Newsweek is on it's last legs.  I don't think they'll be around for the next election.  Maybe they'll take that sorry Peggy Noonan with them.  I never did give a hoot for this weirdo anyway.  And after what she has said about Mrs. Palin, well, Peggy Noonan can go pound salt for all I care.  I hope she never has another audience to speak in front of.

After last night's speech I know why the liberals tried to destroy her. They are afraid.

"Today she is the most talked-about woman in the world. And with good reason.

Sarah Palin's sensational performance at the Republican Party Convention may turn out to be the tipping point of this rollercoaster American election.

Obama fans hoping she would fluff her big night were in for a nasty shock.

This speech has turned the election upside down. It was simply stunning. "

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/fergus_shanahan/article1647092.ece

Read it all, it's great.

Not to be the wet blanket, but the reaction to Palin's speech was the same as we saw from the speeches the Dems made. One side raves about how fantastic and effective the speech was, and the other side rants about how lackluster or outright bad it was. Being as I'm not supporting either side this year, I have found that neither side has much to crow about so far. IRT Palin, I thought she said all the right words, but her delivery didn't impress me at all. She might as well had been addressing a PTA meeting.  I loathe Hillary Clinton and disagree with everything she says, but when she takes the floor she takes the floor.  She displays strength and emotion, and I didn't think Palin showed much of either. 

I think the odds are good that Palin will flop as she is definately not prepared for playing at this level.  She has the ambition and drive to be there, but I think it remains in question if that'll be enough to get her through.  What is also interesting is how the McCain campaign is pushing her harder than they are McCain.  They know that Palin is much more popular than McCain, and they are trying to make her the face of the campaign, which will put even more of a burden on her.

Let's have a groundhog day for Wednesday's day long attack on Palin BEFORE her speech! Programming from the MSM could prove quite entertaining.

I'm sure Jonathan Alter is quite intimidated by women like Sarah Palin. We all know why.

Or Newsweek is to investigate and analyze newsworthy stories, not spread rumors, lies and innuendo. Those that aren't legitimate stories but just demeaning gossip say a lot more about the lack of objectivity of the magazines and their staffs than the subject of their smears.

Klein and Alter have been exposed to the public as liberal puppets who will stoop to amazingly low levels to get their candidate elected.  

I just reread the editorial in question, and I think you're misreading Alter.  His article is, for the most part, making predictions and offering analysis concerning Palin's capabilities in the long-term.  That her acceptance speech was riveting and energizing to a roomful of really enthusiastic Republican delegates is hardly indicative of anything concerning Alter's critique.  I believe you've jumped the gun on this one.

"They seem to believe that high moral indignation offsets and indeed outweighs all deficiencies of punctuation, grammar, spelling, logic, and style.  In support of this notion there's only the entire culture." -R.R.