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The worst possible interpretation of the Palin pick is that the McCain campaign is old and thinks with its collective dick. I didn’t think that–initially she seemed plausible, for someone who didn’t know anything about her, not that I knew much more than the campaign–but then I read the NYT‘s interesting if not particularly shocking piece on why the McCain campaign is full of fail (not mentioned: the campaign is leaking like a sieve to the liberal media during the stretch run instead of campaigning):
This was probably a good idea circa 1950, before television… and Saturday Night Live… and the 24-hour news cycle… and YouTube… and all the other things that have made the cover of Time a non-factor. Anyway, since this blog has been a repository for confused speculation on McChaos, I thought I’d pass it along. I think it might factor in, but the ultimate lesson, I’m starting to think, is that the campaign lives in fear of its own base and it’s pathetically obvious.
