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McCain and running mate
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 10:43:07 AM
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Jhud
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I think voters may find Sarah Palin intriguing, but ultimately people vote for presidential candidates before their running mates.
The downside for Palin and McCain, though, is they'll have little time to introduce her policy positions to the country. At least with a VP pick like Romney, that familiarity needn't have been established.
Palin's presence will also call Hillary to be a more prominent figure for Obama in the battleground states.
I am not sure unfamiliarity is a disadvantage here; at this point McCain and Obama are way over-exposed, and Biden is probably one of the most familiar politicians out there, so no one is going to be looking for anything new from him. But Palin is a fresh face, and it is definitely going to peak people's curiousity to find out about her.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 10:50:13 AM
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Choosing Palin will also cement McCain as the conservative, pro-life choice.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 10:52:06 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/20080829/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_vicepresident_dc_1
It looks official.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 10:55:49 AM
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I am not sure unfamiliarity is a disadvantage here; at this point McCain and Obama are way over-exposed, and Biden is probably one of the most familiar politicians out there, so no one is going to be looking for anything new from him. But Palin is a fresh face, and it is definitely going to peak people's curiousity to find out about her.
Well, I think that if nothing else, Palin's selection makes an already historic election even more so, and will help bring some excitement to McCain's ticket (which it needed badly).
But I think the larger political gamble is that McCain will have to answer the following: "If in your opinion, Senator Obama is too inexperienced to be Commander-In-Chief, then how is a first-term governor with just two years under her belt a better alternative?"
Sarah Palin feels like a stunt pick to me.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 10:56:14 AM
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This is an awesome choice for many reasons. For one, Palin should help bring in some Democrat crossovers who were stuck on a lady in the House.
Dick Morris, whom I really trust with his political intuition, said a female choice would help McCain's campaign bring in the swing vote this year: middle-aged women.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 10:57:52 AM
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Sarah Palin feels like a stunt pick to me.
Stunt Schmunt. Nothing can be more over the top than the temple where the masses worshipped the Big O this week.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:03:36 AM
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If it's not a stunt pick, then riddle me this: were Kay Bailey Hutchinson to have been picked today instead of Sarah Palin, would your enthusiasm be any different? If so, how?
Name a policy position or two that makes Hutchinson a better choice than Palin (or vice versa) for McCain's running mate.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:03:59 AM
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But I think the larger political gamble is that McCain will have to answer the following: "If in your opinion, Senator Obama is too inexperienced to be Commander-In-Chief, then how is a first-term governor with just two years under her belt a better alternative?"
That is 2 years more experience in an executive office than Obama has.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:06:24 AM
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But I think the larger political gamble is that McCain will have to answer the following: "If in your opinion, Senator Obama is too inexperienced to be Commander-In-Chief, then how is a first-term governor with just two years under her belt a better alternative?"
Read her bio on Wiki. She has more experience than just the 2 years as Governor.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:07:45 AM
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That is 2 years more experience in an executive office than Obama has.
So you think those two years is sufficient then?
Overall, Obama has been in government (and the state and Federal level) for far longer than Sarah Palin.
Oh well, I'll give McCain one thing: he did just make this election even more fun to watch going into its final two months.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:10:04 AM
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That is 2 years more experience in an executive office than Obama has.
So you think those two years is sufficient then?
Overall, Obama has been in government (and the state and Federal level) for far longer than Sarah Palin.
Yeah but Obama is running for President... Palin is not.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:10:05 AM
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If it's not a stunt pick, then riddle me this: were Kay Bailey Hutchinson to have been picked today instead of Sarah Palin, would your enthusiasm be any different? If so, how?
Name a policy position or two that makes Hutchinson a better choice than Palin (or vice versa) for McCain's running mate.
Palin appears to be a definitively better candidate on pro-life issues and the 2nd amendment.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:12:14 AM
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:14:48 AM
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If it's not a stunt pick, then riddle me this: were Kay Bailey Hutchinson to have been picked today instead of Sarah Palin, would your enthusiasm be any different? If so, how?
