Politics: Quick Hits

Since the election is a couple of days away, I thought I'd offer a couple quick thoughts on related subjects.

Meg Whitman has fallen behind Jerry Brown in the Governor's race by about ten points, according to a recent poll. Other polls also show Brown ahead of Whitman. If you are familiar with my blog, you know that I do not support her candidacy, however the reasons why most experts seem to think she is falling behind have nothing to do with the reasons why I feel she is unfit for the position.
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Bullet Points: Chuck Rangel Is Old, Obama Is a Muslim, and Meg Whitman Is a Liar

I'm gonna discuss a few issues relating to politics and I'll organize them by bullet points.
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On Sarah Palin's Effectiveness

Is Sarah Palin as "Dangerous" as Some Liberals Think She Is?
My uncle recently related an anecdote about watching the news with my great-grandmother during the 2008 election. They had just seen Sarah Palin give her speech at the Republican National Convention and my grandma, who was 97 at the time, turned to my uncle and said, "She's dangerous." While that may have been an appropriate appraisal in the Fall of 2008, when she was the third most likely person to become the President of the United States, it is no longer an accurate description of her potential impact.

A number of my liberal friends and family still consider Palin to be a powerful, dangerous political entity. They fear both the extreme, conservative beliefs she represents and her potential to motivate and organize large groups who share those same views. And while those concerns are valid, I feel that my friends (and others) are overestimating her. I don't think she is a significant political figure but is rather a very high-profile political celebrity.
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Why Didn't the Defense Mount a Real Defense During the Prop. 8 Trial?

I assume everybody has heard the news, but I might as well reiterate it: Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker declared Proposition 8, California's voter-approved same-sex-marriage ban, to be unconstitutional. This is, of course, good news, but there are still a number of questions to be answered, including one in particular that is bugging me.
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