Letters to the Editor

McCain: No, really, we vetted her! As revelations about Sarah Palin mount, the McCain team scrambles to dispel reports that they didn't know what they were getting into. By Mike Madden [2008-09-03]

• Not getting too excited

  First Palin was a "stroke of genius" pick for McCain's VP, energizing the base and motivating recalcitrant conservatives to get off their butts and start working hard for their candidate. Seems I read that line a mere 72 hours ago, and it sent a foreboding shiver down my spine, till I realized, "Wait, it's still just the end of August, there's a long ways to go."

  Now the pick's going down in flames -- kinda sorta -- and instead of rubbing my hands with glee and waiting for Palin and McCain to shrivel up and vanish before my very eyes, I'm falling back on the same realization. This is a close race now, and it's going to be a close race whether McCain has Palin at his side or Dwight D. Eisenhower or Daffy Duck. The reason is simple: 95% of the country is already decided, loathes the other party, and is about as polarized as it can possibly be. The other 5% are apparently not paying attention, and probably won't for quite some time yet.

  -- dhadbawnik
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