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If you really think that naming Mitt Romney and/or Rudy Giuliani to cabinet positions is going to have a measurable impact on this race, then you’re probably one of the same individuals who thought that the pick of Sarah Palin as VP candidate would rally the Republican party, dampen Obama’s momentum and put McCain on the road to victory. Meaning that you think more gimmicky political appointments are the solution to McCain’s campaign woes. Meaning that you you essentially have no idea of what this presidential race is about and how it will be decided.

A pick of Giuliani or Romney, just like the Palin pick, will get everyone excited for a couple of minutes, sure, that’s true, but overall will have no effect. Any positive net effect will be shortlived because it will be offset by moderates and independents who don’t hold any special place in their hearts for either Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney, for a variety of reasons.

Again, if you truly believe that adding more conservativism to an already quite conservative Republican ticket is going to win this election, you’re sadly out of touch with the current political climate. Like it or not, this election is a referendum on the economy, and I don’t think anyone in their right minds believes that Mitt Romney is going to be the guy to save it based on the facts that he once ran a big company and “took on a scandal-ridden Olympic Games mess”. Both of those qualifications seem lacking, if not completely irrelevent given the overwhelming crisis this economy is in.

This election will not be decided by some cabinet appointments, especially ones that that vast majority of people will find boring, uninspired, and indicative of how far off the pulse the McCain camp truly is. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney will not save the day.