That entertaining scoop sent almost immediate reverberations through the presidential race. A statement from McCain headquarters released hours after the article bemoaned the whole affair.
But even the most timid of Democrats are unlikely to heed this call for civility.
Mainly, Democrats (in this scenario) are not prone to forgiveness. After all, it was during this same campaign cycle that Republicans belittled the $400 haircut that former Sen. John Edwards had paid for with his own campaign money (the funds were later reimbursed). And yet, the comparison to that once-dominant news story is hardly close: if Edwards had gotten one of his legendary haircuts every singe week, it would still take him 7.2 years to spend what Palin has spent. Palin has received the equivalent of $2,500 in clothes per day from places such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
"It shows that Palin ain't like the rest of us," said Tom Matzzie, a Democratic strategist. "The plumber's wife doesn't get to shop at Nieman's or Saks."
Indeed, the story could not come at a more inopportune time for the McCain campaign. During a week in which the Republican ticket is trying to highlight its connection to the working class -- Joe the Plumber -- it was revealed that Palin's fashion budget for several weeks is more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514). To put it another way: Palin received more valuable clothes in one month than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years.
"Republicans donors and at least one Republican staff member have e-mailed me tonight to share their utter disgust at the expenditures. The heat for this story is coming mainly from Republicans who cannot understand how their party would do something this stupid ... particularly during the collapse of the financial system and the beginning of a recession."
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