The question is whether this is a result of Obama's convention bounce, or Sen. John McCain's seemingly, shall we say, adventurous selection of an extremist running mate. Forget all the strikes against Gov. Sarah Palin her now renowned family troubles, her

connections to Republican lobbyists, her ardent desire to

slaughter animals ("Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska and John McCain's vice presidential pick, is an enthusiastic hunter who has proposed legislation and cash incentives to encourage aerial wolf gunning, the controversial practice of shooting wolves from an aircraft."), and her

widely criticized appearance on a radio talk show ("The governor's appearance on KWHL's "The Bob and Mark Show" last week is plain and simple one of the most unprofessional, childish, and inexcusable performances I've ever seen from a politician.").

My concern is what impact the selection of Palin has on the performance of the Republican ticket among voters. Clearly she has accomplished what McCain could not: energizing Fake Men Ray Ban Clubmaster Sunglasses Karl Rove's far right Christian evangelical base (as some fake oakleys outlet people would call it, the Republican wing of the Republican Party). I initially thought choosing her was a stroke of brilliance by the McCain camp as she would serve to woo some of the disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters into replica oakley sunglasses the Republican fold the independent soccer moms, working class voters buy fake oakley sunglasses and so on.

But in the intervening five days, so much cheap oakleys outlet has come out about her extreme political positions (on choice, on states rights, on hunting, on lobbying) it's difficult if not impossible to say Fake Men Ray Ban Cats Sunglasses if her promise to be a "servant of the heart", her unusual parenting style, her description of our soldiers' task in Iraq are helping or hurting her with this key demographic or not.

I like this analysis by the

Globe Mail:

"If there's one demographic group that holds the key to this election, it would be working class white women. Mr. McCain calculated that the untested Ms. Palin, mother of five with a reputation Fake Men Ray Ban Cats for feistiness, would help nail down the social conservatives and impress working class women. He nailed down the social conservatives with Ms. Palin's appointment. Working class white women will be a harder crowd to impress."