I like this move.McCain shows his political savvy.
John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as his vice presidential running mate Friday in a startling choice announced on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
McCain has positioned himself to take Hillary voters.
"But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all," Palin says.
Isn't it ironic that the DNC had homages and stories about women being
passed over for jobs simply because of their gender, and they passed
right over Hillary for a freshman senator and an arrogant white guy
that's been in the Senate since the days of Nixon?
The Obama camp is targeting Palin's inexperience.
"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Adrianne Marsh, a spokeswoman for Obama, said in a written statement.
On the other hand , the Dems are running an inexperienced President with an experienced Veep. Even Biden himself has criticized Obama on the experience issue.
McCain can remind voters who has the real record of
reform. Obama talks a lot about it but has no actual record of reform,
and for a running mate, he chose a 35-year Washington insider with all
sorts of connections to lobbyists and pork. McCain has fought pork,
taken real political risks to fight undue influence of lobbyists, and
he picked an outsider who took on her own party — and won.
This is change you can believe in, and not change that
amounts to all talk. McCain changed the trajectory of the race today
by stealing Obama’s strength and turning it against him. Obama
provided that opening by picking Biden as his running mate, and McCain
was smart enough to take advantage of the opening.
I like this move.McCain shows his political savvy.
John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as his vice presidential running mate Friday in a startling choice announced on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
McCain has positioned himself to take Hillary voters.
"But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all," Palin says.
Isn't it ironic that the DNC had homages and stories about women being
passed over for jobs simply because of their gender, and they passed
right over Hillary for a freshman senator and an arrogant white guy
that's been in the Senate since the days of Nixon?
The Obama camp is targeting Palin's inexperience.
"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Adrianne Marsh, a spokeswoman for Obama, said in a written statement.
On the other hand , the Dems are running an inexperienced President with an experienced Veep. Even Biden himself has criticized Obama on the experience issue.
McCain can remind voters who has the real record of
reform. Obama talks a lot about it but has no actual record of reform,
and for a running mate, he chose a 35-year Washington insider with all
sorts of connections to lobbyists and pork. McCain has fought pork,
taken real political risks to fight undue influence of lobbyists, and
he picked an outsider who took on her own party — and won.
This is change you can believe in, and not change that
amounts to all talk. McCain changed the trajectory of the race today
by stealing Obama’s strength and turning it against him. Obama
provided that opening by picking Biden as his running mate, and McCain
was smart enough to take advantage of the opening.
