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Edited on Tue Sep-02-08 10:02 AM by ErinBerin84
The panel (which included Joe, Mika, Eugene Robinson, Jonathan Alter, and Tom vilsack) was discussing the Palin pick, and touched on some good points. Vilsack pointed out the fraud in marketing Palin as a "reformer" when she was really for the Bridge to Nowhere, and secured millions in earmarks for a small town. Vilsack also talked about the vetting process for VP in 04 and how it was very extensive, so it is legitimate to question the vetting process and how it seems to have barely scratched the surface of the stories we are now finding out about Palin. Alter brought up that while Obama is usually portrayed in the media as the "risky choice", there are some questions that we need to be asking about McCain's personality - not his character- (though I would disagree with that one, haha) that would make him unprepared for the job..his impulsiveness, his erratic nature, etc.
Someone on the panel (I forget which one it was, may have been Tom) pointed out that if the reports are true about Palin not being McCain's pick, who DID pick her...and that he is marketed as someone who can fight against the right wing, but he did not choose to do that in his first important decision. Tom said that, in the first few days on the Dem convention, NOBODY was questioning whether or not Biden would be prepared, in the case that he needed to take over for president. Joe and Mika said that the Palin pick "takes the experience question off of the table" for the McCain campaign. The panel also discussed whether McCain has "burned some bridges" with the VP selection, and Alter said that he received a call from an angry Romney staffer on Sunday who was very pissed off about how Romney's name kept being "put out there" for the media , and that the Palin pick completely destroyed important Republican brand talking points. They also referenced some comment that Romney made yesterday about how he would not want to serve in a McCain administration, because he doesn't want 27 year olds telling him what to do (!). And Joe said that Pawlenty looks like he feels "totally used" .Vilsack was very good, and reiterated that we need to examine what kind of "message" both candidate sent in their "first important decision" as nominees.
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