David Brooks calls Palin a Cancer

David Brooks, a staunch conservative and Republican supporter, has called Palin a Fatal Cancer.

In his recent article, he also criticizes the Republican party for lacking ideas and vision.

Republicans have alienated the highly educated regions — Silicon Valley, northern Virginia, the suburbs outside of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Raleigh-Durham. The West Coast and the Northeast are mostly gone.

The Republicans have alienated whole professions. Lawyers now donate to the Democratic Party over the Republican Party at 4-to-1 rates. With doctors, it’s 2-to-1. With tech executives, it’s 5-to-1. With investment bankers, it’s 2-to-1. It took talent for Republicans to lose the banking community.

Will David Brooks abandon the Republican party and actually vote with a conscience?

McCain and Palin go negative and unravel

Are we really this racist? Could the McCain& Palin campaign actually be responsible for inciting violence?

By time, roughly:

In a heated rally, Palin says Obama puts “ambition above country”
http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/10/palin-to-donors-obama-putting-ambi…

McCain takes flack from conservatives over new housing plan, shifting
lender’s debt to taxpayers:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/10/mccain-faces-conserva…

They broaden their Ayers offensive to include Michelle Obama:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_campai…
http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/10/spouse-in-play/
(“”I would emphasize that we’ve all been focusing on Senator Obama. I
think we need to speak to his wife.”)

They accuse Obama of going negative(!):
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/223476.php

Rick Davis says campaign not talking about the economy becuse “I don’t
know if you really want to turn a campaign into a CNBC news show on
the stock market”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1528893.aspx

Rick Davis, in reference to initial bailout vote, says we have Mcain
to thank for “coming to town and actually blowing that package up” -
despite fact that McCain claimed to be suspending his campaign to get
the bill passed, then blamed Obama and the Democrats when it failed.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Davis_McCain_blew_up_bail…

Christopher Buckley endorses Obama:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-10/the-conserv…

McCain has to fight against boos to try and restore civility to his
rallies:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/223513.php
(“I have to tell you, he is a decent person, a person that you do not
have to be scared [of] as president of the United States.”)

Palin found to have abused her power in trooper firing:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/10/palin-abused-power-but-didnt-break-law-in-trooper-case/