Our first post back from Vegas. More on Vegas later. At first blush, we like the pick. We like the pick, right now, for no other reason than a) the timing of the pick and b) the fact that the Democrats appear to have been caught off-guard. Also, its bold, daring and risky with a potential to back-fire big time or… pay off huge dividends down the road in November… what’s not to like?
No sooner does the press start assessing the historical significance of Obama’s acceptance speech, when without warning, they are forced to re-tool to deal with the selection of Palin. By Friday at noon, no one was talking about the Democratic convention or Suit’s speech. Brilliantly timed.
As for the Democrats, what is it exactly that you do with a wife and mother of five (one of whom is about to go off to Iraq and the youngest of which suffers from Down’s syndrome) who has a far more impressive resume’ as a veep choice than does your own candidate for President and who rose to her lot in life not on the coattails of her husband?
The “experience” criticism only serves to boomerang right back around upside Suit’s head and…. Alaska? Three words… Dela-freaking-ware… They’re at a loss and a perfect indication of this fumbling around took place on Friday evening as we were driving out to Vegas and listening to some lefty radio. The two co-hosts playing back Palin’s acceptance speech from Dayton and who almost wanted to make fun of her voice as she was clearly a tad nervous/excited but thought better of it, were reduced to making fun of the crowd for chanting “U-S-A… U-S-A…”. There are precious few things you can always count on in life and we’re glad the left never disappoints.
Its obvious this pick has energized the G.O.P. and has given some much-needed juice to this week’s convention in Minneapolis where we suspect it will be “get-to-know-Sarah-Palin” week. We certainly look forward to it.
P.S. We’re still trying to put it together but our friend “Mark” from NYC will be in town for the convention and will be submitting regular correspondences from the same. Mark wisely eschewed access to the floor of the convention and will instead be providing his take on the proceedings from “the street”, hotel lobby bars and the Party parties. Wise choice, Mark.
P.P.S. Big ups to Mitt Romney, the Conventional Wisdom-Veep pick, who offered immediate congratulations to Palin upon her selection and who is out on the trail campaigning for the ticket. Romney would’ve been the safe (and perfectly acceptable) pick so his graciousness, warmth and humility in the face of this pass-over, speaks volumes about the man.
UPDATE #1: The Red State Boys breakin' things down as only they know how to do.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah.... (UPDATED!)
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The more I learn, the more I like the pick.
I'm in St. Paul "on the ground" at the GOP Convention... and because of Gustav, I am sorry to report that the "buzz" re: Sarah Palin has lessened significantly. Unbelievably bad luck. And the feeling here among visitors in Minnesota is "what are we supposed to do?" as the hurricane gets WAY overblown and delegates/visitors wonder aloud which events are still on, which are canceled, etc. It's angering. Anyway if Sarah and McCain can come out of this unscathed as a sort of audition for how they would run future disasters, maybe this is a good thing. But it's sure put a major downer on this convention! A shame, because St. Paul and Minneapolis have really stepped up... the cities are spotless, and the welcome mat is out for the 45,000 visitors who have descended on the Twin Cities. Hope the "hurricans mood" changes before the end of the week!
Mark, Thanks for the update. Hang in there - I understand "Gustav" has been downgraded to a Category 2 tropical storm and is bypassing, for the most part, New Orleans.
Dean,
I have some worries about the vetting process. McCain, for better or for worse, has that fighter-pilot gut-instinct thing going. Usually it results in a brilliant maneuver, but sometimes he crashes and burns.
The McCain campaign announced this morning that Palin's teenage daughter is five months pregnant, squelching lefty rumor-mongering about Palin's daughter being the actual mother of Trig, her four month old Downs syndrome baby. They claim to have vetted the daughter's pregnancy in advance, but I wonder.
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