Women, Clinton and Obama & McCain V..P. choice
1a. Obama could/should pick a woman, but not Hillary Clinton. Several good choices from swing state senate and governors.
1b.He must NOT pick a misogynist anti-female male such as Jim Webb, or others who are anti-choice. That will give women excuse to stay home or even vote for McCain, especially if McCain selects a woman (even if that woman is anti-choice).
2. Very scary for Democrats if McCain picks a woman. That is the only McCain VP choice that makes a difference. It could actually swing some of the supposedly outraged Clintonista white women to McCain, despite his and his partyâs immensely anti-female personality and policies (anti-choice, anti-equal pay, misogynist horndog (called wife c*&t, cheated multiple time on fist wife, etc.) militarism, etc).
3. If Obama loses with Clinton having undercut him, there is no way she get the nomination in 2012. There will be new people running, including new women, and Clinton (both of them) will be remembered as having destroyed the Democratic party and the country.
Update: McCain picking an Hispanic might be similar to his picking a woman, with possible resultant defection of some who would mormally vote Democratic going to to his camp.
I do not think that McCain picking an black (or brown; e.g., Jindal) makes a difference, given Obama being at the head of the ticket.
I do not think any White Anglo Male choice McCain makes a difference. Young, old, swing state, whatever, differenc would be trivial compared to with Woman or Hispanic.
June 4, 2008 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink