And this is not coming from the "liberal media," but from conservative columnist Kathleen Parker in the National Review Online:
It was fun while it lasted.
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.
No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted. ....
If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.
What to do?
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.
(On a personal note: If this did happen, it would be disastrous for Obama. Palin needs to stay in this race no matter what.)
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I discussed this with my dad last night. I think our consensus was that only an emergency could rescue McCain from Palin. Leaving for her family is admirable but obviously an admission of defeat, especially after she told Hannity that her whole family was behind her.
If viewed at all as a political move to help McCain it would cripple him. This is why I think only something that could be understood as a literal emergency would afford her the opportunity to leave without damaging McCain.
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