My prediction on Palin in a week or two (as seen on Drudge Report)

[zulchzulu]

McCAIN ACCEPTS PALIN'S RESIGNATION

Breaking...

"Should have been vetted more..."
Palin family in disarray after cover-up exposed...
Republican operatives panicking that McCain may also "not be fit" to run race.
McCain to make announcement within hours in Arizona with Joe Lieberman.

[The River]

1. Ever Since She Was "Chosen" Friday

I have felt she will be forced out either during or just
after the convention.

[torbird]

25. But why?

I hear what you're saying and am enjoying this moment of McCain utter panic and confusion, but I still have a question: How would forcing her out help the McCain campaign? Unlike Bush/Harriet Miers, McCain isn't nominating SCOTUS judges for life -- he's trying to win a horse race. What good would such a "misdirection" tactic do during a presidential election? Wouldn't it just make McCain look MORE clueless and weak? And, wouldn't it just piss off and fire up all the women he supposedly is courting (I can see it now: "oh, he dropped her, huh? For Lieberman?? Well, fuck HIM!!")?

She may yet drop out (I think it's highly unlikely). Given how poorly our media has covered any major scandals this past decade, it's a long-shot to expect them to pile on Palin's mistakes. Of course, she's not elected and can't really deny them access, so maybe they will look into it. But if she drops out, it'll be because the McCain people screwed the pooch and didn't think very hard before selecting her, not because of some Rovian tactic.

[niceypoo]

30. They have no choice but to stay with her...

Forcing her out is suicide for McCain and keeping her in is suicide for McCain, and they are beginning to realize it.

Keeping her makes him look incompetent.
Forcing her out makes him look even more incompetent and wrecks his campaign.

The best of both worlds, gotta love these wacky republicans!

Gimme lots of popcorn please!

[MNDemNY]

2. McCain's response, "Well I , at least got to tap that a couple of times, oh well, move on."

[whistle]

3. It sure has that feel right now

[vaberella]

4. I'm with many other DUers she'll be asked to leave. She's a disaster.

Just her video alone asking, "What does a VP do?" is enough to scare the American people.

[stray cat]

5. How about Palin becomes president after McCain becomes ill and unable to govern?

[vaberella]

8. You have a mass exodus of US citizens to Mexico or Canada for refuge? Huh, maybe Alaska? n/t

[oberliner]

6. Who do you think would take her place?

It seems to me like McCain really has his heart set on Lieberman.

[vaberella]

10. I'm hoping it's Jindal the Exorcist. What we could do with that alone... n/t

[zulchzulu]

11. McCain wanted Lieberman...but the GOP said they'd have a floor fight at convention

He caved.

[vi5]

7. Never..going..to.happen

Would I love to see it happen? More than anything. But it won't.

The most obvious parallel is to Harriet Miers being nominated to the Supreme Court. Also unqualified. Also a left field pick. Also only picked after the person in question's first choice (Gonzales for Bush, Lieberman for McCain) was denied.

The difference is that Miers pissed off the evangelical base so she had to go. Palin is the darling of that base so she will stay at ALL COSTS

You can count on that.

[Pale Blue Dot]

9. I think she will resign in the next 24-48 hours.

She will make it look like it was her decision. The Republicans will try to spin it as best they can, using the resignation to capture attention back from Gustav to their convention. The new VP will be onstage Wednesday night followed by McCain on Thursday.

[vaberella]

13. Nah, I'm rooting for something more damaging. After the Sept. 9th primary & McCain loses. n/t

[MissWaverly]

14. agree, this might have been a play for Hillary voters

McCain trying to morph into a Hillary supporter while the real candidate waits offstage after Palin resigns, sounds like a Rovian ploy. Real candidate = Huckabee??? And they have the cash infusion from those dumb enough to believe that the GOP would change.

[zulchzulu]

16. It is a small window for the RNC to jettison her before she gets officially nominated

If she is approved and fully nominated, it will be even more disastrous.

I'm sure there is a LOT of hand wringing and confounded dissent within the upper RNC operative circles...

[Native]

26. especially if it's true they're just now vetting her.

I'm referencing the talk that the dems hit the local archives before her own party.

[book_worm]

12. Not going to happen. This pregnancy story is nothing and she has cheered the right wing base which

was what McCain wanted. To get rid of her would be a disaster for him at this point.

[vaberella]

15. The pregnancy story doesn't matter in light of the trooper situation

& the 20 million dollar debt she left on Wasilia. They start projecting the debt people won't like it. We're in an economic crisis and we have a woman who caused an economic crisis on a small town of 5,000, imagine what she would do to the country.

[book_worm]

18. Yes, but she isn't going to be leaving it would be a bigger disaster for McCain

than if she stayed. He would lose the fundies who have now rallied to him.

[MissWaverly]

20. there's also the tale how she funded a fundie church project

And left a public hockey arena in Anchorage with a leaky roof. That will not fly with American people and then there is the bridge to nowhere money that she kept after making sure the project would not be done.

[zulchzulu]

22. The withdrawal will be more than the pregnancy story...

She DOES have conflicting statements/evidence on:

- National Guard cred regarding national security links
- Troopergate
- Mayoral problems with debt/overstepping
- Bridge to Nowhere discrepancies
- Ties to Alaska secession group

More stuff piling up hourly since she wasn't vetted by McCain. I think the pregancy story is the least of her problems.

[Honeycombe8]

17. I dislike her, too, big time. But I think some of you just don't get it...THEY love her!

The GOP base. They are energized by her presence on the ticket.

She's not going anywhere. She has done something for the ticket that Romney wouldn't and couldn't have done.

I personally don't think that's enough to win, since he has to get unaffiliated voters, and she certainly won't appeal to a lot of them. But she won't be going anywhere, any more than Biden is.

[book_worm]

19. Exactly! This is all about making the fundies happy and they are.

If he got rid of her they would turn big time on McCain.

[MissWaverly]

21. No, even the GOP hacks admit they have to get independents

to cross over, even they know that the Republican rolls have shrunk these last 8 years. They have to appeal outside their base to win.

[zulchzulu]

28. As the piling evidence of unvetted stories pile on Palin, look for them to jettison her

Granted, there will be a few that will hold on due to her extremist views on abortion, but other evidence will dissuade the others.

[dailykoff]

23. My guess is they didn't think the baby scam would be a problem

given their usual ability to steamroll over potholes. Looks like they underestimated the intertubes again.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Maybe the repukes will surprise us all and dump McLame/Payless for Rompney/Huckleberry

Complete upheaval at their convention!

[TexasLady]

27. I just watched the interview on 60 Minutes in PV

and can't WAIT for similiar interviews with THESE two. It's gonna be a riot.

[zulchzulu]

29. I don't think Palin will be in the 60 Minutes interview...

I also don't think McCain will want a 60 Minutes interview either...