I thought Tina Fey's most recent portrayal of Palin was a huge exaggeration, but this opinion piece in Newsweek, with quotes from the Couric interview, made me realize how much trouble Palin really is in. Who wants to put some money down on whether or not she has to withdraw before the election?
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I tend to agree with Nate Silver regarding McCain's choice: he's stuck. The cost of withdrawing the nomination - to his credibility, to his chances, to his party - would be much greater than letting her slog her way through things and hope no one notices.
not going to happen. unless palin implodes in a really big way at the debate on thursday - i don't think mccain would be stupid enough to switch.
Besides - he doesn't really need Palin to be intelligent on foreign policy. He needs her to be a woman.
That op-ed piece brings up an interesting point though - that being how much Palin/McCain rely on catch phrases. I don't know how many times McCain said "i'm a maverick" or "i was never voted miss congeniality in Congress" during the debate. For christ sake - these things are meaningless to me and I am loathe to think that the general public let those catch phrases seep into their consciousness and think "oh he's a maverick!"
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