Okay, so I'm a little biased (in an act of sheer genius and extraordinariy foresight--as well as exemplary modesty-- I called for this exact pick a few weeks ago).
Truth is, after hearing a day of Democrat attacks, I'm even more convinced. First things first-- energy may well be the defining issue of the campaign. McCain's running (rightly, I think) on the principle that energy must be found in any way possible, regardless of environmental concerns, and picking someone from Alaska cements that idea (although he doesn't, as she does, support drilling in ANWR).
Palin has been a fantastic Governor-- she's not someone McCain picked off the street. Her approval ratings are in the 90's-- I think even Putin's here in Russia are lower than that. She was elected Governor by lambasting Republicans for corruption (Ten Stevens, anyone?) and calling for ethics reform, and has made her living trying to root out rampant corruption in her state.
But more importantly, far from undercutting McCain's message, this all proves that even Democrats feel Obama is entirely unqualified to be President. How? Yesterday, an Obama spokesman was quick to criticize McCain for putting a "former Mayor of a town of 9,000" on his ticket. Problem is, she has as much, if not more experience than your presidential candidate has-- more to the point, executive experience. I'll give a Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie to the first person who offer me a reasonable explanation as to how two years as Governor, and a few more as mayor of a small town, somehow qualifies as less than two years (since he started his campaign in 2007 and has been pretty absent in the Senate since) as a Senator and a few more as a State-level legislator. Maybe he has Foreign Policy experience, but she makes up for it with executive experience. When the point was made to Paul Begala-- who called McCain "nuts" for the pick-- on Larry King, the best thing he could come up with was that 18 million people voted for Obama.
Ridiculous. It was rightly pointed out to him that he doesn't need to be one of many more people who will vote for the ticket in November.
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I love you to death, Jer, but I still think you're a moron.
If by "energy experience" you mean handing out a $1,200 dollar-a-head "energy rebate check" im with you. Unfortunately, that action (which is also responsible for her high approval rating) cannot be replicated for the entire country.
And with regard to experience, heres the real deal:
If anything, the Palin/Obama experience debate cancels itself out. However, you must then ask yourself "which side needed the experience applause line more?" I believe the McCain campaign will regret not being able to use the "experience" accusation a lot more than the Obama campaign will. Obviously the dems will avoid an experience debate until the bitter end, but it was really a go-to line for the GOP.
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