Palin: good choice or bad choice?

[Glenn]

Do you think that selecting Palin to be his running mate was a good choice or a bad choice by McCain? (strictly from McCain's perspective)

[MoTown]

If I were a loyal Republican, I would have been pissed off by this move. If I were a 40-70 year old woman, I would have been pissed off at this move. This was a miscalculated approach by McCain. He selected her for the sole purpose of getting Hilary supporters. That's a slap in the face to Republicans, and offensive to women with a brain.

Horrible move. McCain would be in much better position with a different VP.

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

Yes.

[Glenn]

I thought Joe Biden was a terrible selection.

Wrong thread, Wil.

Also, when you visit the other thread, please explain why, strictly from Obama's perspective, that Biden was a "terrible selection".

Thanks.

[Glenn]

Yes.

Please explain why it was a good choice for McCain.

Thanks.

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

He selected her for the sole purpose of getting Hilary supporters.

That's not true.

[MoTown]

That's not true.

My bad. You're right. He selected her because McCain saw the brilliance in her public speaking. You're always right, Wil.

[Glenn]

As MoTown said, I think the Palin selection was, quite simply, McCain pandering to women. Problem is, when you pander, you still need to deliver what the group you are pandering to actually wants, and that is not Palin.

Her "negatives" are hovering around 60%, not to mention the numbers on her preparedness or readiness.

And then you have the interviews...

I think he also thought that he needed to find a "maverick" so he could position himself as a change agent and not "more of the same", but he missed the mark with Palin.

And the lack of vetting that occurred is almost unfathomable.

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

Please explain why it was a good choice for McCain.

Thanks.

She energized the GOP base. She gave the best convention speech of any of the 4 people on the ticket. She kicked Biden's ass in the VP Debate. The media can't get enough of her because of her popularity. She has no baggage in her past or questionable associations like Hussein Obama does. She has more experience than Hussein does. She's a woman, a true conservative unlike McCain, and she can relate to the common middle-class citizen more than McCain, Obama, & Biden can all put together.

She was an A+ pick. And other than maybe Bobby Jindal (who declined to be VP), there was nobody else who would've energized the GOP base like she could.

The mainstream media is so scared about the influence she has on some voters, that they've made her out to be a 'cancer' to the GOP ticket, when in reality, nobody's buying that garbage. Olbermann can't stop talking about her, and if she wasn't such a powerful, insightful, and influential individual, he would've a long time ago.

The more the media trys to break her down, the more it shows how great of a pick she was.

[MoTown]