I'm voting for Sarah

[foxpaws]

I have seen a couple of these bumper stickers - obviously there are those on this site who also feel that way.

I talked to someone this weekend who had one of these on his car - (it was magnetic - cool - stuck to the trunk lid, so after the election you aren't left with the embarrassment) about this. What had changed? Why is he is voting for McCain now, and earlier he was like others on this site - he actually wasn't going to vote for McCain before the Palin pick?

I was just wondering what is different? The platform is the same - you are going to end up with the same guy in the Oval Office, who hasn't changed much, or hasn't changed his ideals or 'cronies' for the last decade. If they win Palin will be VP - delegated to going to head of state funerals and ship launchings, with not much, if any, input into how the country will be run (that will be his cabinet and advisers).

So - why would you change your mind?

 

[fossten]

Because she would be the heir apparent, and a return to conservatism for the Party. As I've already said (sorry to sound like Obama), my concern with McCain was an apparent shift to the left by the GOP. With Palin, not only is she a good choice to back up McCain should he kick the farm or buy the bucket, but she would be the frontrunner in 2012, which represents a GOP shift to the right, something conservatives are rather happy about.

Moreover, her presence has already changed McCain's stance on energy, which was tepidly in favor of drilling, to a higher focus on drilling.

 

[foxpaws]

So, in hopes that McCain wins, he won't run in 2012 (many men find they like the job once they are behind the desk, not many Polks out there these days) you are risking that during the next 4 years McCain will succeed, so that Palin won't have to run against her own record.

Or, are you banking Obama will win - and after 4 years the GOP will put Palin up against him? Traditionally once you have lost on the ticket, they don't put you up again (Nixon was the only one I can think of in modern politics that has bucked this trend). And, once again, you are risking a lot against the supposition that Barack will fail.

You really are a gambling man Foss.