Was McCain just using Pawlenty and Romney?

Question

DENVER -- Though it was high in shock value, the Palin pick left bruised feelings among the short-list contenders who were not picked -- and infuriated some Republican officials who privately said McCain had gone out on a limb, unnecessarily, without laying the groundwork for such an unknown. Two senior Republican officials close to Mitt Romney and Tim

Pawlenty said they had both been rudely strung along and now "feel manipulated."

"They now know that they were used as decoys, well after McCain had decided not to pick them," one Republican involved in the process said.

Democrats quickly absorbed the Obama talking points. Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, of Colorado, said it demonstrated a "lack of judgment" on McCain's part.

Even some former Clinton supporters said Palin would not automatically draw disenchanted women voters -- and would face fierce pushback from the Obama campaign over her conservative social views.

"I know Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton," Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a phone interview with NBC.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/29/palin_pick_leaves_bruised_feel.html

Answer 1

>"I know Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton,"

> Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a phone interview with NBC.

Thank God.

Answer 2

Pretty smart if he was.

Answer 3

Mc Cain will use his grandmother if he can get elected

Answer 4

Yes, but I bet Obama strung guys along too. It's a straightforward political tactic executed in order to throw both the opposition and the media off the scent. The decoys would surely know this.

The alternative to that is that McCain honestly didn't have his choice locked in until the eleventh hour.

Answer 5

he was TOOLING them. Romney went out on the hugest limb for McCain and look what he gets.

Answer 6

wisdom by someone advised mccain to go for the women's vote

the women rule now and will put mccain in / in a land slide