“If Palin were to withdraw, that would be a huge blow politically.”
Good point. This to me is typical McCain. No situational awareness.
I hope it does all work out for them, but tell me do the odds go up or down if the Palins stay in Alaska? Get out of the spotlight. What about the kid. It will be plastered all over the news. The tabloids will pay for “first photo.”
What should be a private matter becomes public topic number one.
I think there might be a way to keep it pretty low key. How closely was Cheney’s daughter followed during her pregnancy? And I argue that hers was a bigger story and certainly the media would find it hard to hate Palin as much as they hate Cheney.
Obama, to his credit, has set the stage to call for her privacy and while it won’t be total, the disgust of the populace if the media goes too far might help the situation. She will remain in Alaska, I wager so that helps. Her town will rally around her.