How liberal is the US electorate in 2008?
Can a reasoning of the 2008 US democratic presidential candidate go like this:
If I announce a woman as my vice-president, it will be too much to bear for most of the voters in this conservative country. I would not win then. Therefore, I select some rather conservative (although democratic) guy to be my vice.
What do you think? What goes in his head?
I guess he wonders if he would like to spend the next four years sharing office with a lady…
“Look, Obama! I want the stapler to be next to the printer, and don’t make me repeat this again!”
I don’t know, but I think being a woman is not the factor with his choice. My feel is that having a woman might even be a strength (getting more votes), but he might have doubts about this particular choice? It will be interesting to see what happens!
I thought this was a good ad.
So now we know what happened, what do you think about the selections of the vices- on both sides?
Yes, it is quite a turn of events, now that the female vice presidential candidate is on the conservative side.
But I didn’t think that the country being conservative was the factor in Obama’s choice of not picking Hillary because of her gender (simply because she was a woman).
It actually seems as if most of the conservative voices in the US are very pleased with McCain’s choice.
I still think he will have an uphill battle to beat Obama, but I guess only time will tell.
Judging from that far as from Finland, it seems like a great turn of McCain – first time in republicans’ history having a woman as a candidate- right after Obama’s announcement. In fact, McCain is gaining even more sympathy by that move, being not that typical republican after all.
Looking for the campaign!
Campaigns are boring! What is really nice is the counting and predictions the same day.
From my point of view, both vice candidates are the negative mirrors of the main candidates. Biden looks like all Obama is/was trying to change. Palin looks… well it just looks the opposite, young “hockey-mom” woman versus and old war veteran.
And then, don’t forget candidates’ stances on technology
http://www.betanews.com/article/Where_does_Sarah_Palin_stand_on_technology_issues/1220649619
It feels weird making stupid spelling mistakes, sorry! The check spelling tool didn’t catch the ‘and’…