Governor Sarah Palin has resurrected an old term - Joe Six Pack.  Her notion is that she represents that demographic - folksy, hard working, beer drinking, regular American people.  Her position is not so much that she can represent Joe - it is more that she is Joe.  This is troubling.
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Joe Biden talked on the air with Matt Laur - that guy from one of those morning shows.  Joe Biden is not intimidated and is showing his considerable political skill.  McCain’s speech writers prepared a well crafted speech - but Sarah Palin delivered it with vigor and skill.
Listen to Biden’s response:

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We live in a dangerous world.  Our leaders must be thoughtful, careful, calculated.  John McCain has proven himself to be reactionary.  Republican or Democrat, we must be proactive in our approach to the world.  Reactionary government is something one expects from a totalitarian dictatorship walking the line of collapse.  The dictator fears only one thing [...]

I am honored to be here tonight to support Barack Obama. And to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden, though as you’ll soon see, he doesn’t need any help from me. I love Joe Biden, and America will too.
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This writer grew up watching the Kennedy family. We watched and followed John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. We cried with the nation when those great men were assassinated. We were saddened when Senator Ted Kennedy seemed to fail the legacy. But Ted Kennedy is a man who demonstrates that there is salvation in America.
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I was in my bank the other day to roll over my wife’s 401k, and I was browsing all of their literature while I waited for the financial advisor. I don’t usually pay any attention to all of the stuff along the wall because I already have all of the banking junk that I need [...]