The Palin Convention

With the bar set so low that my five year old niece could somersault over it, Sarah Palin takes the stage tonight. If you didn’t know, the GOP doubled down on its long shot Tuesday night. With the gravitas and hubris that can only be attributed to the GOP, they are now attempting to make the case that Sarah Palin is actually more qualified than Senator Obama. You know, the same Obama who defeated the Clinton machine, former Ivy League magna cum laude graduate, law professor, who oversees a campaign staff of 2500 with an annual budget of over $350 million, yeah that one versus an eighteen month Governor of Alaska.

She will undoubtedly give a decent and well prepared speech later this evening and could overshadow the party’s nominee, but that is the gamble McCain is taking. The Tuesday night speakers clearly set the stage for her. They each took turns showering praise on Gov. Palin. The selling of Palin has begun to what is now a very skeptical electorate (polls show that only 37% approve).

With Bush in virtual exile, the snoozer last night actually had some highlights. Fred Thompson showed some passion and reminded the world for the umpteen time that McCain was a POW, unfortunately the poor guy needed some water as he kept clearing his throat (was he drunk?) I digress…

Lieberman presented himself as a “Democrat” and Andrea Mitchell reminded everyone that Joe Pa is still registered as such. His task was to sell McCain’s bipartisanship credentials. He ridiculed Obama for being an “eloquent young man” who isn’t ready to lead while in the same breath praised Sarah Palin, former mayor of Wasilla, population 6500. This is why I call it: The Palin Convention. If you didn’t know any better, you would think that it is Palin who is on top of the ticket and McCain is simply a side show.

Therein lies the problem with the Palin pick, the public doesn’t know this woman and the McCain camp is spending too much time explaining and propping the Alaskan governor and not enough time talking about McCain’s platform. She was not properly vetted and now they have the audacity to present this political neophyte as a reformer who is ready to lead.

This week should be quite interesting.

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