Posted by
Stefano on Friday, September 05, 2008 9:58:03 AM
Charles Krauthammer says in a column today that McCain has forfeited the experience weapon against Obama by choosing Sarah Palin.
I disagree. The selection of Palin does not negate the inexperience issue for Obama. In fact, his executive inexperience is brought into focus and accentuated by her superior executive experience. McCain has cleverly opened a two front war on Obama/Biden. Obama cannot defend his executive inexperience, only rationalize it. It will not go away and will continue to dog him. Now he must defend his empty "change and hope" position at the same time. I say empty because he has no concrete "change" record to substantiate his rhetoric. He will be on the defensive from now to November with no weapon but his empty platitudes. As Maria sang in The Sound of Music, "Nothing comes from nothing, nothing ever could", and that is all that Obama has to offer with his vacuous legislative, and executive record.
McCain's surrogates including Giuliani, Thompson, Huckabee, Romney, and Palin must pound hard on both fronts over the next 60 days and keep Obama/Biden stuttering in defense.