McCain Gambles that Palin is More than a Dan Quayle

Team Obama wasted no time in jumping all over Alaska governor Sarah Palin; as they brusquely put it she has zero experience in statecraft. The obvious point is that this automatically flushes down the drain Republican rival John McCain's prime hit point against Democratic nominee Barack Obama and that's that he's simply too much of a greenhorn on foreign policy and national security to trust White House command too. Full Story »

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Stephan Laurent-Faesi
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by Stephan Laurent-Faesi - Oct. 1, 2008

Very good analysis of why Palin's choice does make some sense in spite of all the talk about her mayoralty of a town of 6,500 (read: unfit to be VP). Some of the reasoning, particul;arly towards the end, is rather compelling. What it does not do is make the argument that McCain's grab for disaffected Clinton die-hards is an insult to the intelligence of women who followed that historic candidate for her feminist views, and Palin is so far to the right that to hope any transfer of votes is absurd.

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