I wasn't talking about whether or not a VP can sway public opinion. Shit, a candidate can sway public opinion by getting a penis enlargement, even though it has nothing to do with whether or not they'd make a good President. I was saying that in reality, the job is just a figurehead unless the President croaks or becomes debilitated, or in the rare case that the senate votes on an exact tie.
That kind of changed with umm... Al Gore and umm, oh yeah,
Dick Cheney. VPs are
much more important than they used to be, and not just in electoral devil-deals.
Main point: Moderates who are socially-liberally-inclined were written off this morning by the McMilf ticket. Love it or hate it, THAT was the prudent political and strategic decision, given that pro-choice, "anti-gay" VP would cause a fatty chunk of the conservative base to stay at home. Hmm, pull a few more moderates in, or go balls out, and try and drag the base back to war???
This is
NOT about stealing more Hillary supporters. This
may have the effect of shoving both the experience AND age issues under the table when discussing the conglomerated tickets.
Push comes to shove, this choice was about getting the base back and excited and wrapping it in an attractive, "forward-looking,"
Straight Talk-esque package.
It's a friggin gamble...
Sure, Lieberman would have been
more ballsy. It would have been stupid too.