Well Played
Posted at 8:14 pm on Friday, August 29, 2008, in Uncategorized, and tagged 2008, hillary clinton, mccain, obama, palin.
Well played, John; well played. I really didn’t think you had it in you.
The nomination of Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential running mate took me by surprise; in fact, it floored me. And I realize and will appropriately acknowledge — in honest blog fashion — that I was absolutely wrong. But what does this mean for the future of this race?
It makes it close, that is for sure. Palin is extreme right — on abortion, on guns, on schooling — and she will certainly bring in the base. The lunatics of right wing radio are ecstatic over the choice, and that will be very important for get-out-the-vote operations come the last week or two. Palin will also make a case for the “ostracized” Hillary voters, who may jump ship just because the GOP ticket includes a woman (even though Palin and Clinton are polar opposites politically). The race will come down to Ohio once again and a pro-gun, pro-life woman may be the right combination.
Although I hate to think it, the chances that McCain wins in November just got better. Some on the left (DailyKos) are calling Palin this election’s Dan Quayle, but I wouldn’t underestimate this game-changer. Up until now, the GOP base has been frustrated and disorganized. That may not be the case any longer.
It should also be noted that no one is talking about Obama’s speech this evening. Well played, indeed.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
its too early to tell. I don’t know if its wise to have a MILF for president. ha.