On August 29th, John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential
running mate. It was considered by some to be a hail mary pass for a
lagging campaign. Consider this. Palin's public experience has
amounted to being mayor of a town with less than 9000 residents and
being governor of Alaska for approximately 20 months. That's it.
Although I admire her values and her energy, I don't think she is the
best choice to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.Somehow VP picks have been less about experience and more of a beauty contest and a balance of the ticket. Consider Dan Quayle. Bush 41 picked him for youth. Did he contribute to the cabinet as a whole? Probably not as much as the more experienced advisers in the Bush camp.
Ten years from now we'll talk about Sarah Palin like we talk about Admiral Stockdale. An asterisk for the history books. A discussion subject for VH1's "I Love 2008."
Obama is going to win this thing. The writing is on the wall.
