>>So then she fits perfectly into the "change" mantra, right?
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>If "change" just means having someone different. It remains to be seen whether she wants to make substantive, valuable changes. Certainly, having run against the machine in Alaska (which I hear is terribly corrupt) is a point in her favor.
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>OTOH, listening to her speak yesterday, she came across as very shallow. Now maybe that's just a matter of style. Hard to say on the basis of a single speech. But she's going to have to sound a lot deeper if she's going to convince undecided voters that she's a safe choice for one heartbeat away.
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>Tamar
On this I somewhat disagree. I think her speech lacked substance, but it did what she intended it to do (or McCain intended it to do). Besides, her speech was no less shallow than all of Obama's speeches throughout his compaign.
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