Palin should Bow Out

In Kathleen Parker’s Friday column in conservative magazine National Review she called for Sarah Palin to step aside.

National Review is billed as, “America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary, and opinion.”

Here are some bits from Parker’s column titled, “Palin Problem.”

“As we’ve seen and heard more from John McCain’s running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn’t know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion.”

“Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.”

“McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate. He not only risks the wrath of the GOP’s unforgiving base, but he invites others to second-guess his executive decision-making ability. Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.”

“Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.”

“Do it for your country.”

I have to say that I am not surprised and neither should you be if you have been a reader of RTR08. I've dropped a couple of hints along the way that some were or soon would be headed toward this sentiment. Personally, I think that the reports of her demise are premature. I agree that she has not been super impressive in major media sit-down interviews. But she is very impressive in person (by all reports - including those from the U.N.). And she is very impressive on the stump. Now she must be impressive versus Biden in the VP debate. At least in part becauase Biden is such a pompous and sanguine buffoon capable of being extremely condescending (which won't work versus a female) while offering a-gaff-a-minute, I believe Palin will emerge the clear victor of the VP debate. At which point, she must be placed in a secure room and not let out except to make stump appearances, attend religious voter's events, be interviewed by right wing hosts and then attend her pregnant daughter's wedding, hopefully the weekend before the election. But she must not bow out.