SC Dem chair: Palin primary qualification is she hasn’t had abortion…
Oy!:
South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “Â whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”
Palin is an opponent of abortion rights and gave birth to her fifth child, Trig, earlier this year after finding out during her pregnancy that the baby had Down syndrome.
Fowler told my colleague Alex Burns in an interview that the selection of an opponent of abortion rights would not boost McCain among many women.
“Among Democratic women and even among independent women, I don’t think it helped him,” she said.
Told of McCain’s boost in the new ABC/Washington Post among white women following the Palin pick, Fowler said: “Just anecdotally, I believe that those white women are Republican women anyway.”
Obviously Fowler doesn’t follow polls:
Fox News poll: McCain leads by three, gains 16 points among independents since last month
Gallup Daily: McCain 48%, Obama 43%
That’s Racist: 20-point shift towards McCain among white women
Real Clear Politics:Â McCain 47 Obama 45
