Would McCain Have Picked Alaska Governor Barack Obama For His Running Mate?
Amanda Not a chance. Michael Steele’s Senate race proved that black people are simply not going to vote for Republicans en masse whether the candidate is white, black, or neon green. Granted, Maryland is a heavily Democratic state, but it is made so by inner cities dominated by African Americans and surrounding counties with incredibly diverse populations. If being an African American was seen as a huge plus that could counteract decades of GOP policies that are perceived as bad for black people, then Steele should have won that race. Instead he lost by 11 points to Ben Cardin (a nice guy, but about as exciting as bread). I would also like to point out that saying Obama’s experience is comparable to Palin’s is stretching things more than a little. He’s been in the US Senate for 4 years now, he was a state Senator for several years before that, and he was a community organizer for a long time before that. So that’s a long time in Chicago (which I’m fairly certain outnumbers Alaska’s pop
