What I think a lot of folks in the McCain camp failed to grasp is that disgruntled Hillary supporters aren't angry that a woman wasn't nominated. They're angry Hillary wasn't nominated. A grandstanding tactic like naming a pro-life, socially conservative female who just happens to be an ex-beauty pageant contestant isn't going to make Democratic women who were on the fence suddenly perk up and punch the 'McCain-Palin' chad in November.
I wonder is Whitman or Hutchinson even wanted the job, frankly.
And while the rug would appear to have been pulled out from under McCain's "lack of experience" strategem, the good people of this country have demonstrated they're perfectly amenable to electing a smirking fratboy to the highest office in the land - twice - as long as he mouths the right platitudes. I'm not saying there aren't serious questions about Palin's preparedness for the Presidency, but let's just say the qualifications bar hasn't been set that high for the last eight years.
The first two headlines on CNN.com a while ago (hurricane aside, naturally) were “Teen daughter of GOP VP is Pregnant” and “Palin’s Husband has DWI Arrest.” What was McCain’s strategy on this one again? Appealing to the far right? Nice job, ace.
I’m not saying there aren’t serious questions about Palin’s preparedness for the Presidency, but let’s just say the qualifications bar hasn’t been set that high for the last eight years.
That’s true, but she sounds more dangerous than Bush if, God forbid, McCain gets elected and then croaks. It’s frightening to think of her dealing with Russia and other foreign matters, not to mention everything else in our country.
Please Gallup poll, be right. Let it be Obama.