McCain has picked his running mate, and it's Sarah Palin of Alaska. Huh? Where did that come from? My initial thoughts are confused, but it seems like he picked her for 2 reasons: 1) to try to draw Hillary supporters to him with a woman candidate and 2) to bring back his 'maverick' style. This pick seems to take away the lack of experience argument against Obama, since she's younger and has less experience (2 years as governor of Alaska, mayor of an Alaskan town) than him. She is a former beauty queen though, so she's got that on the three men running. I hope the Hillary supporters won't be tricked by this move, since Palin is really conservative (pro life, anti gay, really pro drilling to name a few). It'll be interesting to see the analysis.
If you missed it, both Gore and Obama gave great speeches last night! Also, I though Hillary kicked ass Tuesday night.
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It really makes no sense. Nothing against her but the biggest argument that I've heard against Obama from conservatives and McCain is that Obama lacks experience...so that means you pick a Vice President with less experience.
On another puzzling note, she's currently under investigation for allegedly trying to have a state official fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper.
Weird.
She certainly seems ultra-conservative. I don't know how any former Hillary supporter could vote for her.
It's so strange... on the surface the McCain-Palin ticket looks progressive, but on policy and attitude it is definitely not.
I have a third theory. Is there any chance he's trying to sabotage his own campaign? I think this VP pick smells so fishy... and wonder if the GOP isn't trying to set up Obama to fail, so they can swoop in 4 years later to place blame and reclaim the white house. If this is their intent, they're going to be pretty pee-od when Obama is a massive success! =)
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