Others have stated that the pick of Palin as VP is an overt dog-whistle to the hard-right. I don’t doubt that at all.
Karl Rove has been oft-mocked in regards to his statements of “the math” during the 2006 Election. Rove’s thesis was that the American voters were tired of corruption - this being the alleged driving force behind the Siegelman corruption case as well as the US Attorney Scandal. Rove was right, but he wasn’t necessarily correct. We know how 2006 turned out.
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