I think you're giving the Republicans too much credit and the Democrats not enough. Mostly because I don't think Palin is a smart choice. She was definitely a flashy choice, and I definitely agree that the timing of the announcement stripped Obama of media attention, though the announcement might have been even more effective if they'd made it before the DNC and Hillary throwing her support behind Obama.
Conventions are strange things, and Palin's snarky, "pitbull" style isn't going to fly in debates and policy discussions the way it did in front of a stadium of supporters. And the kerfuffle around her daughter and mom stuff is going to die down, hopefully reducing the chances for Democratic supporters to make asses of themselves (not Obama himself; he's been classy about the whole thing from what I've seen) and for Republicans to play the paternalistic protectors of poor maligned Sarah.
It is the Democrats' race to lose, but they haven't lost it already. It's early September, and I'm not ready to panic yet.
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Date: 2008-09-05 04:12 pm (UTC)Conventions are strange things, and Palin's snarky, "pitbull" style isn't going to fly in debates and policy discussions the way it did in front of a stadium of supporters. And the kerfuffle around her daughter and mom stuff is going to die down, hopefully reducing the chances for Democratic supporters to make asses of themselves (not Obama himself; he's been classy about the whole thing from what I've seen) and for Republicans to play the paternalistic protectors of poor maligned Sarah.
It is the Democrats' race to lose, but they haven't lost it already. It's early September, and I'm not ready to panic yet.