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August 29, 2008 - 6:33pm.
Say what you will, but McCain may have locked up the election with this choice as VP. For one, Biden was chosen to be an attack dog. If Biden attacks this eminently lovable choice for VP, he'll look mean and churlish, and all sorts of sympathy will go toward the GOP. If the Democrats attack her AT ALL -- this mother of five, mother of a child with Down Syndrome -- they will make themselves so unlikable that McCain will coast to victory on that alone. Think about it: By choosing someone so far out in the sticks, and someone as authentic as she is -- she is authentic -- McCain has made a choice that practically resembles Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. In this case, it will be Mrs.-Soccer-Mom-whose-conservatism-can-be-forgiven-because-she-comes-from-Alaska (and therefore is authentic). If she comes off as likable, approachable, and competent -- simply competent -- in the VP debate, McCain will benefit. If she tries hard to look smart and loses that soft, approachable texture, then McCain will be seen as having made a serious error -- but only then.
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So, to you, that locks up
Submitted by Uncle Ludwig on September 1, 2008 - 2:41am.So, to you, that locks up the election?
Wow, and I'm called naive.
Biden doesn't have to attack her to make her look bad. All he has to do is respond to questions with greater depth and awareness than she does.
To suggest that his attacking her will be a turn off to voters is an inherently sexist remark, as in she should be treated differently because she's a mother of five.
Finally, your standards for VP of being "likable, approachable, and ... simply competent" are enough to benefit McCain - are you SERIOUS??? This is potentially the next Leader of the Free World, should McCain at his age suddenly fall down dead, and this is all you expect from her?
Wow. I'm so glad you think of the VP's job in the same way you'd hire a hostess at Denny's.