Here’s what’s so shrewd about this VP pick…
If Obama had spent the last four years working hard as a Senator and serving the people of Illinois, and then an older, more experienced Democrat presidential nominees picked him as his running mate, nobody would be talking about his lack of experience, and justifiably so.
It’s perfectly legitimate for an older, experienced presidential nominee to pick a young rising star of their party for the VP. Someone who they feel has great potential and intellect. Someone who can be groomed as a future presidential frontrunner.
But Obama didn’t want to wait around for someone to pick him as VP. After serving less than five months in the Senate, he decided that he was ready for the top job.
What McCain has done with this VP pick is to call attention to the contrast between young rising political stars like Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal, who are focused on doing the job that they were elected to do, letting others sing their praises and speak of their potential, and young rising political stars like Barack Obama and John Edwards, who look at themselves in the mirror and see great potential, and use the office that they were elected to as nothing more than a springboard to a job that they have no business trying to convince others that they’re qualified for.
