Republican Vice Presidential Candidate
Sarah Palin poses for fashion magazine VOGUE
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Some of these past photos of Sarah Palin are attracting the blogsphere’s attention. But Obama Campaign is advised not to focus on her, and instead point out McCain’s judgment and “flawed” decision making. Here is how one blogger put it:
“John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate can only be successful if the Democrats mistakenly focus on her, rather than using her selection to highlight what it says about John McCain. We need to look carefully at her, of course–something McCain apparently didn’t do–but we need to do so as a reflecting mirror in which to study McCain.
McCain’s selection of Palin is widely seen as a gamble that just might pay off. Not if the Obama campaign handles it properly, though. If they do, it has zero chance of success.” – Paul Rosenberg
A ER reader commented: “The Obama campaign will have to handle this very delicately, not to say anything that would sound demeaning to Palin, and yet try to send the message that it’s an insult to the intelligence of women for McCain to think they can just throw any woman at them, no matter how unqualified, and that they’ll run to him.” – TM