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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Agreed....she was taken out of the oven waaaaaay too early as a "hey y'all look at me!" kind of vote.
I said it before, if McCain and the RNC really wanted a woman VP pick...there were too many other better qualified women for the role.
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While I agree with the substance of this post, I think the angle of "qualified" is overblown - the only "qualification" to be VP, on a pragmatic level, is whether or not Americans will elect your ticket.
It's kind of being results-oriented to say "clearly she fails by this measure" since Obama was steam-rolling regardless, but there was a bump for the Republicans after her introduction (and, presumably, until she opened her mouth on national TV).
It's safe to say she didn't really do a great job as VP candidate, however we want to define that role.