Posted by Jed Lewison on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 5:32 PM Pacific

This is not a game

Palin admires Bush
A fresh face for more of the same: Palin (far left) admiring Bush

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For most of the day, the media has been obsessing over one question about McCain's selection of Sarah Palin: "How will it play?" But as Joe Sudbay points out, the real question is whether or not Sarah Palin is ready to be President of the United States.

And if, as Joe argues, she's not ready to be President of the United States, doesn't that mean that John McCain has just put the country in danger by putting politics first?

Hasn't John McCain just destroyed the entire rationale for his campaign: not just his "experience" argument, but also his "country first" argument?

This is not a game

Palin admires Bush
A fresh face for more of the same: Palin (far left) admiring Bush

::: ::: :::

For most of the day, the media has been obsessing over one question about McCain's selection of Sarah Palin: "How will it play?" But as Joe Sudbay points out, the real question is whether or not Sarah Palin is ready to be President of the United States.

And if, as Joe argues, she's not ready to be President of the United States, doesn't that mean that John McCain has just put the country in danger by putting politics first?

Hasn't John McCain just destroyed the entire rationale for his campaign: not just his "experience" argument, but also his "country first" argument?

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