Of course Hugh Hewitt has been plugging Romney all along, but now the discussion turns on the only campaign event that really involves the VP nominees: the VP candidate debate.
The pick of Biden calls for a very experienced debater as the only thing Slow Joe has going for him is the thousand or so primary season debates he has under his belt. Romney has the same sort of experience in the one setting where the veep nominees get the nation's undivided attention.
Despite the Dems and the allied main stream media’s desperation to see Romney as McCain’s Veep, Mitt is clearly out, with (1) Obama doubling down on the class warfare theme (McCain’s 7 houses) and (2) McCain doubling down with ads showing the hypocrisy of Biden attacking Obama in the primaries — Romney did way more than that contra McCain.
This leaves only Govs Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Pro-abortion Ridge and Dem-Lieberman were never real considerations, despite relentless media goading. Pawlenty’s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women/Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain/Palin checkmate on the Dems. This is so albeit the Dems and liberal media dare not mention Palin’s name, that is, everyone but…..
And if there’s any question as to Palin being uniquely positioned and able to more than nullify Biden in debate, see the excellent discussion at palinforvp.blogspot.com
Team McCain, well done!!!
Posted by: Ted | Aug 24, 2008 at 08:51 PM
I agree Ted although I never though Romney was a serious choice although I do see him in a big cabinet role.
Sarah Palin would be pretty interesting. Especially given McCain's attempt to draw off Hilary supporters. I don't know enough about Palin to say what her negatives are.
Posted by: Clark Goble | Aug 25, 2008 at 03:58 PM