Posted by
cavalier973 on Sunday, September 07, 2008 10:38:40 AM
McCain, let me say, is some sort of political genius. I say this because he picked the one person, I think, that does everything he needs. Palin's speech on Wednesday showed her to be a serious candidate, who works well under pressure, and who unites the base like no one else could.
Her "lack of experience" is not an item of concern for me, because I see her as a tough politician that is able to handle unfamiliar, difficult situations.
I have two problems with the pick:
1. I wanted my daughter to be the first female President of the U.S.
2. I've spent so much time arguing and defending and otherwise invested in Huckabee, that it's somewhat of a letdown that he's not on the ticket.
On this second point, I know that I'm not alone. It's not just Huckabee supporters that are disappointed. Just scanning some of the comments by the Mittwits tells me that they are pretty severely agitated that Romney wasn't the pick, either. Well, at least some of them are. And the Ron Paul supporters may bolt the party on Election Day.
I noticed something when they went through the delegates voting. Each state gave its vote up until the point that McCain had something like 2170 delegates (he needed 2200 delegates, or thereabouts). Then each state passed on voting. The delegations voted in alphabetical order by state, except for Arizona, which was made the last delegation to vote so that it could have the honor of putting McCain over the top. Then the states that passed went back and gave their votes. McCain got all the votes except 5 that went for Ron Paul, and 2 that voted for Romney. They then passed a resolution that the vote be considered unanimous.
So the Palin pick, while enough for everone else, wasn't a deal maker for a few Mittwits.
If you have a mind, you can also read
www.joshtrevino.com , and relive the primary, as it should have been covered (instead of as it was covered--with Huckabee being bashed by the "elite conservative media".)