The author of this piece is a Dem. The diss she put on Sarah Palin is interesting. “Search the tundra” for a Veep, indeed. What a putdown on Alaska. Could be the Dems are most worried if McCain goes with Palin.
good point. Palin could be a clincher. What we’d better get a grip on is winning, and defeating a deadly threat to this country. so, debating about who would be the most palatable, conservative vp choice to US is not as important as who and what will gain the most broad base of votes to win the white house and defeat b. hussein obama. simple. do you think disgruntled dems for hillary won’t back BHO in the end? they will - the dems unite more than ever this year. we’d better also.
okay, just shoot me now.
Simply an unfortunate truth - Alaska has fewer people than Bakersfield, CA. Palin doesn't bring any constituency to the ticket, and her addition will simply be seen as more GOP tokenism.
The real problem is that the GOP has no bench strength, so everyone is groping for the inexperienced but charismatic Palins and Jindals instead of rallying around a logical sixtyish, nationally prominent, popular candidate with military experience and a track record of success in the private sector...who doesn't exist.
Romney comes closest, but if he is chosen the line between LDS and FLDS in subsequent MSM editorializing is going to get too thin for comfort - and McCain knows it.