Re: McCain-Palin

Donz wrote:

On Aug 30, 11:50 am, Donz5 <do...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 30, 3:24 am, "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

btw, Donz, remember one thing:
Dan Quayle WAS vice president.
(I'm sure you get the point, but, for those who might miss it, that pretty
much proves most voters don't vote based on the bottom half of the ticket.)
http://tinyurl.com/648ldq
Point taken, but the times are different now: Bush was succeeding an
extremely popular president and essentially campaigned on a third
Reagan term. 2008, the dynamics are the reverse, and undecided voters
will wonder just what McCain means by "Country First" when he selects
someone who he delusionally thinks will attract enough Hillary
supporters to win the race.

One other difference: H. W. Bush was in good health, no history of
anything serious. And throughout his term, folks prayed for his
continued good health. Today, we have a 72-year-old candidate with
three known bouts of melanoma; the concern for his health is a real
one that puts into starker light Palin's selection.

I've been trying to wrap my head around the strategic implications of this pick all weekend. Here's my thoughts.

Throughout the entire course of this campaign, McCain has argued that Obama doesn't have enough experience to be trusted with the White House. Obama, of course, counters that he has the *judgment* to be president. With this pick -- the pick of Alaska governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate -- McCain has effectively taken the 'lack of experience' card, which they were attempting to use against Obama, off the table.

I think the McCain camp is probably thinking that if Obama makes an issue of Palin's lack of experience, they -- the McCain campaign -- can counter by saying, 'I thought you said experience isn't important!' All Obama has to say in response is: 'I didn't say experience isn't *at all* important. There's experience, and there's *experience*, or in the case of governor Palin, a reckless lack thereof.' I think Obama clearly wins this argument. McCain's primary narrative against Obama has been rendered moot by his own veep choice.

Last night, Larry King asked a McCain adviser three times whether Palin is the 'most qualified Republican, other than John McCain,' to be president of the Unites States. The McCain adviser outright refused to answer (because the answer is obviously no). Not good for McCain.

Brady
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