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guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/29/uselections2008.johnmccain2
Picking the Alaska governor is a bold play from John McCain for the
potentially millions of disaffected Hillary Clinton voters who have remained
impervious to Democrats' pleas for party unity. She presents a new face
unfamiliar to most of America, and is likely to stir up the race and excite
the news media.
At 44, she is a youthful addition to the Republican ticket. Palin is an avid
fisher and hunter, a member of the politically powerful National Rifle
Association, and her husband has native-American roots.
But Palin brings several risks. She has been in office less than two years,
and would be hard pressed to go toe-to-toe in debate with Democratic
vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden, a veteran senator and foreign policy
expert.
The Democrats will also raise questions whether Palin passes the
"commander-in-chief test" - that is, would Palin be able to assume the
presidency should McCain, 72, become incapacitated. The news media may also
seek to tie Palin to longtime Alaska Republican senator Ted Stevens, who is
under indictment on corruption charges.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2940588620080829?sp=true
reuters:
By announcing his pick on Friday, McCain was hoping to divert attention from
the Democratic convention in Denver, which concluded on Thursday night with a
speech by Obama. The Democratic candidate opened a broad assault on McCain,
accusing him of following the policies of unpopular President George W. Bush.
"This is a bold choice of a strong conservative who is a reformer and will be
greeted by the delegates in St. Paul with enthusiasm," said Republican
strategist Scott Reed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/politics/29palin.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
New York Times:
The selection amounted to a gamble that an infusion of new leadership — and
the novelty of the Republican Party’s first female candidate for vice
president — would more than compensate for the risk that Ms. Palin could
undercut one of the McCain campaign’s central arguments, its claim that Mr.
Obama is too inexperienced to be president.
Moreover, the choice of Ms. Palin is in stark contrast to the recent
selection of the Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joseph R. Biden
R. of Delaware, a respected veteran lawmaker who is chairman of Foreign
Relations Committee.
But Ms. Palin ran as a change agent when she was elected as governor of
Alaska in 2006, and in a move that might have appealed to Mr. McCain, she
took intense criticism from members of her own party for turning the
spotlight on the failures of Alaska Republicans, some of whom had been beset
by corruption scandals.
She opposes abortion rights, which could help pacify social conservatives in
a party whose members were wary as rumors swirled that Mr. McCain might pick
a running mate who supports those rights. But she differs with Mr. McCain on
a controversial environmental issue that centers on her home state: she
supports drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. Mr. McCain
’s opposition to drilling — even after he changed positions and began
advocating for off-shore oil drilling — has upset many Republicans.
...
The choice of Ms. Palin was reminiscent of George H. W. Bush’s selection of
Dan Quayle, a young United States senator, as his running mate in 1988. The
media and most in the Republican Party were caught unaware by the
announcement of a figure relatively unknown outside Indiana.
Similarly, several of Mr. McCain’s outside advisers reacted with
bewilderment that Ms. Palin was the choice, and one said that it would
undercut one of Mr. McCain’s central criticisms of Senator Obama — that he
is too inexperienced to be commander in chief.
“While it’s a dramatic and interesting choice, it would make the argument he
’s making difficult to make,” said the adviser, who is close to the
campaign.
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/
AR2008082901112.html?hpid=topnews
She is a favorite of conservatives, who say she brings a reform-minded agenda
and is what one called a "feminist for life.'' She is the mother of five; her
youngest child, born in April, has Down's syndrome.
...
Karl Rove, President Bush's former top political advisers, said on Fox News
that picking Palin would "shake up" the traditional coalitions in both
parties. He called Palin a "breath of fresh air," and said picking her would
be an indication that McCain is hoping to make a direct appeal to women
voters, especially those who voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton, not Sen. Barack
Obama, during the Democratic primary.
"It would be a clear sign by the McCain campaign that they would be making a
bid" for women voters, Rove said. "In the last 24 hours, we've seen both
campaigns refocus themselves in a powerful way on the Hillary Clinton
supporters."
One GOP source who said McCain had chosen Palin call it a "stunning pick" and
said he was still trying to get his arms around it. The source, who did not
want to be named since McCain has not commented publicly, said conservatives
will be pleased since she is an anti-abortion Republican.
But he acknowledged that Palin is "not really that well known."
Aides to Obama said they are salivating at the prospect of a Palin pick,
readying talking points to question McCain's choice. With 18 months in
office, little foreign policy experience -- or experience of any kind --
Palin would be, in the words of one senior Obama adviser, "a gift."
Democratic officials expressed surprise about Palin but predicted that she
will make it more difficult for McCain to use one of his central attacks on
Obama: that the first-term senator lacks the experience the White House
requires.
"He cannot say any more that Barack Obama doesn't have the experience to be
commander in chief when he chooses a woman whose signature achievement two
years ago was that they won an award from the National Arbor Day Foundation,"
a Democratic operative said.
Democrats began quickly scouring Palin's past. They pointed out that she had
once raised the sales tax to support construction of a recreation center in
her city. And they noted that Palin has been accused of improperly using her
office to have her ex-brother-in-law fired from his state trooper's job.
"She's under investigation right now," the Democrat said.
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