McCain chooses Palin

August 29, 2008

I think, in many ways, Governor Palin is an interesting choice. A lot of people on the blogosphere are missing a critical point though: the issue here is not whether she has sufficient experience–the issue is that McCain can no longer credibly use experience against Obama. Democrats can’t really say that Palin doesn’t have the experience to be President (because she doesn’t have that much less than Obama); rather, the argument will be that it is disengenuous for McCain to argue that Obama doesn’t have sufficient experience when he is putting a woman who is Governor of a state (with a population roughly approximate to the District of Columbia) within a heartbeat of the Presidency. Experience is off the table which may be a positive development. Now we can talk about judgment and the issues which seems more critical anyways. Although this does seem like a choice driven by sheer political calculus, I do applaud McCain for appointing a woman who seems to represent a more decent, reformist, and principled future of Republican leadership.

Posted by MATT Posted in Bi/Partisan Politics, Current Events, Posts by Matt