Monday, August 25, 2008

Prepping us for Romney?

This new ad by McCain seems pretty clearly aimed at Hilary Clinton's supporters, suggesting that Obama should have picked her as VP and reminding them of some of the negative things she had to say while running against him. And it fits with the image they're trying to construct of Obama as all surface and no depth, a pretty face (the GOP website put up for 'reporting' on the Dem convention in Denver uses the slogan, A mile high and an inch deep).

But it also may be setting up a comparison for when McCain picks Romney as his VP, trying to inoculate McCain from the inevitable Obama commercials replaying all of Romney's many attacks on McCain during the GOP primary season. Of course, if he doesn't pick Romney or someone with similar footage, I'm wrong.

1 comment:

Ted said...

Despite the Dems and the allied main stream media’s desperation to see Romney as McCain’s Veep, Mitt is clearly out, with (1) Obama doubling down on the class warfare theme (McCain’s 7 houses) and (2) McCain doubling down with ads showing the hypocrisy of Biden attacking Obama in the primaries — Romney did way more than that contra McCain.

This leaves only Govs Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Pro-abortion Ridge and Dem-Lieberman were never real considerations, despite relentless media goading. Pawlenty’s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women/Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain/Palin checkmate on the Dems. This is so albeit the Dems and liberal media dare not mention Palin’s name, that is, everyone but…..

And if there’s any question as to Palin being uniquely positioned and able to more than nullify Biden in debate, see the excellent discussion at palinforvp.blogspot.com

Team McCain, well done!!!