This just in from Andy Ostroy.
But ever since Sen. John McCain added plucky Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to his ticket, the old adage nice guys finish last is beginning to take on new meaning in this year’s presidential contest. It’s time to dump Biden and replace him with Sen. Hillary Clinton. I don’t care how it’s done. Campaign chief David Axelrod can figure that out. And the sooner the better. Because I’m starting to think that if Team-Obama doesn’t do something dramatic fast, it’s gonna lose this election.
Ok, first of all… “plucky?” We can’t do better than “plucky” for Palin? You’re only two or three letters away from “perky” and that would have brought the minions of Satan down upon your head. But to the suggestion at hand, I do have to wonder what sort of madness has crept over the fences at the Ostroy ranch. Hindsight being 20-20 and all, I’m sure there are more than a few people on Team Obama who now wish that they had gone with Hillary. But is that even profitable regret? Let’s face it, if Obama had given the nod to Clinton then John McCain probably wouldn’t have picked Palin and they would be dealing with an entirely different set of regrets right now
Ostroy poo-poos the idea that replacing Biden at this late date would be political suicide, but I find that hard to imagine. Of course, it would make all of those Obama / Biden 2008 bumper stickers worth a pretty penny on the political memorabilia market in a few years. No, I think that Obama is stuck with his choice at this point and is going to have to figure out how to counterpunch out of the corner.