Sen. JD Vance's favorable rating has slid even further from where it was a week and a half ago, prompting CNN's Harry Enten to call Vance the worst vice presidential nomination pick since 1972.
When Palin first joined the McCain ticket, she boosted his poll numbers and none of the criticism she got seemed to stick. It was only when SNL started parodying her that public opinion shifted. On paper she was exactly what McCain needed, both to shore up his base and to add some much need youth and energy, and having that whole family image that polled well with women.
Obviously we have a lot more information to go on now, but at the time Palin made sense.
Vance was a terrible pick from the beginning. He’s a nut job that even Republicans aren’t happy with. He appeals to nobody that wouldn’t have already been a Trump supporter. He adds nothing of value, just more shit that people can easily mock and/or be terrified of.
JD is much worse.
When Palin first joined the McCain ticket, she boosted his poll numbers and none of the criticism she got seemed to stick. It was only when SNL started parodying her that public opinion shifted. On paper she was exactly what McCain needed, both to shore up his base and to add some much need youth and energy, and having that whole family image that polled well with women.
Obviously we have a lot more information to go on now, but at the time Palin made sense.
Vance was a terrible pick from the beginning. He’s a nut job that even Republicans aren’t happy with. He appeals to nobody that wouldn’t have already been a Trump supporter. He adds nothing of value, just more shit that people can easily mock and/or be terrified of.
He was chosen because he publicly said he would do what Mike Pence wouldn’t do on January 6th.
As would the vast majority of Republicans now, I think. There has to be more than just that.
Yeah, they keep topping themselves. Bush Sr was probably a weird choice for the time, being the CIA guy.