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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Will Palin Be Replaced? The Eagleton Scenario

I personally think the chances of this happening are pretty low, if only for the fact that it would once and for all prove how completely reckless, impulsive and unready for leadership McCain is. However, one wonders...

Here in St. Paul, talk of Palin has dominated the Republican convention—even more so than cable news—and by Monday night discussion among Republican operatives and reporters had turned to whether Palin would survive or become the first running mate since Thomas Eagleton in 1972 to leave a major-party ticket. On Monday, the InTrade futures market opened trading on whether Palin would withdraw before the election.

With reporters and opposition researchers crawling through Alaska, and with the McCain campaign having dispatched its own team of lawyers to re-vet Palin, Republicans are wondering what shoe might drop next. If further revelations prove damaging enough, McCain could decide to replace Palin or she could choose to withdraw. While such an event seems unlikely given her popularity in some quarters of the party—Jacob Heilbrunn has suggested that social conservatives would view her ouster as “political infidelity”—her rocky reception makes the “Eagleton scenario,” and how it might unfold, a subject of more than academic interest.

Update: Here's Rachel Maddow on the subject:

Posted by Metavirus at 9/02/2008 08:38:00 PM  

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