Don't Forget that Palin was Chosen out of Expediency...

[Indi Guy]

McCain lagged in the polls before our growing economic woes bloomed to crisis level. McCain chose Palin days before Wall St. went ballistic.

If McCain had had a realistic awareness of the fundamentals of our economy -- he would have chosen someone like Romney.

Palin was asked (given her notoriety at the time, which seemed to eclipse Obama's convention speech) if she thought that Obama made a mistake by not picking Clinton for VP. Palin said that she was sure that Obama regrets not picking Hillary.

As it turns out -- Palin is a rare bird who, while having uplifted McCain's lagging polls, ends up as an albatross around his neck (and who can doubt that Obama made a solid choice in Biden)...

[Kahuna]

1. In short...Obama used good judgement. McFudd blinked. nt

[alsame]

5. Absolutely. Obama chose Biden for the good of the country,

McCain chose Palin for fundie votes.

[4lbs]

2. On another thread, even McCain admitted that he would probably have been better off choosing someone

like Crist, which would have delivered him Florida.

[machI]

3. It could be they could not find anyone else

It was apparent the Republicans were going to lose about two years ago. What politician wants to be labeled as "The person who ran as VP in a loosing year."

In short, Palin is expendable.

[KharmaTrain]

4. It Was His Soft Base...

Gramps won the nomination by default...being the lone candidate standing while the others blew each other away. His support was never strong with the "base"...and it was slipping as even after he locked away the nomination he only drew 75% of the vote in the remaining primaries and registration was down in many key areas. Also, in the weeks running up to the RNC, Gramps was starting to run low on cash...he needed something/anything to pump up the coffers. So he sold out.

The first step was to bring in Steve Schmidt (Karl Rove, Jr.) to crank up the slime and distractions. With his poll numbers stagnant in the low 40's, he needed a boost and by picking Palin, he gambled she would solidify the fundies and possibly steal some PUMAs (even though we know there weren't many). This move has the hands of Rove and Gingrich all over it...and hoped that she would play the "pitbull with lipstick". The problem was they didn't realize how dumb she is...she became a strain on resources, not an asset.

Gramps has failed to energize enough of his base to maintain any lead over Senator Obama...and we've seen Palin turn into a liability. The slime campaign hasn't taken hold either...Ayers hasn't stuck and, other than Faux, the corporate media hasn't bought on like they did to past efforts...it's gotta be frustrating. The only weapon left is to supress the vote...cage voters, robo-call them into numbness and intimidate minorities.

These are cornered animals...we must be very alert but must not loose control.