Breaking Ball
Posted at 9:07 am on Friday, August 29, 2008, in Uncategorized, and tagged 2008, biden, hillary clinton, mccain, obama, palin.
My favorite time to call a breaking pitch was on three-and-one counts. And that is exactly what McCain has done with choosing the unknown Sarah Palin as his running mate. This changes the dynamics of the race completely. Not only is Palin a woman — centrist Clinton supporters are the main grab there — but she is also an outsider to contrast with Biden. Although McCain’s arguments about Obama’s inexperience will be all but without merit, he will still levy that charge (and be able to successfully since people vote based on the top of the ticket). This was certainly a dynamic pick; but we shouldn’t be surprised. McCain needed a game-changer, and Palin is just that; and also, McCain desperately needed the news-cycle to adjust from the Olympic-sized speech Obama delivered last night to the GOP convention this coming week.
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August 29th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I believe that, with all her inexperience and liabilities, Palin will be to McCain as Quayle was to Gorge H. W. Bush.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
Bush-Quayle won in 1988.