The SnObama is exactly the same as McCain when it comes to same-sex marriage and other GLB issues. So why vote for him anyway? I guess old (DNC) habits die hard.

Regards,
Peter H.

Bottom line, if McCain wants to actually win this thing, he should go with whoever is better suited / qualified of the 2 gals, Palin and Hutchison… it gives the Republican base someone reasonably conservative, AND it gives Hillary supporters a reason to switch to McCain that they can feel thrilled about. And we know how important feelings are to them.

I would like to think that we as Republicans would be better than that. Remember, it’s not WHAT a person is – it is WHO that person is.

Regards,
Peter H.

I don’t think she brings much to the ticket except her gender

Yeah… but that is a lot. Look, a lot of swing voters and Hillary supporters are going to feel bad if they don’t vote for the black guy (no matter how terrible a candidate he is). McCain has to make those voters feel great about voting for McCain. If McCain puts a woman on the ticket (Hutchison or Palin)… that’s a game-changer. Game over, in fact. McCain picks up a solid 5-10% of women and that will be decisive.

Also, if McCain taps her as VP, it may send out a signal to the Dhimmicrats that Texas is in play (even though it’s not) and they will send hordes of unwashed masses to my home state to barrage us with pro-Obama ads.

Good thing we Texans have a concealed-weapons law. But I digress.

Plus, it’s a badly-kept secret here in Texas that she wants to run for governor in 2010. And given Gov. Rick Perry’s negatives, she just may bump him out of the GOP primary.

One more thing – since when do we in the GOP engage in identity politics? Isn’t that what the Dhimmicrats do?

Regards,
Peter H.

He doesn’t pick a woman, or a fellow minority like Richardson, or even a republican.

Maybe Obama was afraid because none of those people look like the guys on the dollar bills.

He doesn’t pick a woman, or a fellow minority like Richardson, or even a republican. I don’t see anything about him that would bring meaningful change to the political system, just a new party.

(/sarc)

-Executive experience as mayor and gov
-Respected on energy issues
-Pro-life, pro-gun member of feminists for life
-Working class background (her husband is a commercial fisherman)
-Gov of only state that borders Russia

Plus, she’s signed pro-gay legislation. What’s not to like?

A lot of Democrats wanted Hillary Clinton on the ticket but that was never in the cards. She would not have been happy as Number Two to a man she almost beat for the nomination. And Obama would not have been comfortable having Hillary (and Bill) in the White House.

Obama is not comfortable in an attack mode and, like some other tickets in past elections, that job has to be handled by the running mate. As much as I admire Indiana’s Evan Bayh, he’s simply too low key, too nice, to go on the attack.

Governor Kaine of Virginia has been on the national scene less time than Obama. You, other conservative bloggers, the McCain campaign, etc., would have dumped on Obama had he picked Kaine.

Biden is an ideal pick. He’s a Catholic from a middle class family in eastern Pennsylvania whose record in the Senate will appeal to the blue collar white (and heavily Catholic) voters who supported Hillary but are leery of Obama. His record in the Senate will also appeal to many of the Democratic women who backed Hillary and are not yet sold on Obama.

As he demonstrated in his speech Saturday in Illinois, he can attack the Republican ticket with humor.

I’ve liked Biden for a long time and had Hillary not run, I would have been very happy to be a “Republican for Biden”. My respect for Biden was reinforced when the death of California Congressman Tom Lantos showed the very human Joe Biden.

Read the article here. If anything, it shows that The Snob is a milquetoast.

Regards,
Peter H.