I'm about to stick my neck out...

[figmo]

...and make a prediction re: the Presidential election.

I have been saying for months that if McCain were to select a female VP candidate, he'd win the election.

I stand by that statement.

This has nothing to do with anyone's political preferences, including mine. I am making this prediction as a journalist.

My logic: Barack Obama's VP, Joe Biden, is male, thus alienating the folks who voted for Hillary Clinton because they wanted a woman President. Many of Hillary Clinton's supporters felt alienated by Obama's choice.

Many of these Hillary Clinton supporters are so desperate to see the "glass ceiling" shattered they'd vote for anything female on a ticket, no matter what her viewpoints were. Now that they have their female on a ticket, many of these former Clinton supporters will vote for the Republican slate, mostly to have a woman only "a heartbeat away" from the oldest Presidential candidate ever, exclusively because of her gender even though Sarah Palin's viewpoints are very different from Hillary Clinton's.

Comments

[r-wolfcastle.livejournal.com]

Methinks you miss the point. The radical Hillary-or-else supporters were already planning to vote for McCain (or stay home or write in Hillary) before he chose a woman as VP. This is NOT a matter of flippant female voters voting for any woman. This is a determination from a group of mostly-women, that group being of as yet unquantified size (though initial projections are much smaller than their vocal advocates might suggest), to exact revenge on the Democratic party no matter what the cost to the country. Pure and simple.

I am not judging whether their action is right or wrong (though I do decidedly have an opinion). I am just making an observation.

[drfilk.livejournal.com]

So, if the Hilary die-hards are motivated entirely by anger at the Dems for not picking their gal they'd be equally ready to support a McCain/Leiberman ticket, eh? :-/