And here is the "hockey mom." After the "security moms" of 2004, Republicans try to do some rebranding of the party with Sarah Palin, the youngish Vogue-covergirl-outdoor maniac-devote-conservative-NRA-faithful- Governor of Alaska. Nice try.
However, Palin seems more or less a female version of Dan Quayle, the youngish-conservative-NRA-faithful-Senator from Indiana picked by Bush father in 1988.
This year, however, an obviously unqualified candidate as Vice president will hardly reinforce the ticket. If national security is the raison d'etre for the Republican case for McCain, the question is how the Arizonan would rationalize picking a running mate with even less foreign policy and national security experience than Obama, or Quayle. With a vice president who will be a 72-year-old heart's beat away from the presidency, how does McCain explain selecting someone with zero experience in what he says is so important?
And what about health care, social security, subprime mortgages, or closing factories? Voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania or Michigan will not be thrilled by a fiscal conservative who has barely set foot on the 48 states south of the Canadian border.
