Doc Searls Weblog : It’s the Mind, stupid
"George Lakoff:
| …the choice of Sarah Palin as their vice presidential candidate reflects their expert understanding of the political mind and political marketing. Democrats who simply belittle the Palin choice are courting disaster. It must be taken with the utmost seriousness… |
And
David Brooks - What the Palin Pick Says - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He’s a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda. ... a McCain administration would not be like a Bush administration.
The main axis in McCain’s worldview is not left-right. It’s public service versus narrow self-interest. Throughout his career, he has been drawn to those crusades that enabled him to launch frontal attacks on the concentrated powers of selfishness — whether it was the big money donors who exploited the loose campaign finance system, the earmark specialists in Congress like Alaska’s Don Young and Ted Stevens, the corrupt Pentagon contractors or Jack Abramoff.
So the slam dunk Democrat win, the virulent anti-Bush, Dems can't loose election may get more interesting after all.
Evidence of close race is here:
IEM 2008 US Presidential Election Vote Share Market Price Graph
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