayed for over two hours making phone calls, and said that she will be back every week from now until Election Day.
Conservatives have been looking for a reason to back McCain, and he gave them one in Sarah Palin…hard core Hillary supporters have been looking for reasons to not back Obama, and I can’t imagine that someone in such a frame of mind would become an Obama supporter because the GOP has a talented, female candidate for Vice President. I’m sure the DNC will be able to dredge up a few on command, but the very concept is, well, stupid. I’m sure that PUMA will continue forward in spite of efforts on the part of Obama and his Democrats to make it go away.
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