Well, David is right. Palin's opponent in the race for governor laments in the New York Times today that she won because people liked her...she made them feel good. He compares her to Obama in this regard. That is a big advantage for Obama.
It will come down to McCain vs Obama. But views of both candidates are affected by their VP choices, obviously. Both made hypocritical choices, given their spiels this summer (Obama ran on the message of change and picked a guy who's been in office in DC for over 30 years. Clearly Obama wants Biden's foreign relations etc. weight in his corner. McCain has questioned whether a young person with 4 years of experience and no significant foreign policy experience is ready. He picks a younger person with less experience in order to add her arch conservativism and renegade stance to the Republican status quo--mirroring his supposed own--to the ticket).
McCain's choice surely made a bigger headlines--it is more "daring". Obama must proceed with caution, I'd say. The biggest mistake would be to laugh Palin off.
Note that Palin is part of an ethics probe for acting to fire a state trooper who divorced her sister.
I want to sleep for two months or so. It would be good if Nancy Pelosi did the same.
RM
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