horse of george

seconds thoughts on Palin: not intended I think to go after women voters - liberals all in a snit about this ie insulting to women to think they'll just vote for a woman because she's a woman [even though Obama's key constituency are blacks voting for him simply because he's black] - Palin reminding disaffected dems that Obama snubbed Hillary is a bonus but believe they see her mainly as appealing to blue collar voters, the very voters Obama had so much trouble appealing to in later primaries; her lack of relevant experience troubles me but possibly less or at least not more so than Obama's lack of experience, and she's just running for VP - so that remains a problem but probably is a wash that slightly favours McCain - Obama can't really bring up the experience complaint, even in response to McCain attack, without reminding people that he himself is light viz experience - in fact they may have calculated that Palin's inexperience will keep the issue always at the forefront to the detriment of Obama; her social conservatism will motivate base but if she is or is perceived to be a doctrinaire zealot viz social issues this will alienate the middle of the road voters they want to go after - I see this as a bigger problem than her lack of experience - she's an interesting question waiting to be answered but her social conservatism reminds me that the person I thought best qualified to be President was Hillary; they have in effect, by choosing an unknown with an appealing back story and pleasant looks, created another political celebrity not to rival but at least in part to counter Obama's celebrity - the interesting dynamic is that his persona is idealistically highbrow and appeals to Hollywood starlets, left wing professors and wild youth, her's more down to earth, appealing to soccer moms and NASCAR dads - curious to see how that plays out.