The Palin pregnancy
The news of Sarah Palin's is gut-wrenching for Republicans. After a gulp or two, and the evangelical equivalent of a stiff drink, it certainly will not affect their affections for this vice-presidential candidate among social conservatives (she is, after all, doing the right thing in socially conservative circles by not having an abortion).
And the fact is that her situation is , but it must lead to mutterings in the country club set about the direction the McCain camp is taking the party: into the unknown.
UPDATE: I have just been on the convention floor in the moments before it began and I think has it about right in terms of early reaction: I talked to a handful of people, all of whom said it was a private family matter. Plenty more listened in and did not seek to diffeR.
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