But *I* did not foresee how well Gov. Palin would “connect.” But Rove (?) did. McCain and whoever advised him on this selection have to be enjoying this. *I* am.
***Authentic conservatives “connect”. McCain probably had a dozen or so really good contenders in front of him, and he chose the brightest up & coming prolife female. This was his choice and he did a great job of it. The thing I don’t think McCain foresaw was that the media frenzy would cause them to jump the shark, and that was what I was pushing as a STRATEGY. What McCain stumbled upon, I (and other Hunter supporters) were pushing for all along. Since McCain didn’t develop this as a strategy, it means he doesn’t know how to take full advantage of it.
Maybe McCain does not know how to take full advantage, but his new campaign guy, Schmidt, will. He is supposedly, at 38 or so, the new Lee Atwater.
And I am not ready to conceded that McCain stumbled upon this, I think there was a well developed plan before the Palin pick was announced, and I see both Schmidt and Rove behind this. McCain understands battle plans. Plus, the early skirmishes in this battle show the quiet planning to be exceeding expectations. I do not believe that this was stumbled upon, I think this was all very well thought out. Just the people doing the thinking are not talking. Chuckling, yes. But not talking.