There's a tacit not-quite-admission that he knew she was no good. The outrage, if there is any in the post-mortem, here, is that she was on the ticket anyway. The GOP must come back to center if they're to ever have a chance. Politically, socially, etc.-ally, I believe the country as a whole is moving that way - save for pockets of resistance that will die out before too many more generations have come and gone.
I'm pretty sure he knew she was a no-help. She was a calculated choice by McCain's advisors that didn't pay off. IMO, if he'd gone with his gut and chosen Tim Pawlenty (which seems to have been his first choice) it would have been a much different final few weeks. Personally, I find him just as politically scarey as I find her but he would have had what pluses Palin had and fewer of the minuses.
Historically the body politic has swung in a +/- 25% of center for a long, long time. The extremes of either party will always be around and always exert influence -- it's more a question of how much influence they can muster compared to their relative strength. Since the far-center-right to far-right of the Repulican party were able to get large voter turnouts in the last 20 years compared to center and center-left, they've been able to garner a lot of influence. And probably rightfully so, all things condsidered -- They did win elections for people back in the day.
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Date: 2008-12-16 00:54 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 01:06 (UTC)Historically the body politic has swung in a +/- 25% of center for a long, long time. The extremes of either party will always be around and always exert influence -- it's more a question of how much influence they can muster compared to their relative strength. Since the far-center-right to far-right of the Repulican party were able to get large voter turnouts in the last 20 years compared to center and center-left, they've been able to garner a lot of influence. And probably rightfully so, all things condsidered -- They did win elections for people back in the day.
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