The Palin is Not The Best Choice Argument is Awful

Democrats are using the argument that Sarah Palin is not the most qualified candidate for Vice President. Going down this line of reasoning leads us to examine all the candidates. Namely, is Barack Obama the “best candidate”. Yes, that was a voters choice and not a candidate’s choice, however, the question still comes up. Democrats, deep down, know that Obama-Biden is not the “best” ticket they could have put forward.

Late last year, I made predictions for the election (predicting: making unsubstantiated pronouncements and hoping one of them works out so you can claim you’re a genius). My analysis was this:

1. Hillary/X vs. Republican/X - Republican wins by less than 1%. If I had been smart enough to guess the nominee was going to be McCain (who at the time was broke and flying commercial by himself), I would have thought McCain by 2%+. Hillary is destroyed by the Bush->Clinton->Bush->Clinton argument. This is a year for change and Dynasty is off the air.
2. Obama/X vs. Republican/X - Obama wins by 1%. Romney, Giuliani, or McCain get edged by Obama. Huckabee gets smoked.

Now 1% isn’t a lot and either race could have flip flopped on the strength of one strange occurrence. But the Democrat uber ticket all along was Hillary/Obama.

1. Hillary has the baggage of dynasty. Obama inoculates against this.
2. What a historical ticket!
3. Obama gains much needed on the job training.
4. Democrats can look forward to 16 years in the White House.

There’s no way around the fact that Hillary/Obama was the best ticket for Democrats. Obama’s ego simply would not allow him to wait. He wasn’t running for VP. Obama wants all the marbles.

Obama/Hillary could never work even though Hillary is a “better” choice than Biden.

Saying Sarah Palin is not the best choice for Republicans brings up the issue of whether or not Barack Obama is the best choice for Democrats. We all know that’s not true, no matter how much we hope it would be.

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