Name a policy position or two that makes Hutchinson a better choice than Palin (or vice versa) for McCain's running mate.
As for me, with her being one of my Senators, I know she hasn't done much of anything to help advance conservative politics. We who cast our votes tend to watch that sort of thing. As for the rest of the country, they don't know her except to know she is long time GOP.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:16:14 AM
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Palin appears to be a definitively better candidate on pro-life issues and the 2nd amendment.
Jack, McCain is already well-spoken for on those positions.
He's staunchly pro-life, and no one's ever questioned his stance on gun ownership.
What I'm getting at is that traditionally, VP picks are tapped to shore up qualities and/or experience that the presidential candidate may seem to be lacking (e.g. Biden's foreign policy chops for Obama; Cheney's military background for Bush).
What in the way of policy balance can Sarah Palin bring to McCain's ticket other than her gender and good looks?
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:21:41 AM
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Jhud
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Jack, McCain is already well-spoken for on those positions.
He's staunchly pro-life, and no one's ever questioned his stance on gun ownership.
What I'm getting at is that traditionally, VP picks are tapped to shore up qualities and/or experience that the presidential candidate may seem to be lacking (e.g. Biden's foreign policy chops for Obama; Cheney's military background for Bush).
What in the way of policy balance can Sarah Palin bring to McCain's ticket other than her gender and good looks?
Palin was elected on, and appears to have acted on, a strong anti-corruption platform, which I think will be an important issue in this campaign, as will her strong positions on domestic oil exploration which is a local issue in Alaska.
But I disagree that McCain had a strong reputation as a pro-life candidate - it was being called into question regularly by hs base. This pretty much shores that up.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:23:16 AM
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What in the way of policy balance can Sarah Palin bring to McCain's ticket other than her gender and good looks?
In today's celebrity atmosphere, isn't that enough? Seriously.
And the fact that she seemingly carries her values higher than her posture is delightfully exciting to me.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:23:50 AM
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Jack, McCain is already well-spoken for on those positions.
He's staunchly pro-life, and no one's ever questioned his stance on gun ownership.
What I'm getting at is that traditionally, VP picks are tapped to shore up qualities and/or experience that the presidential candidate may seem to be lacking (e.g. Biden's foreign policy chops for Obama; Cheney's military background for Bush).
What in the way of policy balance can Sarah Palin bring to McCain's ticket other than her gender and good looks?
Palin was elected on, and appears to have acted on, a strong anti-corruption platform, which I think will be an important issue in this campaign, as will her strong positions on domestic oil exploration which is a local issue in Alaska.
But I disagree that McCain had a strong reputation as a pro-life candidate - it was being called into question regularly by hs base. This pretty much shores that up.
One of my big hesitancies in voting for McCain was that he did not come across to me as firmly pro-life. His choice of Palin settles that question for me.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:26:58 AM
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But I disagree that McCain had a strong reputation as a pro-life candidate - it was being called into question regularly by hs base. This pretty much shores that up.
But abortion is not the lead issue in this campaign, the economy is.
On her political face, the only larger advantage I see Palin lending to McCain is her energy background. But even that will have a downside if Palin's answer to US energy issues is "drill, drill, drill" because I think Americans are finally realizing that the world supply of crude is not endless, and using more oil is not a long-term solution.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:28:54 AM
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But I disagree that McCain had a strong reputation as a pro-life candidate - it was being called into question regularly by hs base. This pretty much shores that up.
But abortion is not the lead issue in this campaign, the economy is.
On her political face, the only larger advantage I see Palin lending to McCain is her energy background. But even that will have a downside if Palin's answer to US energy issues is "drill, drill, drill" because I think Americans are finally realizing that the world supply of crude is not endless.
Perhap not "endless" but certainly far more than many are willing to admit or consider.
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RE: McCain and running mate - 8/29/2008 11:29:49 AM
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One other strength, that despite all the talk of helping the 'woking class', Palin appears to be the only candidate that has been part of the working class - her husband and her were fishermen together, and her husband now works in the oil fields.
I think people will relate more to that than those who have spent most of their lives in office.
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