The only positive thing the McCain campaign can take out of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric is that not a lot of people watch the CBS news.
Seriously, Palin was embarrassingly bad. I can't imagine how anyone but the most loyal supporter could watch these interviews and come away thinking that this woman is ready to be President. She certainly doesn't seem to be ready to debate Biden next week.
I think the Palin pick is going to wind up being a really bad move. I admit I was wrong about the potential upside. I thought the potential brilliance of the pick was that it would convert women voters; instead, it seems that the upside is more in rallying the Christian base. But, couldn't they have rallied the base by picking someone who was ready for primetime? Someone like Mike Huckabee. Other than gender, Huckabee seems to have all the characteristics that make Palin appealing - religious, conservative, folksy, non-elitist, extremely likable, regular middle/working class white American. And Huckabee has over a decade of experience as Governor and has actually demonstrated that he can hold his own talking about policy with the other Presidential candidates. Why didn't he receive serious consideration?
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