2008 Presidential

Jake Tapper has the story:

Ilene Beninson, 52, Berkley independent: “Her speech contained few statements about policy or the party platform. … I am not convinced that Palin’s experience as a mayor or governor in Alaska meet the qualifications to be vice president much less one stroke or heart attack away from being commander in chief.”

Jan Wheelock, 58, Royal Oak independent: “Nothing worked for me. I found her barrage of snide remarks and distortions to be a major turnoff. She is not a class act. The most important point she made is that she will be an effective attack dog.”

There’s more at the link.

UPDATE: TheHuffington Post reports on another focus group from last night — this one of female HRC voters from Nevada.

That’s what they are calling it — next week’s rally by Ron Paul (failed Presidential candidate) supporters meeting across the river from the RNC St. Paul event.

So have any of you heard about this? They’ve sold 9800 tickets to this thing and today is the first I’ve heard of it. If this had been 9800 Hillary supporters rallying in Boulder, this would have replaced huge chunks of the coverage of the DNC convention. And the news organizations would be following some group of these folks for the rest of the political season, with primo seats at the talking head desks to continue to air their grievances. (And be sure to email your network and cable news providers to specifically ask for this coverage now!)