Sure, he went through the lengthy primary process - and got beaten like the family mule in just about every primary by HRC*. As far as being vetted goes, the press has been strangely incurious about his past - arguably, we know a lot more about Palin after a week than we do about Obama after 19 months.
Yeah, he could have found a conservative woman with more experience, but you miss the whole point of picking someone like Palin: she is not part of the Washington (or even Juneau) establishment and doesn't want to be. Picking someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson (frex) would not have been the same.
Besides, it's not just us Republicans saying Obama's not qualified - both Clinton and Biden are on record as saying he's not ready. Keep going there, though, by all means. It hurts the Donks a lot more than it hurts us.
*Most of his delegates came from early caucus wins, and as we both know, caucuses are famously vulnerable by being bumrushed by well-organized cadres. Winning primaries actualy requires convincing people to vote for you, which is a lot harder.
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Yeah, he could have found a conservative woman with more experience, but you miss the whole point of picking someone like Palin: she is not part of the Washington (or even Juneau) establishment and doesn't want to be. Picking someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson (frex) would not have been the same.
Besides, it's not just us Republicans saying Obama's not qualified - both Clinton and Biden are on record as saying he's not ready. Keep going there, though, by all means. It hurts the Donks a lot more than it hurts us.
*Most of his delegates came from early caucus wins, and as we both know, caucuses are famously vulnerable by being bumrushed by well-organized cadres. Winning primaries actualy requires convincing people to vote for you, which is a lot harder.