[highball]

How the heck is he supposed to make a campaign issue out of Obama’s inexperience when he’s got a running mate with 2 years as governor of a sparsely populated state while being a full-time mother, um, on the side?

He can't.

He has taken the inexperience issue off the table. He can't criticize Obama's lack of experience when his own #2 has no national experience and only eighteen months in statewide office. She's clearly not ready to be President, so that issue's gone forever.

McCain is clearly gambling two things:

1. that the drilling issue will carry the day; and
2. Women will vote identity politics first and foremost.

I don't know, seems like a stretch in both cases. It's a gutsy pick on McCain's part, but since it throws away one of his strengths I don't see it as a particularly smart one.

[SuziQ]

She's clearly not ready to be President, so that issue's gone forever.

Not at all, because the Republican Veep nominee has the same experience as the Democrat PRESIDENTIAL nominee! I don't think the Obama people ought to be stressing her inexperience; it'll come back to bite them in the butt.