Another take on Sarah’s interview with Charlie Gibson of ABC News
Much commentary far and wide, of course. Below is a comment from Nick Ragone, a presidential historian and a regular contributor to Fox News and Fox Business News, as well as the Ralph Bailey radio show and Real Simple Magazine.
For the Obama camp, Sarah Palin’s interview with Charlie Gibson had to be deflating. They needed her to stumble — badly — and she didn’t. In fact, quite the opposite: she looked resolute, confident, and in command of the subject matter. It mostly focused on foreign policy — her supposed weakness — with a little bit of religion thrown in for good measure. Bonus points for quoting Lincoln.
Was she brilliant? no. But she didn’t have to be brilliant. She simply needed to avoid a Dan Quayle moment. Her strength is on the stump, talking directly to voters, and energizing the base. Irrespective of what McCain campaign manager Rick Davis thinks, she needs to go through this one-on-one vetting process — I think the public would be outraged if she didn’t — but it will never be her strength. But it’s not Obama’s strength, either. He tends to stammer and stumble when he’s off script, like he did during the debates against Hillary. In that sense, he and Palin are a bit alike.
Team McCain knows that, and that’s why they’re carefully selecting the outlets and the formats for Palin. I’m not sure we’ll see her on Meet the Press or This Week with George Stephanopoulos, but we’ll probably see her do a morning show or two, and perhaps some local market interviews. If Obama wants to derail the Palin express, their only real opportunity may come during the Vice Presidential debate. And the stakes get even higher.
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Posted by JonJayRay on September 12, 2008 9:51 am
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I am terrified at the prospect of this less than open, inexperienced, undereducated woman representing the United States and perhaps someday sitting across the table from Nouri Maliki. (Incase she doesn’t know he is the Prime Minister of Iraq). He would eat her for lunch. She is fine as the governor of the huntin and fishin State of Alaska but she is way over her head on the national, let alone the international level..
I am a woman and I find her brash and it would seem a bit difficult to work with.
If she becomes president… Good luck congress
On what basis do you know what Sarah Palin would do in a hypothetical situation involving two people you probably have not met and probably don’t really know much about ? Give us some basis to give credence to what you have concluded about Sara Palin ? I don’t know Sara Palin but I know I don’t know her and I know until I do it’s wise not to reach conclusions about her until I do .
I hope the money from the Obama campaign was worth it. My God man, she is a candiate for Vice President of the United States of America; Not a detainee at Gitmo. That right you would be easier on one of them. You might have missed your calling, your not a news reporter, you are a interrogator. I hope your reputation was worth it. Well you can always say that you took one for the Obama team!!!!!!!!!!