Politics 2008:The Caucuses and The Dem/Rep Conventions

[jitterbug13]

Yesterday, I was watching Face The Nation (missed Meet The Press) and I saw Bob Sheiffer (sp) talking to former NY Mayor Gulianni (sp). Gulianni was trying to defend McCain's choice of VP. He said that Palian is a good choice because she has had municipal experience and experience running state government. She may be a governor (there are more people in some major cities than Alaska) but running a city of less than 10,000 is different than running a city with millions of people.

I was watching NBC Nightly News last night and Brian Williams was interviewing McCain. He brought up on why he made his decision. He listed some of the things that Gulianni said, but also added that she has PTA leadership. Yes, PTA.

PTA was brought up again by Gov. Sanford (the governor of SC, where I live). He said that it was good seeing a PTA and soccer mom make this historic rise. Sanford was on the long list of VP canidates and he has been governor here six years, on top of the six years he was on in the US House.

PTA does not equal foreign policy experience. Is that the best explanation the Republicans got?

[Little32]

Wow PTA. Not to disparage those of you on the PTA, but that should not be used as a talking point for a VPOTUS candidate. It just shouldn't. *smh*

[Ten/Four]

CNN is reporting Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/...ter/index.html

This election gets interesting by the day.

[darling1]

the family values angle is being pushed here. i think that the republicans have made it very evident what their angle is going to be. even with pallin's baby momma drama, it will be spun in as positive a light as possible. if this were obama and one of their daughter's was prego at 17, they would want his head on a platter.

the fact that pallin is a woman with 5 children, not the atypical politician and therefore does not 'slick' talk like all lawyers do , this will appeal to a lot of blue collar folks and a lot of moms.

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

Yesterday, I was watching Face The Nation (missed Meet The Press) and I saw Bob Sheiffer (sp) talking to former NY Mayor Gulianni (sp). Gulianni was trying to defend McCain's choice of VP. He said that Palian is a good choice because she has had municipal experience and experience running state government. She may be a governor (there are more people in some major cities than Alaska) but running a city of less than 10,000 is different than running a city with millions of people.

I was watching NBC Nightly News last night and Brian Williams was interviewing McCain. He brought up on why he made his decision. He listed some of the things that Gulianni said, but also added that she has PTA leadership. Yes, PTA.

PTA was brought up again by Gov. Sanford (the governor of SC, where I live). He said that it was good seeing a PTA and soccer mom make this historic rise. Sanford was on the long list of VP canidates and he has been governor here six years, on top of the six years he was on in the US House.

PTA does not equal foreign policy experience. Is that the best explanation the Republicans got?