An interesting take out of a Washington
Times story:
"Palin is either an extraordinary
political play or absolute suicide," said pro-choice Republican
Wendeen Eolis, former first assistant to George E. Pataki when he
was New York governor and top adviser to Rudolph W. Giuliani when
he was New York mayor.
One downside, she said, is that the Palin nomination
will give Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton more reason to campaign
seriously and sincerely for Democratic nominee Barack Obama, lest a
McCain victory make Mrs. Palin the presumptive Republican nominee
in 2012 or 2016 and jeopardize Mrs. Clinton's position as the top
female presidential prospect.
"Palin means that Hillary [Rodham Clinton] will be
motivated and mobilized to campaign for Obama as she would not have
been otherwise," Mrs. Eolis said. "The Clintons feel completely
snubbed and insulted by the idea that anyone other that Hillary
could go to the head of the class."
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