Beginning with his selection of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's campaign has been heaping unexpected twists and turns to the Presidential campaign.
Now, after a first Presidential debate that has generally been scored as a slight victory for McCain's opponent, Sen. Obama, and after press interviews re-enforced perceptions that Gov. Palin is unprepared for the job of Vice President, anticipation is particularly high for the October 2 Vice Presidential debate.
Among those who accept that Gov. Palin is indeed out of her league, it is debated whether her opponent Sen. Biden's best strategy would be to go after her inexperience or to take a "hands off" approach to Sen. Palin, concentrating instead on what he and Sen. Obama plan on bringing to the White House.
Others suggest that Gov. Palin should not be underestimated, pointing to her confident and respectable performances in debates in her successful campaign to be Alaskan Governor.
I suggest a third possibility, another unexpected twist from the McCain campaign ... and the October surprise to end all October surprises. If this scenario in fact comes to pass, I suspect that the Democratic Party will be unable to recover from it, and the Republicans should control the White House for the next twenty years or more.
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