I don’t Palin should drop out for “personal reasons”, because everyone would correctly interpret it as McCain admitting a big mistake. However, I *do* think he made a mistake. Palin is not presidential material, even though she enthuses lots of social conservatives for hunting moose, sharing their religion, having a large family, and in general, being “just like them”.
Mitt Romney, for example, is a lot smarter and better informed than Palin. He understands economic issues better than McCain, and would be useful right now in negotiations of the bailout package. Conservatives have become so wrapped up in identity politics (mimicking the Democrats) and “anti-elitism” that they pass over better qualified candidates who have taken some positions they disagree with it.
Oh, Please...... You don’t have a choice of Mitt Romney now. The alternative to McCain/Palin is Obama/Biden. Take your pick. One of those two tickets will be elected in 5+ weeks.
Are you advocating for Obama/Biden or not?
People sniping at Governor Palin ought to first think hard about whether or not they are trying to get Obama/Biden elected, because that’s what it comes down to.
I don’t know how “Presidential” Governor Palin looked in those two interviews b/c I would not bother to lend my eyeballs to the charlatans at ABC or CBS. I do know that I find it just about unthinkable, as in projectile-vomit unthinkable, to have Obama and Biden in the WH. Palin would have to be really really bad to be as bad as Obama andd Biden. I have not seen any indication yet that she belongs DOWN on that level, even if she may not meet some people’s ideal fantasy of what is “Presidential”.... Bill Clinton, AlGore, John Kerry, and John Edwards, as well as Obama and Biden, certainly fall far below what I consider “Presidential” so I will gladly take Governor Palin over any of them.
However, Sarah is certainly presidential material. She shows a consistency that Romney and McCain could only dream of, to principles. She hasn't waffled or “gone over to the bad side” in the course of her political life. Even better, she understands why she believe what she does and she follows through.
Mitt Romney may be smarter, but he's a much worse person with questionable bona fides when it comes to being in political office.
Sarah wins, hands down. For you to see it otherwise says much about you. Strangely, you appear to believe Reagan was a good president, but he attended a small Christian college for his four-year degree, so you must think he wouldn't be qualified to be president or vice-president if he were around today, right?
If McCain had selected Romney, the polls right now would be 60% Obama, 30% McCain.
And they'd be accurate...