Bill Kristol gives me a cameo role in his NY Times column today: Time’s Joe Klein remarked disapprovingly that McCain didn’t know Palin well and had never worked with her. He noted by contrast “that when Walter Mondale picked Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, House Speaker Tip O’Neill, who had worked with Ferraro, was not only [...]
My story on the McCain campaign’s efforts to “Seize the Stormy Moment” is here. To wit: “John McCain can’t stop the storm, but his campaign is determined to make the most of it by using it to rebrand a new generation of Republicans as leaders who govern effectively and rise above partisanship.”
We always write that running mates don’t really move votes, but I’m increasingly convinced that Sarah Palin is the exception. Bill Kristol (who appears to have spent more time with Palin than McCain did before selecting her) sums up the stakes for McCain: If Palin turns out not be up to the challenge for which [...]
