Vice President Sarah Palin?
Sarah Palin
This morning at an event in the swing state of Ohio, with the music from ‘Rudy’ playing in the background, John McCain tapped Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his VP nominee.
Who?
I am very proud of McCain showing that he can think outside the box. Is it risky to pick a female Governor who not many people are familiar with? YES! Which is exactly what the McCain campaign needed. His campaign has suffered a lack of enthusiasm from the start, picking an unknown woman does give it that little bit extra doesn’t it? It doesn’t hurt that she is also a former beauty queen.
Who is Sarah Palin? She got her degree in Journalism from the University of Idaho on a scholarship from being the runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, she served two terms on the Wasilla City Council, in 1996 she was elected mayor of Wasilla (population 5,470), she unsuccessfully ran for Lieutanant Governor of Alaska in 2002, she was elected Governor of Alaska in 2006. (source: Wikipedia, it’s correct I promise!).
This is a huge risk for McCain, but not as risky if he chose who he really wanted to choose, Joe Lieberman. His party would not allow that, it must be tough to stand up to your party.
I find it odd that McCain choose someone who has so little experience because for months he has been attacking Obama’s lack of experience. This officially takes the issue of experience off the table. I wonder how McCain will attack Obama now.
Palin is known for her record of reform. Another word for reform is CHANGE! Sound familiar? This shows that the McCain campaigns acknowledges that change is needed in Washington. They don’t want the election to be change v. the old ways, and now it won’t be.
Part of me wonders if the pick is to try to grab Hillary voters strickly because Palin is a woman, the other part wonders why McCain had to throw a hail mary.
One person who has to be happy is Tina Fey, she will be busy over the next few months!
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August 29th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Wow, you managed to write something about the Republicans without calling anyone an idiot! I commend you.
It is an interesting pick on McCains part. This does take some of the steam out of McCains argument that Obama doesn’t have enough experience. But as you point out it also takes away from Obama’s mantra of Change. I think Obama shot himself in the foot somewhat in this regard already by picking a 30+ year Washington insider as his running mate.
The VP pick is always stategic and designed to boost any perceived weaknesses of the candidate so I’d say McCain did equally well or possibly better in that regard than Obama.
It should make for an interesting VP debate. I don’t know much about her but from her acceptance speach she seems pretty confident.
As far as us male voters go it looks like it may come down to that age old question:
bro or hoe?
August 29th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
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