>>>>>I'm really enjoying Obama's appearance on the O'Reily Factor.
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>>>>>The most interesting part for me is how much more engaging i find Obama in a genuinely tough interview where he holds his own very well, gives an articulate defense of his positions, and generally comes across as intelligent and personally engaging. He should have done that interview a long time ago. He is more attractive than his surrogates and his sycophants. Their uncritical adoration does not play to his strengths.
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>>>>You got your perfect candidate, all you need to do is to convince him to become republican <g>
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>>>>Otoh, You can vote for him anyway. You live in democratic country, it is not like you have to show an empty hand
>>>>after deeping hand into republican ellection jar <vbg>
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>>>Obama's personality and his approach to many social issues, and McCain's judgment on national security would work for me just fine. Unfortunately you can't vote for both by percentage and given the real responsibilities of the President national security trumps everything. The other stuff, besides court appointments, really is not under his control (the economy, schools, health care etc)
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>>But given McCains health and his choice of VP are you making the most secure choice. You may vote McCain and end up with something very different.
>>I'm surprised the constitution doesn't enforce an election is the President dies in office and regard the VP as someone to hold the fort till that happens..
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>The constitution provides for the VP to be the person who takes over. There is an assumption there that the VP is capable. As with most assumptions, it's not always the case. (NOT pointing a finger at Palin, although the question is certainly reasonable in her case).
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>I saw a poll this morning showing that Palin is polling much higher with men than women. If the McCain campaign chose her in the belief that men will reliably go ga-ga over a nice looking woman, even if she's a cipher -- maybe especially if she's a cipher -- that may have been a shrewd calculation. Almost Machiavellian if combined with a knowledge that few Democratic women are going to switch sides to vote Republican just because there's a woman on the ticket.
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>Back to lurking....

Most likely, McCain targets you with Palin choice. Every vote counts.