Obama can not win against Palin

I never thought I would say this, but Karl Rove wrote a very impartial and meaningful article in the WSJ and I agree with him. I ask the liberals to hold their breath for a few moments and actually read the article and while you are it take a bitter pill and actually hear the Palin speech ( I recommend her recent speech on her return to Alaska, less crowd and fewer chants of “Palin, Palin” to raise your blood pressure) and you will see why she is such a big hit. It is not the words coming out of her mouth it is the way she delivers them. I am reminded of the Reese Witherspoon character in “Legally Blond”.

 

While I do agree with Karl Rove about how Obama should not be attacking Palin and why it is a losing proposition for him, I believe the Obama campaigns conundrum is how do you respond when Palin has completely sucked all the oxygen of media coverage and seriously thrown them off their message. The interest that she has evoked and because of this reformist aura around her, she has actually been able to define Obama rather then it being the other way around. The egos in Obama campaign just could not resist the temptation to take a few pot shots at her.

I think it would be in Obama-Biden’s interest to resist the urge to take shots at Palin and keep the attacks on John McCain. The media frenzy would die down in a few days and it may die quicker if they don’t keep making statements about Pigs and Lipsticks giving the McCain campaign even more fodder. You have to give to the McCain campaign that they have been able to control the message very well.

 Moreover the left wing should stop hyperventilating about how John McCain could pick Sarah Palin, instead of somebody experienced if they want to win this election. I think part of the reason why Democrats are so off message is because they didn’t think Sarah Palin was a worthy opponent. They were expecting somebody formidable with a lot of experience and instead got given a replica of the right wing Barack Obama. How do you tarnish their Obama without tarnishing your own.

Sooner or later people will know she is just another politician. When the dust settles, Barack Obama does not want to come out more bruised then Sarah Palin.

He should stay above the fray and keep his focus on John McCain. His fighting for the Presidency not the VP’s spot