McCain picks Palin as VP August 29, 2008
Posted by Evil Bender in Barack Obama, John McCain, News and politics, wingnuts.trackback
So it’s Palin, a virutal unknown without much experience. She’s currently being investigated for possible ethics violations, and has been Alaska’s Governor for less than a year.
My take: none of McCain’s obvious picks could work, because they were all either closely tied to the problems with the GOP brand (Mittens), unacceptable to most Republicans (Ridge, Lieberman) or crazy and outclassed by Biden (Pawlenty).
Palin doesn’t have these problems, though I’ll be curious to see how the far-right base responds to a female veep. She also might win over some PUMAs, but there aren’t very many of those, and she’s not suddenly going to make McCain’s massive problems with women go away. And she seems to illustrate how desperate McCain has been to divide the Democratic party (why else go with someone with almost no name recognition or experience?). He’s losing his appeal among independents as he destroys his own brand, and while the Republican base will probably vote for him, they’re certainly not energized. He may believe that his only path to victory is to hope Clinton supporters defect from Obama, and after the Convention, that’s not going to happen.
If Biden was a “safe” and uninspiring pick–as most Progressives seem to think–Palin is, at least, a gutsy pick. But McCain’s selection also reeks of desperation.
So let’s remember that when the talking heads are telling us everything is Doom and Gloom for Obama. He’s got McCain running scared.
Well, he certainly accomplished his purpose of turning the press away from Obama’s speech.
Of course, he could have done that by screwing a sheep on the steps of the Capitol, and still made a sane pick for VP.
He’s got a great campaign slogan to now run with:
McCain – MILF ‘08