John McCain just won the Presidencey with his choice of running mate.
Oh, like the U.S Olympic basketball team (and so appropriately, both sexes!), the team has to play until its official, but from this moment on, McCain will increase, and Obama will fade.
Obama had all the hype about making a thrilling announcement by text message. But it was a bust. John McCain’s campaign knew how to keep a secret, and how to thrill. What a bold, against-the-pundit’s “picks” move this was!
Barack Obama should have nominated Hillary Clinton, but he could not put his personal feelings and pride above his choice. John McCain exercised the most important decision a Presidential nominee can make at hit a grand slam home run with the choice of a woman who has led a state, who has reached across party lines, who has championed the needs and goals of her state as a PTA member, a city council member, a mayor, and ultimately as a governor. A governor with an 80% approval rating. She’s a conservative Republican with blue dog Democrat street cred. (more…)