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Originally Posted by Peto
Going on a gut-hunch here: Considering that there is an ongoing investigation of her in Alaska for misusing her position for personal reasons, I believe that McCain just made the dumbest decision he could have.
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I would have to agree with you. IMO McCain had far better choices - some of whom would have been more of a challenge to the Dem ticket. Just can't see Obama or Biden losing any sleep over McCain's choice.
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Originally Posted by newsweek
Reporters are already winging their way to Alaska to probe what Alaskans call "Wootengate," the story of the dismissal of former Public Safety commissioner Walt Monegan, who says he was pressured to dismiss state trooper Mike Wooten. Wooten was engaged in a nasty custody fight with his ex-wife, who is Palin's sister. As soon as Palin was selected, the Web was already buzzing with Monegan's claims that Palin is lying about her role in the personnel matter. And the beautifully named Steve Branchflower, the special counsel appointed by the state legislature to probe the mess, has opened a tip line for Alaskans who might know if the governor and possible vice president of the United States abused her power.
Branchflower's investigation won't be completed until after the election, but the facts so far aren't good for the governor. Palin says she had "nothing to do" with the Wooten matter and that she fired Monegan because she wanted to move the department in another direction, but an audiotape of a phone conversation featuring another state official, Frank Bailey, casts doubt on her account. Because the media loves scandal of any kind, especially one involving the potential use of public power to settle private family scores, this story will prove a distraction to the McCain campaign all fall long.
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She backs the teaching of creationism in public schools and is against abortion even for incest or rape - that alone will surely make her a hard sell to the majority of women.
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Originally Posted by newsweek
"What is it exactly that the vice president does all day?" Palin offhandedly asked CNBC anchor Larry Kudlow in July. Kudlow explained that the job has become more important in recent years.
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I think I can hear Biden licking his lips at the sacrificial lamb that has just been thrown into his den.
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Originally Posted by Times
On the face of it, McCain has failed the ultimate test that any presidential candidate must face in picking a running mate: selecting someone who is unambiguously qualified to be president.
Palin is a talented politician who has both support among conservatives and a compelling personal story. But her short resume in Alaska politics and her nonexistent national track record will make it impossible for McCain to argue with a straight face that she was the most qualified person he could have selected.
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Surely the nominee in selecting a VP must ask themselves the "What if" question. When McCain asked himself that question what was he thinking!? How on earth does someone who was no more than a mayor of a town with 7-8,000 people less than 2 years ago be a 'heart-beat' away from leading the free world and convince McCain, who places much emphasis on commander in chief qualities, that she is the one?