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...Wednesday, Sen. Joseph Biden boiled it down to a simple chant in his speech accepting the nomination as Obama's running mate. McCain equals Bush. "That's not change," Biden repeated again and again as he laced into the Republicans. "That's more of the same...
McCain may actually have helped by choosing a running mate from way off the radar: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a woman younger than Obama, elected just two years ago. Whether the choice turns out to be inspired or mistaken, it is sure to generate a lot of discussion about McCain's judgment, and the unpopularity of better-known Republicans and fissures in the GOP that turned the veep decision into a minefield for McCain. That fits Obama's strategy perfectly. He wants folks pondering them...
...swing voters that he's willing to take on the Republican establishment. He needs to persuade conservatives that he isn't squishy about social issues. And he needs to close the gender gap. When you think about it, the real surprise about Sarah Palin's selection as his running mate is that it's such a surprise...
Much as there were in the days and hours leading up to the announcement of Joe Biden as Barack Obama's running mate, rumors about who really have spots on McCain's short list have been piling up all week, and all day. Mitt Romney, McCain's rival during the primaries, remains the consensus choice among party professionals. And there was a report this afternoon that Romney's sister's house in the battleground state of Michigan was given a security sweep by the Secret Service. Another report has Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, also a longtime short-lister...
...Veepstakes, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Sources close to the campaign and the candidate say that if McCain could make his decision based solely on what he wants, he'd go with Lieberman, the Democratic-turned-independent Senator from Connecticut who served as Al Gore's running mate in 2000. Picking Lieberman, however, would be a huge gamble for McCain. Social conservatives, having only recently come to terms with McCain himself, would loudly oppose the selection of a pro-choice New Englander who, on nearly every issue except national security, is a lifelong liberal, including the issue of abortion. Some...