Giving some credit to McCain
Ok, it's time to give some credit to Republican nominee John McCain, or at least to his advisers.
Choosing Palin, in my opinion was a brilliant and at the same time risky move for the candidate. My gut tells me that choosing her had nothing to do with beliefs or qualifications, but solely on the fact that she's a woman.
He wants to get his hands on those Hillary supporters who refuse to vote for Obama and this is a fantastic way to do just that. However, the one major risk is for it to be so obvious that this is all he was doing. I'm afraid that is exactly how the whole thing has come across.
It's my understanding that some of those voters feel like the whole move was a cheap way to gain their support and are quite upset about it. But, who knows.
Personally, I think the fact that she IS an unknown will make her appealing to a lot of voters. That very fact is what makes Obama appealing to so many voters. People are ready for someone not so deeply entrenched in the political mainstream.
It's strange how in the Gallup and Rasmussen daily polls for 4 days following his pick, Obama saw higher numbers than ever in his campaign even crossing 50% at one point. The RCP average is still showing him up by 6 points even after Palin's speech last night, which was very good mind you.
Any thoughts?
Comments
- -- Posted by shannonhoon on Thu, Sep 4, 2008, at 1:40 PMCorey Noles' response:Hey I agree completely that she was fantastic. As a matter of fact, I'll bet he doesn't have the ratings numbers tonight that his veep pick had last night. I honestly think she would make a stronger candidate than him. I still have some hard feelings for McCain going back a couple of election cycles and I'm simply not not over it. He turned his back on his party bc he was mad he didn't get the nomination and has done plenty in the past few years to distance himself. Now suddenly he's nominated and everyone is supposed to forget it. I admire him as a person and for what he gave of himself for our country, I just don't care for him as a politician. He ranked 5th in my choices for the Republican nomination. Huckabee was my first pick by quite a longshot.
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- -- Posted by swift on Sat, Sep 6, 2008, at 9:23 AMCorey Noles' response:For some reason I can't send an e-mail from home...somethings been screwy for a few days, but I'll drop you a line from work this week. Sorry, for the delay!
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- -- Posted by layne staley on Sun, Sep 7, 2008, at 7:52 PMCorey Noles' response:Great way to put it...I think there will be a lot of people holding their nose this year on both sides of the aisle.
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