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Regardless of whether the labels are warranted, I'd point out that Jimmy Carter candidates and Dan Quayle picks aren't exactly shining examples of presidential election failure.
Now, since I did it for Obama's selection of Biden I felt compelled to do it with McCain's selection Palin. So I watched several hours of talking head coverage across many channels and once again found a startling pattern.
Those commentators and analysts who align with the Republicans are close to universally claiming to be of the opinion that Palin is a good to great selection as running mate. Those commentators and analysts who align with the Democrats are close to universally claiming the opinion that it is at best an indifferent and at worst a sign of desparation on McCain's part.
And once again I am sure this party divide is completely coincidental and that each analyst reached their conclusions after careful personal consideration that has nothing to do with the memorizing the bullet points on their parties' various press releases.
In fact, I am so shocked by these patterns seen in response to the Biden/Palin selections that I will be submitting them as a topic for coverage in the next revival of Ripley's Believe it Or Not!
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