We see the vice presidential picks of of Obama and McCain as moving to produce a high voter turnout by energizing their "bases."Obama tacks back to the traditional blue collar Democratic base with Sen. Joseph Biden. McCain tacks back to the right wing conservative Republican base with Gov. Sarah Palin.
(Examine a fascinating photo gallery of Gov. Palin's life.)
The message is clear. Traditional blue collar union Democratic types who were more comfortable with Hillary Clinton than with Barak Obama need not sit out this election. Evangelical right to life conservatives suspicious of John McCain need not sit out this election.
Nothing too much new here.....except John McCain has played this traditional card with a woman.
McCain plays his right wing "politically correct" hand with a charismatic, tough, rifle shooting "Babe." Obama plays the traditional union left appeal with a smiling, smooth talking, shirtsleeve Irish Catholic guy.
Is McCain's "Babe" competent or ideologically appropriate to lead the country if McCain "bites the dust?" That is another matter.
Never forget:
McCain's high stakes gamble will also energize into voting for Obama all those who think Sarah Palin as the nation's first woman president could be a disaster.
What is new here is the emergence into the political spotlight of what is quite "common" in America today: the right wing woman.
Ah yes. If McCain wins, we could have our first woman president, a right wing woman. Finally we "break the glass ceiling."
No, Virginia, not all American women went to Wellesley.
No, Virginia, not all American women are liberals.
Yes, Virginia, lots of American women can shoot.
No, Virginia, the liberation of women does not necessarily move America Left.
Would it not be ironic if the move to make "Hillary" the first woman president ended by making "Sarah" the first woman president?
Yes, Virginia, "breaking the glass ceiling" is not necessarily "a good thing."
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