Thorts, o my flisters? Has this swung it for McCain? This pick hasn't swung it for McCain, no. A couple of reasons.
1) No name recognition.
2) No significant experience. She's only been the governor of Alaska for a year and a half, and before that she was the mayor of a town of 8,000.
3) Alaska was going for McCain anyway.
4) She's embroiled in a state trooper scandal.
Now, she does have a compelling story — she carried a Down's Syndrome baby to term and refused to abort. She's rabidly pro-life. She has Big Oil bonafides.
But I tend to think she's going to be the 2008 version of Dan Quayle.
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This pick hasn't swung it for McCain, no. A couple of reasons.
1) No name recognition.
2) No significant experience. She's only been the governor of Alaska for a year and a half, and before that she was the mayor of a town of 8,000.
3) Alaska was going for McCain anyway.
4) She's embroiled in a state trooper scandal.
Now, she does have a compelling story — she carried a Down's Syndrome baby to term and refused to abort. She's rabidly pro-life. She has Big Oil bonafides.
But I tend to think she's going to be the 2008 version of Dan Quayle.