This is an aside titled 'Why I Think Palin Will Step Down' dated 9/2/08
Unlike Sen. McCain, I’m not a gambler, but I’d put $5 on Palin being replaced with Bobby Jindal by October. To “be with her family,” of course. Apart from Bristol’s bump and her “undecided” mother-in-law, there are too many potential scandals to count. Just as she cancels out the experience argument, an Alaska successionist is weirder than knowing one of the Weather Underground. The firing of Walt Monegan is easier to understand than the Rezko real estate business. Banning books from the library? Polar bears? No passport until 2007? Abramoff ties? Ted Stevens 527 Group? That’s a lot of meat to dig in. Just the meme (look an US Weekly poll!) that she might step down is enough to shake confidence in her ability to lead. And, the forbidden question, but the one on everyone’s mind: who is watching Trig anyway, if Todd isn’t a stay-at-home dad? She’s not the center-of-attention, but she’s getting a heck of a lot of attention, and it’s pretty likely she’ll stay in as bright a spotlight until November.
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3 Responses to “Why I Think Palin Will Step Down”
Posted by: bg5000 - 09/02/2008
I think the only thing that’s keeping her on the ticket now, and what will probably keep her on through the election, is that if she leaves, McCain is certain to lose, since it will solidify the idea that his judgment is terrible. Right now, there always the hope that they can ride things out and something remarkable will happen. Get rid of Palin and his chances, even as small as they are right now, go with her.
And now that i think about it, another reason she’ll probably stay with it is because i doubt they’d be able to find anyone to take her place. Hard to get people to take a cruise on a sinking ship.
Posted by: Joanne McNeil - 09/02/2008
You know, I keep hearing that it will reflect poorly on McCain’s judgement, but I wonder if a last minute switch with someone with favorable ratings (Jindal, Romney) could be a boost for his campaign as it would just give them even more attention. So long as it plays out as her decision rather than that of McCain and he continues to express approval of her as a candidate. There is such a girl-next-door sense about her, that a decision to return back to Alaska wouldn’t seem out of character.
Posted by: Joanne McNeil - 09/02/2008
The one thing that makes me think she’ll stay in is Palin is a lot more ambitious than the press seems to catch on: http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/09/02/the-case-against-the-case-against-palin.aspx
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