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2008 Vice-Presidential Debate

I went into the debate expecting a meltdown of epic proportions for Sarah Palin. She has been unable to put together coherent sentences in interviews in the past weeks. One would naturally assume that this debate was going to be the equivalent of a goat heading to slaughter. If you watched the debate, you would know that it wasn’t the case. I once again viewed this year’s Presidential debates from Pace University’s Schimmel Theater in New York City where almost everyone was an Obama supporter.

How the Democrats Lost in 2008

This might be premature–by definition it is–but, the Democrats have squandered a chance handed to them on a silver platter to put themselves in the Oval Office. With the horrible decisions that the Bush administration has made in the last 7 years, who was going to vote for more Republican control? Comparing the candidates of the two parties during the primaries made it almost crystal clear that the Democrats had the strongest candidates and the strongest candidate: Hillary Clinton.

Palin the VP

McCain has a picked his VP and it was a shocker to me. Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, is the running mate for John McCain. The first thing I thought was, “he picked a woman”. Strategically, I think this is a pretty good move for the Republicans. I initially thought McCain wouldn’t stand a snowflake in hell of a chance against Obama. As the political process went on, they got more and more similar. Now our choice is between young minority and experienced politician or experienced politician and young minitory.