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Hasselbeck to Campaign for Palin
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ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: The McCain-Palin campaign’s efforts to reach women is about to get a celebrity boost: Elisabeth Hasselbeck is set to join Gov. Sarah Palin on the campaign trail.
“The View” co-host said Thursday the McCain campaign contacted her a day earlier, to convey an invitation from Palin to introduce her at rallies Sunday in Florida.
“I am more than honored to be there, so I will be flying there to travel with her and meet some pretty interesting people, I have a feeling,” Hasselbeck said. “That’s an honor, I’m excited to do it, and I’ll have some stories I’m sure on Monday.”
The move comes as the McCain-Palin campaign seeks to boost its support among female voters. Despite early suggestions that Palin’s selection would help attract women, as well as former supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of both genders, polls suggest it hasn’t worked out that way.
Earlier this week, the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll showed that 56 percent of women say the Palin pick makes them less confident in McCain's judgment.
And Obama is now getting the support of 84 percent of former Clinton supporters, up from 72 percent in mid-June.
Hasselbeck has been a consistent pro-McCain voice on the popular ABC daytime program. She wore a McCain T-shirt on the set during Tuesday’s program, and tangled with her co-hosts Wednesday over her support for the GOP ticket.
“[McCain is] the most unifying figure in the Senate. Barack Obama is so far left,” Hasselbeck said Wednesday. Turning to her co-host, Joy Behar, an Obama supporter, she said: “Do you want some more Barack Obama Kool-Aid, or what?”
Hasselbeck also criticized the media Wednesady for its focus on the money the Republican National Committee spent on Palin’s clothing: “Are you looking into Joe Biden’s supposed botox shots in his forehead?” she said.
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Elisabeth - See you next Tuesday!
Posted by: ryan thomas | Oct 23, 2008 11:41:22 AM
COME ON ABC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys are REALLY stretching this one.
HOW IN THE H-E-L-L IS THIS "BREAKING NEWS ?!?!?!
ROFLMBOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jane | Oct 23, 2008 11:41:58 AM
Who cares. A Republican standing up for another Republican. Everyone knows where Elizabeth stands and who she is going to vote for.
Posted by: kent | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:06 AM
Elizabeth Hasselbeck campaigning for Palin is more of a negative than a positive..........I'm staying to the left, the right scares me
Posted by: Cathy | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:10 AM
Now that will certainly be a different kind of feminism: women who like men speaking up for women and men.
As in, normal. Wow. It's been a while since we've seen that.
The Hollyweirds will blast them both and Behar will go on being Grandma Grumpy but let this play out and the cultural wars may finally turn on the California entertainment mafia.
Governor Palin: talk about investing in American infrastructure as the way to rebuild the economy instead of welfare checks that rob the working class to reward the whining class.
Posted by: len | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:36 AM
Why is Hasselbeck is supporting a VP candidate who still doesn't know what the VP's job is?
When a third grade class asked Palin what a VP does, she got the answer wrong. The teacher had to tell her class that Palin did not know what the VP actually does.
Posted by: Dan | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:46 AM
I am not surprise about the Palin/McCain campaign asking for an Injection of HATEtorade - The numbskull campaigning for another numbskull... The question is how is not PARIS HILTON QUALIFIED to run for VP???
Posted by: John T | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:46 AM
Hasselbeck will support Palin and campaign with her, but Palin can't return the favour and appear on The View. Is Palin that afraid of the media or is she that big a liability.
And truly, how much pull do you believe Hasselbeck has.
Posted by: Zedman2 | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:46 AM
I am not surprise about the Palin/McCain campaign asking for an Injection of HATEtorade - The numbskull campaigning for another numbskull... The question is how is not PARIS HILTON QUALIFIED to run for VP???
Posted by: John T | Oct 23, 2008 11:42:47 AM
Why is this breaking news?
How will she convince women to vote McCain?
This is wild
Posted by: shalom | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:06 AM
I hope they will be $150,000 bikinis!
Posted by: RM | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:09 AM
Am I the only one who didn't know who Hasselbeck was? I had to google her LOL. To bad she can only get rejects from reality shows that now star on a gossip rag. Oh Sarah, what got into you ponytail twist updo? You are against celebrities remember the whole Anit-Obama campaign based on him being a celebrity ::eyeroll:: You Betcha! She's a Maverick!
Posted by: RJ | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:18 AM
It's OK for Babs Streisand and Oprah to swoon all over Oduma, but the libs can't stand a celebrity backing Sarah.
You see, with the Dem Libs it's a one-way street. It's OK for them to do whatever (illegal, legal, questionable) but they have a hissy fit when the other party does something even remotely similar.
At least Sarah isn't a dried-up old buzzard who's been doing nothing for 35 years in Wash. like Biden. She'll take on anybody in Washington. She OWES THEM NOTHING!
Posted by: PAforMcCain | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:29 AM
I hope they will be $150,000 bikinis!
Posted by: RM | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:42 AM
well they can at least compare fashions and clothing budgets!
Posted by: muklukmom | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:45 AM
i think this will hurt her more than help.
Posted by: dl | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:46 AM
Would LOVE to see both of them together! For you see...the know that it's true that "the one"...
"Obama bin Lyin'"
Posted by: Janice | Oct 23, 2008 11:43:50 AM
Like this is news! Great too Air-Heads supporting eachother now does Hassle Back get that 160,000 shopping spree too
Posted by: ANGIE | Oct 23, 2008 11:44:03 AM
Speaking of the View, how come were are not getting bombarded with videos since Bill O'Rielly was on there and called them out for blasting McCain and simpering over Obama? I would like to see that on the videos the way we always see them attacking Elizabeth for her opinions.
Posted by: ohwell | Oct 23, 2008 11:44:51 AM
This is not breaking news. They are both losers. They don't have money issues like the rest of the country so what is going on today is not important. They deserve eachother.
Posted by: kathryn | Oct 23, 2008 11:44:53 AM
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