Amelia
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Whoever said this needs to talk to their dealer about the brand of pot they are smoking. It might actually be hash.
There is no way Obama lucks out and gets milquetoast MCain and dumbass Palin this time around.
In fact, with a good VP pick, the GOP is going to do a good job at putting the odds of victory well over 50%.
While I agree with Listening on the eventual GOP nominee being stronger than McCain, and the VP pick practically necessarily being stronger than Palin, I do appreciate ladyliberal's analysis.
Perhaps I could have been more precise in my post. I wasn't saying that the GOP candidate would have lower odds of winning the election in 2012 than McCain did in 2008, I meant that he or she would lack some of McCain's appealing personal qualities and/or possess negative traits that McCain lacked. That's a subjective measure and it's perfectly possible that I'm wrong, of course. I freely admit that I have little comprehension of the reasons that Gingrich in particular appeals to people as much as he does.
It's interesting that you remember McCain having appealing personal qualities. My memory is that he was not well-liked by the people who nominated him. There was a whole lot of sleeping with the enemy which got him nominated - like evangelicals moving to him even though they considered him a RINO, just to stop Romney. His pick of Sarah Palin revitalized his campaign - brought some personality and conservative bona fides to it. It's too bad that he didn't really seem to know anything about her when he picked her, and it's too bad that she turned out to be so readily caricaturable. His move to the right on many GOP issues was even less convincing than Romney's has been, and he was perceived as using kid gloves on Obama.
Gingrich's appeal lies in large part in how willing and able he seems to be to make sharp punches at Obama, and to do it with an easy charm.
Gingrich is coming across has having humor and spirit, which contrasts to McCain's awkwardness. At least in 2008 McCain seemed awkward. I wasn't following him in earlier years but I gather he came across very differently to his supporters in 2000 than he did to so many of us in 2008.
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