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...
I was initially very dismissive of Palin. Way too little inexperienced. But after watching what the dems did with Obama why not?
She could argue that as a mayor and governor she has executive experience and has been in charge of troops (Alaska National guard). She could then quite easily point out that neither Obama or Biden has any executive experience at all or have even run a corner store. Imagine her looking Biden in the eyes during the VP debates and making this case. The Dems are screwed!
If they raise the experience issue then it will bring peoples focus to the top of the ticket which people are much more concerned about. this hurts Obama way more than McCain.
Not only that, but as much as I hate identity politics it is the perfect place to play the female card. Palin “ Obviously Senator Obama thinks 143 days and no executive experience in the Senate is enough experience to be president for a man, what's different now.” Can you hear all the Clinton women pulling the levers? What a double standard it would be to expect the bottom of the GOP ticket (a woman) to need to be more experienced than the top of the dem ticket.
If the dems are smart they wont touch the experience issue. It raises Obama’s lack of it and stokes the flames of the women hurt by his upstaging Hillary.
McCain has obviously shown he is more than willing to go out of the box with this election so this is plausible. I personally think unless runs a very unique campaign this is a lost election.
I’m still a little nervous about the source of this information.
Sure we see the plane track, but other than that we don’t have much else to say it’s Palin.
I guess I don’t want to be let down if she’s not the one.
Experience, she has that in buckets
Palin served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska City Council from 1992 to 1996. 2 terms as Mayor, In 1996, she challenged the incumbent mayor, criticizing wasteful spending and high taxes. The ex-mayor and sheriff tried to organize a recall campaign, but failed.Palin kept her campaign promises, reducing her own salary, as well as reducing property taxes 60%. She ran for reelection against the former mayor in 1999, winning by an even larger margin. Palin was also elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
In July 2007, Palin had an approval rating often in the 90s. A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin’s approval rating at 80%. [