Via Ben Smith comes this delightful focus group by the St. Petersburg Times, following up on 11 Undecided voters (most of them, elderly) over the last 5 weeks.
Their strong distrust of Barack Obama suggested it was a group ripe for John McCain to win over.
Not anymore. The group has swung dramatically, if unenthusiastically, toward Democrat Obama. Most of them this week cited the same reason: Sarah Palin.
I think part of why Palin does so poorly in Florida is that she really takes away the whole experience wedge that works so well with elderly voters. They really seem to see right through her.
Some choice quotes:
"And that ticks me off because I do not want Obama,'' said Democrat Annette Kocsis, 68, a former Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter from Clearwater, scoffing at "the pit bull in lipstick," as Palin has called herself.
"That was almost insulting," Democrat Rhonda Laris of Temple Terrace, another strong Clinton backer skeptical of Obama, said of the Palin pick. "Do they think we're really stupid? ... I'm definitely leaning toward the Democratic side now. Sarah Palin scares the crap out of me."
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