Will Palin Step Down?

This is pretty rumormongering, and it's only based on one guy's speculative comment on cnn's political blog that Palin would withdraw from the campaign to deal with her family issue. I don't think it will happen because people with good judgment make the correct choice the first time and anyone that listens to Rove/Cheney know you never admit to a mistake. However, it certainly would help in my opinion for her to step down and McCain to quickly make a new, drama-free but exciting pick. This teen pregnancy twist to the campaign seems to have them in such a knot that they are unable to communicate any message. The freaking speeches were all about 'John McCain is a nice guy, a maverick, and a courageous war hero. Oh, and the the repeated lie over and over the 30+ year old scare meme that the democrats will raise your taxes and waste money by increasing government spending. Oooohh! Like the republicans already did? The strategy is all well and good although none of it helps America figure how McCain is going to address problems besides standing next to oil rigs. At the democratic convention all the conservative talking heads kept saying that there was no "red meat". McCain hasn't even shown us a bone yet.

I disagree with the maverick label after all of his rather recent changes of positions to match the GoP line. He's no longer a maverick. The GOP continuing to throw out talking heads to use that word in their portrayal of him juxtaposed to the very effective ad that has McCain hugging the president and proclaiming he's voted with Bush over 90% of the time really makes the McCain campaign and the man himself appear as cheap, fake, political sellouts. Bob Dole has more speaking charisma than McCain. Al Gore is less wooden than McCain. If McCain and Bob Dole shook hands too vigorously on a dry day they may start a fire.