Pretty hard to pick a 2-year small state governor with only local experience before that, when campaigning against Obama’s inexperience — and while McCain has said over and over that he wants someone first of all, who can step in if anything were to happen to him.
small state? Alaska is the largest state in the country. 591,004 square miles
Every time Obama or Biden or Matthews or Olberman attack her for inexperience, McCain just has to say "You're right--someone who's inexperienced shouldn't be president. Tell that to Senator Obama."
And then he can say her time as VP will be on-the-job training, something we can afford in a VP, not in a president.
Her positives far, far outweigh her negatives.
IMO It’s very likely the McCain campaign is going to be against Obama and the issues after his spending spree speech and put the inexperience line on the backburner.
The beauty of this is, the one weakness Palin has, inexperience, Obama also carries so he can’t attack her for that.
Palin would appeal to women and also be a wonderful VP debate play vs angry Joe Biden.
Right they call her inexperienced and that won’t at all reflect on Obama? </sarcasm> I just don’t see this as an issue.
Experience ain't the greatest thing in the world. Plenty of bad presidents had tons of experience and plenty of good ones had near-none.
I'd take an average Joe Farmer off the street as president before I would yet another career politician.
Palin is a chief executive of one of our 57 states, that's already far more experience than Obama. : ;-)
I can't see it coming back to bite McCain - how are the Dims and the MSM going to attack her short experience as a VP pick when she has more than the Dim Prez pick? It would be a beautiful thing to watch because I'm convinced they're stupid enough to go there...
Apparently, she’s a lot more intelligent than Obama, even with limited experience, but she is a governor, which no one else in the field is. Heck, 70 percent of FReepers are more qualified to lead than Obama.