Reactions to story from Oliver Willis

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  I dont think so

  http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?entry=9252
  88 days ago in QandO - Free Markets, Free People · Authority: 498

  Oliver Willis entitles a post "GOP Has Buyers Remorse" and claims the GOP is upset that Palin is on the bottom of the ticket instead of the top. Not really. Possibly in fantasy land, but unlike the "reality based community" most on
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  I don’t think so

  http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?entry=9252
  88 days ago in QandO - Free Markets, Free People · Authority: 8

  Oliver Willis entitles a post "GOP Has Buyers Remorse" and claims the GOP is upset that Palin is on the bottom of the ticket instead of the top. Not really. Possibly in fantasy land, but unlike the "reality based community" most on the right live in the present. Even if they don’t particularly like it, I think most of the GOP see McCain as a much better match up for Obama in this cycle than just anyone else. And I also think that most of the GOP sees 4 years of McCain as tolerable (even more so with the inclusion of Palin). A place-holder if you will. In fact, most of them have come to the conclusion that because of the way McCain matches up against Obama may be, surprisingly, the best candidate for the GOP in this election. Yes Sarah Palin excites the GOP. But I’m not hearing that much about "gee, we should have put her at the top of the ticket" (except in jest) from people serious about politics. Unlike the Dems who have placed a very inexperienced and unseasoned politician at the top of their ticket, the Reps seem to understand that while she has vastly more executive experience than Obama (and yes, they’re all running for an executive position), and, if necessary, could most likely step into the position of President and do well, 4 years of seasoning as VP won’t hurt at all. And, barring a major political catastrophe, it will make her formidable in either ’12 or ’16 against just about anyone the Dems can put up there. Palin is the "new guard" of the GOP. That’s why there’s so much excitement. She’s really and honestly from outside the beltway. She’s the type of politician for which the GOP base has been hungering. She’s authentic. She’s lived her principles. She’s unapologetic about that and she’s a fighter. As Paul Harris points out in the Observer:There is no doubting that much of Palin’s appeal rests in her biography and its presentation. She does not look like a normal politician. She looks like what she says she is at heart: a mother who got into politics via the parent-teacher association at her local school. Or to put it another way: she looks like the voters she is aiming at. That is a powerful weapon in an election where centrist women could be key.And, unlike the "new politician" at the top of the Dem’s ticket, she also has the advantage of having actually done something.

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