Gearing up for McCain’s big night but I wanted to dash something off quick on Palin’s speech last night.
I doubt the genius of her speech will ever really be recognized outright. And it will take a few weeks for people to see what a brilliant pick for VP this woman is for a country still uncomfortable voting for an African American (see here). Palin is the perfect, or perhaps only, edge McCain has that can cut Obama off from the White House.
McCain’s route to victory is matching his biography against Obama’s and claiming that his ticket is more American and less “foreign” than Obama’s. As of now, Palin has the appearance of the American mom, a snappy cheerleader all grown up with her high school sweetheart and a tribe of youngins with average grades and boyfriends of their own.
For suburban and small town Americans, she’s Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington. I did a mash up of last night’s speech to prove my point. You can license the whole thing here.
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