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Originally Posted by Enigma
Sarah who? 
Stinks of desperation to me. Looking for the moronic "I'm upset it wasn't Hilary" voters... |
Actually, it's a very astute move.
First, it will grab away some of those voters who were going to vote for Hilary
just because she was a woman. My wife was one, a middle of the road but leans to the conservative independent voter. She was excited about Clinton, and I honestly believe she would have voted for her. She doesn't care for Obama.
Second, it will help to grab in some of the base that has been lukewarm about McCain. Her being an NRA lifer and a hunter helps big time among the gun rights people and the regular sportsmen and women, and her stance on abortion helps with the social conservatives that didn't agree with McCain.
Then, you have the fact that she's held elected office for about the same time as Obama, so she's inoculated from the "not enough experience" attacks, and in fact she has executive experience, something Obama is lacking.
Also, she has actual experience with "change", being instrumental in getting rid of a corrupt republican governor.
Finally, she's pretty easy on the eyes, which is a pretty stupid reason to vote for one candidate or another, but humans being human we know that image counts (Nixon Kennedy debate, anyone?).
All in all, probably the best pick he could have made, and it certainly helps more than hurts his chances in November.