Comments on: Possible GOP Female VPs

By: Maybe he meant Michael Palin? | Thudfactor

Maybe he meant Michael Palin? | Thudfactor — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:44:32 +0000

[...] tapped for this slot. I’ve seen Kay Bailey Hutchison’s name floated more than once, and PoliGazette suggested the politically inexperienced but very corporate Carly Fiorina (former CEO of HP) in June. Liddy [...]

By: Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:56:11 +0000

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By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:26:11 +0000

Of the 3 GOP women, Sarah Palin clearly comes out on top. Read up on her bio and her accomplishments. She’s the real deal!

By: Interested

Interested — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:55:26 +0000

I don’t see it happening, hispanic perhaps, maybe a black, but I doubt a woman. It’d be seen as riding on the coattails of the democrats.

Which of course would be false, HRC was a disaster of a candidate to begin with – and there are plenty of smart, highly capable women that could have done much more than she possibly was able to on her best day. By best day I don’t mean best day for Hillary of course, I mean best day for America. Which coincidentally her best day was when she dropped out of the race.

By: Claudia, Assistant Editor

Claudia, Assistant Editor — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:26:45 +0000

I don’t know about this. They seem like a qualified bunch, to be sure, but specifically going out of their way to choose a female VP would be done in the hopes of picking up some Hillary voters. It seems like the massive abandonment of Obama by women has not materialized. Women favor Obama to McCain by the same margin as they favored Clinton to McCain in the primary season, so no female bounce seems evident.

So unless they still think they can draw feminist voters in (a hard prospect, considering McCain has said that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned) it’s more likely that they pick a prominent Republican from a swing state.

The possible exception is Sarah Palin, who if she’s as good as her hype, could probably attract all sorts of voters, not merely disaffected Hillary women. She seems to be a fine VP candidate regardless of ovaries, simply on the basis of her popularity and history. The only issues I see with her is that she does not hail from a swing state (Alaska is solidly red), or a big state (it’s the 48th in population, with less than 700,000 people). Another thing to consider is that maybe she doesn’t want the job. She’s wildly popular and loved in her own state, there’s no reason to suppose she’d want to leave that job, or at least wait until she can run for the presidency herself.