We should be careful of a “Princess Di” effect developing where the charismatic junior partner completely overshadows the senior partner.
Re: “Princess Di”, I believe McCain is contented enough with who he is that this will not be a problem. In a way, I have to believe that he will see himself as her mentor and will be happy for her successes - they make him look better. At least I’d like to think so.
I've seen a couple of recent videos of Biden and Obami. In the two I saw, Biden made some stupid remarks and Obami had a look n his face that made you wonder if he knew he made a big mistake picking Plugs as VP.
I for one cannot wait for Biden to debate Palin. Biden will come off boorish and petty. It's his nature.
All I've seen so far is a young and beautiful Princess Palin saying "Help us Obi-John - you're our only Hope!"
And she even married Han Solo!
I actually think that is part of McCain’s strategy for the present. She’s not only overshadowing McCain, but Biden, Obama, and everything else...she’s taken over the news cycle and will continue to do so for awhile until the Dems realize they can’t drive her from the race (she actually hasn’t taken over it...the news is the one doing the hyping be it positive or negative.) If polls go up because of her they’ll back off a bit, realizing they’re actually aiding her and McCain. Figure that before this, McCain to Obama coverage on MSM was 1/10. Not now, and any coverage, negative or positive is better than no attention, because negative attention energizes the base.